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Jesus continued His Sermon on the Mount by describing His disciples as the salt of the earth.  Matthew 5:13  “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.”  Salt […]

After Jesus was baptized by John, in chapter 4 Matthew tells us that Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  The Spirit of God had come upon Jesus at His baptism.  Now this Spirit was taking Him into the wilderness so that He might be tempted. […]

Many people followed Jesus because He was able to heal the sick.  But Jesus’ mission while on earth was not so much to physically heal people, but he came to bring the message of truth to the world.  Seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain and began to teach His disciples.  He starts […]

John the Baptist came before Jesus. Why did John come?  God the Father had a plan to bring His Son Jesus into the world that the world through Him might be saved.  But rather than having His Son just all of a sudden appear, the Father deemed it necessary to send a forerunner to prepare […]

The book of Matthew was written by the apostle Matthew; he is sometimes called Levi.  Since he was an apostle and followed Jesus during His ministry on earth, much of what he wrote was first-hand accounts of the life of Jesus during that time period.  The intended audience of the book was the Jewish people.  […]

How do we walk?  Well, we normally have two legs and two feet, so to walk we put one foot in front of the other and move forward.  We learned to walk when we were small children.  But that isn’t the kind of walking I want to consider.  The Bible frequently addresses walking to describe […]

During the time of Jesus, the religious people thought that if they kept the rules they would be pleasing to God.  Many of their rules came from the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.  Additional rules came from their centuries of traditions. Sometimes they made the commandments of God of no effect by […]

It is said that 77% of Americans have debt.  Many people have multiple credit cards with thousands of dollars in outstanding balances.  In addition to consumer debt, some debts are incurred to pay for college education or large medical bills or other unexpected expenses.  While this is true for people in general, I believe that […]

Moses was giving the children of Israel his final instructions before he died and before the Israelites went on to occupy the land of Canaan.  Deuteronomy 10:12-13 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love […]

You and I sin.  John told us in 1 John 1:8 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”  As a Christian, you should not be an individual that continually practices sin.  From time to time, you may sin by saying or doing something contrary […]