“And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14 ESV). When the disciples asked Jesus to give them details about His second coming and the end of the age, He replied that one of the signs would
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence” (Matthew 23:25 ESV). Jesus accused the Pharisees of hypocrisy. For they emphasized outward expressions of holiness without any true heart change. The Pharisees had added dozens of rules
“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Exodus 19:5-6 ESV). God told Moses that the Israelites would be a “treasured
‘But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.”‘ (Matthew 22:29 ESV). Jesus rebuked the Sadducees for not knowing God’s Word, nor God’s power. Who were the Sadducees? They were a Jewish religious sect that existed during the first century and consisted of a wealthy ruling
“There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.” (Proverbs
‘And stopping, Jesus called them and said, “What do you want me to do for you?”’ (Matthew 20:32 ESV). Jesus was on his way up to Jerusalem for the Passover, headed for his preordained appointment with the cross. With all the weight of what lay before him, he still stopped to heal two blind men
“and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD” (Exodus 12:12 ESV). Egypt worshiped a multitude of false gods. They had a god for everything. For instance, “Hapi” was their god of the Nile, yet the Lord turned it into blood. “Hekket” was their goddess of fertility and had
“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God” (Matthew 19:24 ESV). After a rich young ruler came to Jesus asking what good thing he must do to have eternal life, the Lord told him
“Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh” (Exodus 7:7 ESV). The life of Moses can be divided into three 40-year phases. The first 40 years of his life, he lived as a prince of Egypt, the second, as a shepherd in Midian, and the third, as
“At a lodging place on the way the LORD met him and sought to put him to death” (Exodus 4:24 ESV). This strange passage of Scripture is difficult to understand. Apparently, Moses had failed to circumcise his son. This was the mark of the covenant that God had given to Abraham. And Moses seems to