Category Archives: Bible

JULY 26 Reading 207 JESUS IN JERUSALEM Matthew 21–23 ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment” (Matt. 22:37–38).Jesus now entered His last week on earth. We see in the events which follow just how deepContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

JULY 25 Reading 206 MORE ON GREATNESS Matthew 19–20 “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many” (Matt.Continue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

JULY 24 Reading 205 KINGDOM GREATNESS Matthew 18 “Unless you change . . . you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 18:3–4).The question about greatness is important. Today too Christians need to understand Christ’s answer. Overview The markContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

JULY 23 Reading 204 KING AND SON OF GOD Matthew 16–17 ” ‘Who do you say I am?’ Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God’ ” (Matt. 16:15–16).These chapters mark a turning point in Matthew’s Gospel. From now on, Jesus spoke less of the kingdom, and more of theContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

JULY 22 Reading 203 MORE MINISTRY Matthew 14–15 “Great crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the dumb and many others, and laid them at His feet; and He healed them” (Matt. 15:30).In His healings and in feeding the 5,000 and then the 4,000, Jesus met the physical needs of HisContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”