Category Archives: Bible

JESUS IN JERUSALEMMatthew 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 deep His love for HisContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

MORE ON GREATNESSMatthew 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. 20:26–28). The world has itsContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

KINGDOM GREATNESSMatthew 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. OverviewThe mark of greatness in Christ’s kingdomContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

KING AND SON OF GODMatthew 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 the Cross. OverviewJesus rejected anContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

MORE MINISTRYMatthew 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 His people. But would theyContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”