Category: Devotional Readings

Paul write extensively about the gospel in this chapter mentioning 4 times.Recall is began this book with this statement about the gospel, these are verses worth memorizing.Rom 1:1  Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,Rom 1:9  For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son,… Continue reading Roman’s 15 – Making the Gospel the Point

We saw in our Luke 6 study that their was a peculiar twist to Jesus' teaching on this subject. Luk 6:22  Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Luk 6:23  Rejoice ye in that… Continue reading Matthew 5 – A few words on Righteousness and Persecution

Our small group was addressing this point from the Luke 6 account where we see this contrast.Luk 6:20  And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.John Gill refers us back to our Matthew 5 text..blessed be ye poor; not only in the things of this… Continue reading Matthew 5 – Not getting confused by the Poor and Poor of Spirit

This will be the first post of several, there is so much to cover, and even with several I will not do it justice. So much in here. Let's begin with the overview. Looking at the whole Chapter.https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/Matt.5The Sermon on the MountMat 5:1  And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he… Continue reading Matthew 5 – Sermon on the Mount