During three weeks, we will look at Matthew 6:1-18, moving from the outside toward the Lord’s Prayer in the middle. First we considered Jesus’ warnings about hypocrisy: doing the right things in order to receive human applause. Jesus called us rather to focus on the divine audience and receive grace upon grace from God.
Continuing his argument that he received the one and only gospel directly from Jesus Christ, Paul demonstrated in more detail in Galatians 1:11-24 his...
In the next pair of sections about John and Jesus, Luke reported that the Word of God came upon John, and the Holy Spirit...
A small “chance” occurrence that turned out for Paul’s protection reminds us of God’s providential care for his children.