During three weeks, we are looking 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. This week we looked at Jesus’ three instructions about how to pray: in secret, with simplicity, and with forgiveness.
Paul warned Christians about false teachers who would persuade them to boast in themselves instead of in Christ.
In James 1:9-18, the author continues to urge us to have a biblical perspective on the difficult and the good things in life, including...
In his second volume, Luke revealed that the promise of the Father would be the baptism in the Holy Spirit to empower Jesus’ followers...