Enter ye in at the strait gate! – Matthew 7:13 Our Lord and Savior said: “Wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat” (Matthew 7:13).  Why is …

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Judge not! – Matthew 7:1 To judge is to form an opinion of someone or something.  In Matthew 7, Jesus instructed us not to judge, and not to keep judging.  In John 7, Jesus instructed us concerning both forbidden judgment and commanded judgment when He …

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Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithall shall we be clothed? – Matthew 6:31. Why should we take no thought; why should we not worry, saying: “What shall we eat? What shall …

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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor dust doth corrupt, and where thieves do …

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Take heed that ye do not your alms before men. – Matthew 6:1. Alms are gifts of love given out of pity for the needy, wherever they are, even thousands of miles away, such as our dear needy brethren in …

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Love your enemies. – Matthew 5:44 It is against our inherited sinful condition (Psalm 51:5) to love our enemies.  But we Christians no longer are what we “were” (Ephesians 2:1 b) by our natural conception and birth, that condition described …

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  But I say unto you: That ye resist not the evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away …

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Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him, lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily, I …

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It must needs be that offenses come. – Matthew 18:7 “It must needs be that offenses come,” says our Savior. In this wicked, “adulterous, and sinful” (Mark 8:38) world, it cannot be otherwise. By word and behavior, by speech and …

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Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! – Matthew 18:7a The word “offense” really signifies an obstruction, a stumbling-block placed in the way which could cause someone to fall and get hurt.  In a spiritual sense, an “offense” …

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