Peter Denies Jesus Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in …
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Twentieth Sunday after Trinity – Sunday
The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth laborers into His harvest. – Matthew 9:37-38. If you would take a general view of the heathen …
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Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity – Saturday
Not every one that saith unto Me, “Lord, Lord!” shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. – Matthew 7:21 In the visible Christian Church there are people …
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Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity – Friday
Beware of false prophets! – Matthew 7:15 Of the salvation which is in Christ we know nothing, nothing at all, except what God’s Word tells us. And this salvation does not become our own, except through His Word. Therefore, His …
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Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity – Thursday
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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Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity – Wednesday
Judge not! – Matthew 7:1 To judge is to form a judgment or an opinion of someone or something. Here in Matthew 7, Jesus instructed us not to judge, not to keep on judging. In John 7, Jesus instructed us …
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Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity – Tuesday
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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Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity – Monday
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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Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity – Sunday
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, whoever those truly needy are and wherever they might be, even thousands of miles away, …
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Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity – Saturday
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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