Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? – I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven. – Matthew 18:21-22. Here we have Peter’s question and Jesus’ …
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Twentieth Sunday after Trinity – Friday
Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? – Matthew 18:1. What we would say in answer to this question might be wrong. Let us see what answer the Savior gave to this question. He said: “If any …
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Twentieth Sunday after Trinity – Thursday
Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance, but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. – Matthew 13:12. God’s spiritual gifts are, mainly, a believing knowledge of the …
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Twentieth Sunday after Trinity – Wednesday
He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me. — Matthew 10:38. The cross of which our Savior here speaks is every hardship, tribulation, or persecution that we believers must bear because we follow Him, our …
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Twentieth Sunday after Trinity – Tuesday
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. − Matthew 10:34. So says the Lord Jesus. This is a very strange saying by the “Prince of Peace” (Isaiah …
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Twentieth Sunday after Trinity – Monday
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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