Tag: Matthew 20
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Inconvenient Compassion
Tonight, we transition from Matthew’s section about the place of the disciple to the Holy Week discourse. In the current section, we have discovered that the place of the disciple is the place of the lowly in this world, of servanthood, humility, and humble standing—not power, authority, or having much to gain. Even the section…
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Elevation Church
Jesus has been teaching that the first will be last and the last first, meaning that those who are first in the kingdom of heaven are those who deny themselves, take up their crosses, and follow Jesus on this earth. In this context, Mrs. Zebedee asks that her children be considered to sit at Christ’s…
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The Christian’s Labor
Last week, we saw the Christian’s reward. God promises to return many times what the Christian gives up for Christ’s name’s sake and give the Christian eternal life. Jesus follows His teaching about rewards with a parable—not about people giving anything up, but about laborers in a vineyard seeking to earn wages. Matthew 20:1-16 For…
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Dear Collector Pt. 3: What about those Heavenly rewards?
So, in the last two explorations, we discovered that God may or may not have material blessing for us on this earth according to His will and for His honor and glory. Our responsibility, then is to steward what God does choose to give us for God’s glory and honor. Undoubtedly, each one of God’s…