Tag: Righteousness
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GNB 2.239
10/16/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly [that they can do so as well] will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5.19) TODAY’S REFLECTION…
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GNB 2.235
10/10/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” (Matthew 5.17) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Whatever we do we must live by the imperative of Christ, “Go and do likewise.” It is in the…
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GNB 2.234
10/9/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will truly disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in…
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GNB 2.232
10/6/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Jesus said, [Listen, I speak the truth,] ‘Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.’” (Matthew 5.20) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: How many times do you need to read that one verse before it speaks…
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GNB 2.230
10/4/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” (Matthew 5.13) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Would that Jesus was speaking to everyone and…
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GNB 2.229
10/3/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” (Matthew 5.13) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Jesus never preaches, teaches or manifests the righteousness…
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GNB 2.227
10/1/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you; falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice! Be glad because great is your reward in heaven. It is in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5.11-12) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Before…
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GNB 2.226
9/29/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5.10) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: When I began this series of reflections on The Beatitudes, I suggested that their true focus was not visible in descriptors of blessing as the world understands it…
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GNB 2.222
9/25/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are those hungering and thirsting for righteousness because they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5.6) “After this, Jesus knowing that all things had been finished so that the prophecy may be fulfilled, said, ‘I thirst.’” (John 19.28) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: We have all experienced being parched. Some of us…
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GNB 2.220
9/22/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5.4) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: As the Spirit was teaching me yesterday in reflection on the “Beatitudes” which lead into the full “Sermon on the Mount,” I was inspired to consider the Decalogue as well. At first, in my…
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