In the beatitudes recorded in Matthew 5:3-12 Jesus describes the qualities of those who would be citizens of the kingdom of heaven. In verse 3 Jesus says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” In other words, if we wish to be “blessed” or very happy and to be citizens of the kingdom of heaven, then one of the...

In Matthew 4:4 Jesus, quoting Deuteronomy 8:3, said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” We are responsible to obey everything that God has communicated to us. These days, however, many want to pick and choose what they will or will not obey. Some claim that they will only choose to obey...

Many of us like to sing song number 473 in our song book, “O how I love Jesus”. We like to think of the love that God has for us and we like to think that we respond to that love by returning it. But do we really love Jesus? In John 14:15 Jesus said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” And in verses 23 and 24 Jesus says “If anyone loves Me,...

In Matthew 7:12 Jesus said, “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets”, a statement often referred to as “the golden rule”.While every subject in scripture is important, it is often possible to tell the relative importance of a subject by the number of times it is addressed in the Bible....