HOLINESS
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Daily Readings: Matthew 22 and Psalm 22 Jesus was in Jerusalem and the two most powerful Jewish religious parties, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, were trying desperately to discredit Him with the crowds, or to trap Him into saying something that would land Him in hot water with the Roman authorities. His popularity frightened them.
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Daily Readings: Matthew 15 and Psalm 15 But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you. (Matthew 15:18 NLT) The religious people of Jesus’ day were extremely intent on creating and then observing highly complex outward rules for religious purity. When they kept these rules, they felt they were proving their commitment and
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Daily Readings: Matthew 5 and Psalm 5 In this first part of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus made it abundantly clear that He had not come to lower God’s standards. He had come to fulfil all that God required. Jesus lived a life perfectly pleasing to God the Father, and He taught His followers
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Daily Readings: Matthew 3 and Psalm 3 Today is Ash Wednesday – the day of deliberate confession and repentance that marks the start of the season of Lent. How appropriate then that we come to Matthew 3 today. In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was, “Repent
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Daily Readings: Matthew 2 and Psalm 2 When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod. (Matthew 2:12 NLT) Devotional Thoughts It seems to me there is a clear contrast in Matthew 2. On the one
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