matthew-6:21

In my article last month, The Limits of God’s Grace, I tried to show how God’s grace is frequently presented in such a manner that it nullifies the numerous scriptures that clearly speak of the absolute necessity of holiness if one is to ultimately gain entrance into heaven. Those scriptures are too... Read More

Introduction You are going to love this story. Jesus told it using just one sentence, but with a little imagination, it can easily be expanded without doing any harm to the lesson. A man is walking across a neighbor's field early one morning when something poking through the soil—perhaps exposed fro... Read More

"I'm glad God looks at the heart and not the bank account, otherwise, a lot of us Christians would be bound for hell." — A recent comment on a Christian discussion board That quotation represents a very commonly-held belief among professing Christians that greed is only an attitude of the heart that... Read More

Like most teachers, Jesus sometimes repeated to one group what He'd already taught another group. Some of what we read today Jesus taught during His sermon on the mountainside (see Matthew 6-7), so we'll only consider what is new to us. Teaching about prayer, Jesus used an illustration about a man w... Read More

Some years ago I was admonished by one of the wealthiest men in my city, a retired CEO of a huge multi-national company, with the following words, "It is the responsibility of guys like you to tell guys like me what God expects of us, lest we not be ready to stand before Him one day." It seemed, he ... Read More

“Sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it” (Gen. 4:7, emphasis added). As was pointed out in the previous chapter, our sanctification is a joint effort on the part of God and ourselves. We grow to be progressively more like Jesus as we cooperate with the Father... Read More

The sovereign Lord is the great Provider. When Israel needed a leader, He raised up Moses. When they needed water in the desert, He supplied it from a rock. When they needed food for their wilderness wandering, He gave it in the form of manna. Man needed a Savior from his sins, so God sent His only ... Read More

Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, . . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. --MATTHEW 6:20,21 SINCE I am coming to that holy room Where with the choir of saints forevermore I shall be made Thy music, as I come I tune the instrument here at the door, And, what I must d... Read More

[ 76 ] To whom the Lord thus in a word returns a short reply, I never knew any of you that wrought iniquity. You say y'have been my Presence in; but friends, how came you there With Raiment vile that did defile and quite disgrace my Cheer? Is Answered. Luke 13:27 Matt 22:12 [ 77 ] Durst you draw nea... Read More

Text: Matt 6:9-15 The Lord's Prayer is recorded both in Matthew 6 and Luke 11. "Lord, teach us to pray" (Lk 11) introduces us to the text. This is our model prayer, for it teaches us how and what to pray. It is an important part of our Bible-Presbyterian Liturgy. One of our B-P sons, who now declare... Read More