Matthew
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Matthew 22:14 For many are called but few are chosen
Many of God’s children are called to be obedient; called to live righteously, but few are actually chosen. In order to properly understand what Jesus meant, we must allow scripture to interpret scripture. We can do this by studying Paul’s teaching on the election of grace.
Romans 11:5 Even so then at this present time also [...]
John 6 - I am that bread of life
When Jesus is tempted in the wilderness, he reveals a great truth in his rebuke of the tempter as He proclaims, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner
There are two types of children, those who are obedeint and those who are disobedient or rebellious. God deals with each of these types in different ways. The obedient are regarded as precious, and the disobedient are chastened. That is the proper teaching of these passages.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Matthew 3:11 He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire:
There are several passages where fire is used by God in chastening His children, and is described as a purification, such as removing impurities from gold. It is this fire to which John makes reference in this passage.
John makes reference to two possible outcomes for the children of God. If they believe and are obedient, they [...]
Matthew 3 - The winnowing fan and threshing floor
Traditional teaching attempts to persuade one to believe that this passage is that of separating the unregenerate from the regenerate, but that cannot be possible since both the grain and the chaff are derived from the same plant, which in this passage, is a child of God. Compare this to the parable of the “Wheat and Tares” where two distinct types of plants exists, each being derived from two different types of seed. In that parable the wheat is gathered together and placed into the barn. This would be customary prior to threshing and winnowing.