Month: February 2023

34” Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.”

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Before Jesus was born everyone thought that the messiah will bring peace on earth even when he started his ministry he followers believed he will create peace, but here he says he did not come to bring peace but a sword   now the sword he is talking about a machairan  which is Greek for a large knife which is used for cutting and dividing flesh of animals mostly fish . 

35” For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;”“and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’”

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This is now where Jesus is using the  machairan this large knife is known for separating the parts of animals and fish so here Jesus is separating his people by separating those who believe in Christ  and those who do not believe in Christ , he’s saying that a non believing father will turn against his believing son. A believing daughter against a non believing mother and a believing daughter in law against her non believing mother in law there for Jesus did not bring peace but separation in a household when half the family believes and the other half don’t 

37”He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.”

Here Jesus is saying that anyone who puts another person highly above God or Jesus will not be worthy of being his . How can you want to be worthy of Jesus’s love and being his child when you don’t love him above everyone else ? I’m not saying don’t love your child or family member but remember God put you before his son We should show our love by putting Jesus above everyone else. 

38“And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭38‬ ‭

Here Jesus is saying that a believer must die to themselves. They must be willing to let go of their own agendas and personal dreams and ways of living and follow him and be Christ like

39“He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.”

When Jesus says ^ he is saying that when a person finds enjoyment in his life by sinful deeds , denial of God and worldly desires he will find themselves spiritually bankrupt and dead in their sin 

It says here in Matthew 5:10-12

“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.. 

this is what Jesus means when he says he who loses his life for my sake will find it because if you die for being a believer of Christ or for preaching the word of god you will find your life in heaven 

Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”

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Before Jesus and in the old test image 

The sole fast required by the Law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:26-32).  It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). This was a group time of serious reflection on their sins during the year and their sorrow before God.

There are occasions when special fasts were and should be called by leaders. These times of fasting are usually dictated by circumstance such as:

1. sickness – Psalms 35:13,
2. death – I Samuel 31:13,
3. war or battle – Judges 20:24-28,
4. conviction of sin – Ezra 10:3,
5. realizing lost condition – Jonah 3:5,
6. important decisions –Acts 13:2; 14:23.

Fasting was not meant for joyful and happy occasions that is why Jesus said “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”

‭‭Now the Pharisees didn’t fast for those reason they would fast twice a week just to make it clear to man to show how religious they were They would go out of their way to disfigure their faces so that someone would ask what was going on and this would give them the chance to let people know that they were fasting.

Jesus says here in Matthew 6 – 16 

““And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get. But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face, Then no one will notice that you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in private. And your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.”

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““Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before. “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.””

Here Jesus is saying that the way the Pharisees practice Judaism is like old clothing and old wine skins and he is introducing a new way and  the new way of Judaism is  not a patch because a patch can be torn away at the first washing which means if he just adds the new way into the old way it will just be washed away and forgotten but  but instead he is saying his new way is like a new wineskin to pour the new wine in so that the new way of Judaism is preserved which means that the new way of Judaism will last forever. The new way is the right way it’s not how the Pharisees do just for attention and praise but the new way is to give God the glory in what we do wether it’s to fast, pray, or even help someone we must do it for the glory of God not the glory of man 

Peter was the only one the Bible mentioned was actually married all the other apostles were assumed to most likely be married but it’s mentioned that Peter actually was married

A fever wasn’t just something curable and simple  back then it was a serious disease 

Jesus healing peters mother in law was like a gift to peters wife and of course his mother in law 

Because Jesus knew he would be taking Peter with him and they would be gone for a long time so he healed his mother in law from almost dying so that peters wife would have someone as Peter served the lord and followed Jesus through his ministry 

Jesus could have easily told Peter no and said we have other people to tend to and heal but he didn’t because he knew his plans for Peter he knew he would have to leave his wife and family and it would have been even harder on his wife if her mother had passed away now in 1 Corinthians chapter 9 verse 5 it says “Don’t we have the right to bring a believing wife with us as the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers do, and as Peter does?”

This scripture indicated that many of the apostles was married as well as some of them including Peter brought along their wives as they traveled 

I always believe that every time happens for a reason I believe that if jesus didn’t heal peters mother in law and she died then peters wife wouldn’t be stable enough to go with Peter when it was her time and due to that I believe Peter wouldn’t have done what he was called to do 

““Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.”
Matthew 7:6

Don’t waste what is holy on people who are not holy . 

• do not preach or forcefully teach the things of God to hostile unworthy people these are people that reject God or do not appreciate him. 

Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! 

-The pigs represent un sacred people and in clean people. Do not waste good things on people who do not appreciate them don’t give or offer something valuable to someone who does not understand its value. If you give a pig or a dog pearls they will not comprehend what it’s value is. How can you teach and give preaching about God and all that is holy to someone who does not understand or appreciate what you have to say just as a dog or pig does not appreciate the value of pearls You can try to give pigs and dogs pearls but you can’t force them to appreciate or comprehend the value and meaning of those pearls 

They will trample the pearls

• this means that when your preaching or talking about God to non believers even if they know deep down it’s the truth they will deny and become offensive because of what your saying and because your talking about God 

 then turn and attack you.”

• Back in the day people who didn’t believe in God or wasn’t Christian’s would kill prophets for Talking about god now a days what this means that when we talk or preach About God to non believers they become furious at the truth because they refuse to believe it and they will fight , argue , cuss and even try to hurt you

Now I’m not saying don’t preach it teach people about God what I’m saying is don’t argue or God upon someone who clearly doesn’t want to know or even hear about God . You can’t force someone into belief you can try but just as a dog returns to its vomit so will an unholy person return to its sin that is why God calls unholy people dogs and pigs because people who rejected God are un sacred and un clean just as a pig is and so of pig rolls in it’s own filth and even eats it’s own filth why would you think it would know the value of pearls?

“But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.”Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭3‬ ‭

What this means is that God will bless you when you do things for the right reasons , when you help people that need it but you do it out of kindness of your heart do it without wanting to be blessed in return then and only then will you Heavenly Father bless you because you helped people for the right reasons .  Don’t help someone and post it everywhere because if you do that your not doing it for the right reasons your doing it to show the whole instagram or the world “ look at me I’m a Christian I helped this man or I fed the homeless “ just so they can say “ wow that’s a true Christian God bless you or why can’t I be like him He’s blessed” well that’s all there gonna get how can you do something just because you believe Gods going to bless you or because your expecting something in return if you think like that you won’t be blessed if anything you should do it for nothing in return because it says here in John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” And when he did that he knew that not everyone would accept him and believe in him yet he still gave his one and only son for us so we should just feed and help his people as a thanks for him giving his son for our sins