And some tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.” Some soldiers were questioning him, saying, “And what about us, what shall we do?” And he Read more…
“…for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (v. 21) “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” (v. 24) The Read more…
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “When I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but rather for hearing the words of the Lord. People will stagger from sea to sea and from the north even to the Read more…
Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. (v. 12) Ezekiel is another of those prophets, like Jeremiah, who prophesied just before the utter destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity of Read more…
In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her treasures that were hers since the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the adversary and no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, they laughed at her ruin. Jerusalem sinned greatly, therefore she Read more…
Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, “Listen now, Hananiah: the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are Read more…