Tag: God

Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 7: 15-23 True and False Disciples

Thomas Less, February 4, 2011

¹⁵“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.¹⁶You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?¹⁷A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.¹⁸A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 7: 12-14 Do onto others…

Thomas Less, February 2, 2011

¹²“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the ^klaw and the prophets.

Lord, it is so easy to turn this simple teaching around. How often have I “done back to others what they did to me”? No Lord, help me to do exactly what You are teaching. I need forgiveness, so make me

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 7: 6 Pearls before swine

Thomas Less, January 29, 2011

⁶“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.

It is hard for me to believe Jesus said this, and even harder for me to understand. How are we to convert the unbeliever if we follow this direction? Seriously Lord, open my mind and my heart for I am very confused. Did

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 7: 1-5 Judge Not

Thomas Less, January 27, 2011

¹“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.²For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

³“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?⁴How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get …

Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 6: 25-34

Thomas Less, January 26, 2011

²⁵“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?²⁶Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?²⁷Can all

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 6:19-24 Where is your treasure

Thomas Less, January 25, 2011

¹⁹“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.²⁰Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.²¹Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

²²“Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 6: 5-18 Prayer

Thomas Less, January 24, 2011

⁵“When you pray, don’t be like the ^fhypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.⁶But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 6: 1-4 Do your good deeds in private

Thomas Less, January 22, 2011

¹“Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.²When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the ^ehypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get.³

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 38-48 love your enemies

Thomas Less, January 20, 2011

³⁸“You have heard the law that says the punishment must match the injury: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’³⁹But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.⁴⁰If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too.⁴¹If a soldier

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 31-37 Say what you mean

Thomas Less, January 20, 2011

³¹“You have heard the law that says, ‘A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a written notice of divorce.’³²But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

³³“You have also heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not break your vows;

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