Jesus spoke of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob entering the messianic-age kingdom on multiple occasions. One time was in the early part of his preaching career, during his “Great Galilean Ministry.” Matthew says a Roman centurion expressed faith in him by affirming his absolute authority: When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said…
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Our most recent five posts have considered the cessation of supernatural gifts. They are no longer an ongoing, day-to-day reality in the church’s experience. We will now return to our series of Meditations in Matthew. Our last two posts in that series dealt with Matthew 27–28. One (here) showed how Jesus…
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Meditations in Matthew Twenty-two: Marriage in the New Age
by Mike Rogersby Mike RogersWe reject Ralph Waldo Emerson’s dictum that “consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” He claimed Moses and other great thinkers “set at naught books and traditions” by speaking “what they thought.” Emerson said they gave no heed to consistency. This is a falsehood. Moses spoke what God revealed to him.…