In Matthew 20:1–15, Jesus told about a group of workers. Some worked all day, others only one hour. Yet their employer paid them the same. The Lord placed this story inside bookend statements. Before the parable, he said, “many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be…
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Warren W. Wiersbe
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Book Of MatthewProphecy
Meditations in Matthew Sixteen: An Atheist Looks at Jesus’s Prophecy
by Mike Rogersby Mike RogersOne atheist used Matthew 16:27–28 to explain his rejection of Christianity. Speaking to the South London Branch of the National Secular Society in 1927, Bertrand Russell said, I do not believe that one can grant either the superlative wisdom or the superlative goodness of Christ as depicted in the Gospels;…
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Book Of MatthewProphecy
Meditations in Matthew Thirteen: Mustard and Leaven
by Mike Rogersby Mike Rogers“Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.” — Prov 29:18 (ESV) Prophecy leads God’s people to obey their Lord. But, several ingredients must be present. First, God must give us a vision. When Samuel was young, “the word…