This chapter will finish the Sermon on the Mount which began in chapter 6 and runs through chapters 6 and 7. “Judge not” is a well known passag of scripture that may actually be too well known. Remove the log from your own eye, the Golden Rule, the wide vs. narrow gate and building on the rock are all in this chapter.
Matthew 7
“Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.
Continue readingWe are on chapter 2 of the Sermon on the Mount. This is so much easier to read and discuss than the measurements of the tabernacle curtains or making the priestly garments. I’m not saying we shouldn’t read those chapters, obviously we did, but these words of Jesus have more direct application to the Christian life. Don’t just read over it and check a box on your checklist; read it, think about it, soak in it. Let it change you.
Matthew 6
“Be careful that you do not practice your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Continue readingIf you have been hoping for a longer podcast episode. then I have good news. If you were happy with the 8 and 9 minutes episodes we’ve been having, then you should say something when I ask for feedback. This is the first of three chapters that record Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. It’s not just that the chapter is 48 verses long, it’s that Jesus says so much good stuff.
Matthew 5
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up into a mountain: and when he sat down his disciples came to him.
Continue readingJesus fasts for 40 days and nights and is then tempted by Satan. He then begins to preach and call disciples. Let’s talk about what fasting is and why Jesus is doing it before we look at what Satan tempts him with. Matthew 5, 6 and 7 is the Sermon on the Mount. We will start that tomorrow and spend a few days on the things Jesus says. Lots of good stuff in there.
Matthew 4
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit up into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Continue readingIntroduction of John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus.
Includes discussion about the length of the podcast. I am trying so hard to be brief that the episodes actually need to be a little longer?
Matthew 3
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
Continue readingRead the Bible is now available as a podcast on Spotify. There will be other platforms soon; I don’t have a crew of techies to create accounts and paste RSS feeds all day, it’s just me. The image here is the title card shown on Spotify. It needed to be square and I was a little concerned about downloading an image that might someday be cited for violating copyright. So this is a picture that I took myself, of my Bible.
Matthew 2
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem,
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3/4 of the Bible is the Old Testament. There is nothing I can do about that but we are going to break it up by switching back and forth. We will spend pretty much the entire month of June reading Matthew’s Gospel before getting back into the Old Testament at… Leviticus. Matthew tells Joseph’s side of the story of Jesus’s birth and has wise men. We will get to Luke’s account before Christmas which features Mary and the angels appearing to shepherds.
Matthew 1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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We finished reading Exodus yesterday. We read one chapter per day of Genesis (50 chapters) and immediately started Exodus (40 chapters) and did the same thing. It has been three months since the first Read the Bible post. We are going to take a break from the Old Testament and begin The Gospel According to Matthew tomorrow. We’re gonna go ahead and give you a new open Bible and cup of coffee image for the occasion.
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The Master's Table 