Key Passage
"And if a home or town refuses to welcome you or listen to you, then leave that place. Shake their dust off your feet. I tell you the truth. On the judgment day it will be worse for that town than for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah."
— Matthew 10:14-15 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought
Matthew will constantly remind us that our decisions about Jesus and the lifestyle he calls us to embrace have eternal consequences. To reject Jesus' disciples and their message of the Gospel is to bring judgement. While this is not a popular message today, it is still the truth. Jesus came to save us from judgement, but if we reject him, we have given up the basis of our hope.
Prayer
Righteous and Almighty God, please forgive me when I have not told the lost about your love. Please help me past my discouragement when people won't heed your message of grace. Please forgive me most of all for forgetting that the Gospel is so necessary for salvation that to reject it is to reject hope. Please give me wisdom and passion to share that Gospel story boldly and with gentleness and respect. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Related Scriptures
Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son. God gave his Son so that every person that believes in him would not be lost, but have life forever. God sent his Son into the world. God did not send his Son to judge the world guilty. God sent his Son so that the world could be saved through his Son. The person that believes in God's Son is not judged (condemned). But the person that does not believe is already judged. Why? Because that person has not believed in God's only Son. People are judged by this fact: The Light (goodness) has come into the world. But people did not want light. They wanted darkness (sin). Why? Because they were doing evil things. Every person that does evil hates the light. That person will not come to the light. Why? Because then the light will show all the bad things he has done. But the person that follows the true way comes to the light. Then the light will show that the things that person has done were done through God.
— John 3:16-21
"I tell you the truth. If a person hears what I say and believes in the One (God) who sent me, that person has life forever. That person will not be judged guilty. He has already left death and has entered into life.
— John 5:24
— http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/ncv/
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"And if a home or town refuses to welcome you or listen to you, then leave that place. Shake their dust off your feet. I tell you the truth. On the judgment day it will be worse for that town than for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah."
— Matthew 10:14-15 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought
Matthew will constantly remind us that our decisions about Jesus and the lifestyle he calls us to embrace have eternal consequences. To reject Jesus' disciples and their message of the Gospel is to bring judgement. While this is not a popular message today, it is still the truth. Jesus came to save us from judgement, but if we reject him, we have given up the basis of our hope.
Prayer
Righteous and Almighty God, please forgive me when I have not told the lost about your love. Please help me past my discouragement when people won't heed your message of grace. Please forgive me most of all for forgetting that the Gospel is so necessary for salvation that to reject it is to reject hope. Please give me wisdom and passion to share that Gospel story boldly and with gentleness and respect. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Related Scriptures
Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son. God gave his Son so that every person that believes in him would not be lost, but have life forever. God sent his Son into the world. God did not send his Son to judge the world guilty. God sent his Son so that the world could be saved through his Son. The person that believes in God's Son is not judged (condemned). But the person that does not believe is already judged. Why? Because that person has not believed in God's only Son. People are judged by this fact: The Light (goodness) has come into the world. But people did not want light. They wanted darkness (sin). Why? Because they were doing evil things. Every person that does evil hates the light. That person will not come to the light. Why? Because then the light will show all the bad things he has done. But the person that follows the true way comes to the light. Then the light will show that the things that person has done were done through God.
— John 3:16-21
"I tell you the truth. If a person hears what I say and believes in the One (God) who sent me, that person has life forever. That person will not be judged guilty. He has already left death and has entered into life.
— John 5:24
— http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/ncv/
Devotional provided by Heartlight®
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