Tag: Matthew
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Joseph’s messenger
Somehow I had imagined that Joseph received his angelic messenger soon after Mary received hers but it seems clear that he received his months later and only after he was faced with the choice of how to deal with a pregnant betrothed. Even before the angel cleared things up for Joseph his character was displayed…
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Two aborted deaths
It had only been about a week since Jesus has raised Lazarus from the dead. I believe Mary Magdalene was there to witness that. With that memory fairly recent, how different did it feel to see Jesus risen from the dead without someone to raise him? Did it feel at all the same or did…
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Close to Christ
I would have loved to notice the invitation earlier to study the actions of Mary Magdalene and put myself in her place. The first thing I noticed was the comment “there is a direct correlation to the time we spend listening to His words and learning from Him to how close we are to Him.”…
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Hearing and heeding
The lesson of the various witnesses of Christ at his birth and in his early years was that they were each prepared to recognize and act on the whisperings of the Spirit. The shepherds got more than a whisper and they acted. Anna and Simeon testified when they saw the holy baby. The wise men…
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The prints of the nails
Is it universally true that whoever Jesus appeared to as Himself after His resurrection, He showed the prints of the nails and the wound of the spear? He didn’t when he appeared to the disciples on the road to Emmaus, although he didn’t reveal his identity to them either. As far as I can tell,…
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Below all things
It was necessary for Christ to be mocked and mistreated in order for Him to descend below all things.
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Temptations of Christ
If Christ suffered temptations so that he might succor us, then we should use the experience of our temptations to make ourselves more compassionate to the temptations that others suffer. That doesn’t mean that we condone soon, just that we treat sinners and those who are tempted kindly and be careful to leave unnecessary judgement…
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Take the name of Christ
The first covenant that we make is to take the name of Christ upon us. While the act of baptism formalizes it, those who truly seek to take his name will be accepted even if they were not properly baptized in mortality for they will gratefully accept the proxy baptisms which will be performed for…
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Son of man
It appears that “Son of man” is the title Christ most often used for himself and that He used it more than anyone else.