David Journal

Tag: Matthew

  • Prayer must be combined with action

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    Or prayers will have little or no effect if our actions don’t demonstrate the sincerity of our petition and our faith. One reason for this is that if our actions demonstrate a lack of conformity to the principles of righteousness then we will lack the spiritual power to know what to pray for and our…

  • He is risen!!

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    The disciples on the road to Emmaus got a foretaste of what Jesus would say and do with the apostles in Jerusalem that He appeared to later that same night.

  • Judas

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    Did Judas think that the Sanhedrin were intending something less than Jesus’ death? Perhaps he was counting on the fact that they didn’t legally have the authority to enforce a death sentence. If so he must have been ignorant of the fact that they could and would bring Roman authority into enacting their desires to…

  • Preparing for His Sacrifice

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    I had forgotten that Jesus told His apostles that He would go before then to Galilee after His death. That explains why they would have gone there once He had risen. It is interesting to note that the reason Peter denied Jesus three times was that he followed close enough to be accused. That is…

  • “To what purpose is this waste?”

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    I wonder if Jesus’ answer about the woman pouring costly oil upon Him was the point where Judas decided that he could no longer support his Lord. Perhaps he is the very one who called the anointing of Jesus with costly oil a waste.

  • “Call no man your father on earth “

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    Matthew 23:9 is slightly problematic for catholic priests. I think it is well understood that children can address their earthly father’s as “father” but we should recognize that ecclesiastically no authority renders another man equal to the father of our spirits. The love of many waxes cold because of the abundance of iniquity.

  • Apostles to sit in judgment

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    Jesus tells his apostles that they will sit in husbandmen off the house of Israel the twelve Nephite disciples will judge the Nephites and be judged in turn by the apostles. I’m confident that our modern apostles will judge the Latter-day Saints if not all the people of their generation and I wouldn’t be surprised…

  • Forgiving trespasses and healing breaches

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    The prescribed methods for dealing with offenses and forgiving trespasses are very much needed today. Often it isn’t a matter of money but of rhetoric that people offend and take offense today.

  • The third year of Jesus’ ministry

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    I get the impression that Jesus became more intimate with His disciples – working miracles that they were aware of even if others weren’t and telling them plainly (or mostly plainly) of what was to come – in the third year of His ministry.

  • Food for the dogs

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    When Christ told the woman of Canaan that it wasn’t right to give the children’s food to the dogs it sounds like a real insult to us but I wonder if it held such a negative connotation in that day. Her answer didn’t seem to indicate any offense taken. What really interests me about this…