Category: Theology

Mathew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. The language of hungering and thirsting is allegorical toward a deep desire or want for something. It would be contextually inconsistent to apply literal food or literal water to the filling of those who hunger or thirst. The … Continue reading Reading the Red Gospel Commentaries: Matthew 5:6

Matthew 5:3-5 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. The simplest concept we can think of when being blessed by God is being happy. Being happy is … Continue reading Reading the Red Gospel Commentaries: Matthew 5:3-6

Objective: The objective of this argument is to exalt the will of God in comparison to the will of man to the glory of God. That God may be glorified and increased while man is humbled and decreased. To provoke the human mind to realize that God is supreme over all of existence including the … Continue reading Socratic Method for the Free Will of God

After the final temptation of Christ in the wilderness the Devil departs from the presence of the Christ. It is important to realize and remember that though this was the last temptation in the wilderness, it may have not been the last temptation given to Christ from Satan overall; Luke 4:13 reads: and when the … Continue reading Reading the Red Series: Gospel Introduction of Sermon on the Mount

1Chronicles 16:34-35 O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endures forever. 35 And say you, save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise. Not only do … Continue reading Exhortation of Worship Series: 1 Chronicles 16 and Psalms 73

Matthew 4:9-10 And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.” The author Luke elaborates with more … Continue reading Reading the Red Gospel Commentary: Matthew 4:9-10

Matthew 4:8Again, the devil takes him up into an exceeding high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them. Jesus overcame His temptation to leap from the pinnacle of the temple; tempting Him to avoid the harsh penalty He would have to endure for the sins of the … Continue reading Reading the Red Gospel Commentaries: Matthew 4:8

Matthew 4: 5-7 Then the Devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon a pinnacle of the Temple. 6 And he said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it is written, "He shall give His angels charge concerning You, and in their hands they … Continue reading Reading the Red Gospel Commentaries: Matthew 4:5-7

John 4:21-24 Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you shall neither worship the Father in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem. 22 You worship what you do not know, we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, … Continue reading Worship Exhortation Series: John 4:21-24

Matthew 4:5 Then the Devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon a pinnacle of the Temple. There is some debate as to how exactly Satan took Christ with him to the temple. Whether they walked or supernaturally transported in the spirit, are debatable. Some theologians even believe they never physically … Continue reading Reading the Red Series: Gospel Commentary of Matthew 4:5