Episodes

Monday, 3 February 2025 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Matthew 7:8 “For all ‘the asking’ he receives, and ‘the seeking’ he finds, and ‘the knocking’ he will have opened” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus said, “You ask, and it will be given you. You seek, and you will find. You knock, and it will be opened to you.” Now, He explains why this should be done, beginning with, “For all ‘the asking’ he receives.” The words of this ...

Sunday, 2 February 2025 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7 “You ask, and it will be given you. You seek, and you will find. You knock, and it will be opened to you” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus said that what is holy is not to be given to dogs and pearls are not to be cast before swine. In doing so, He spoke of the negative consequences that would result. Now, He continues His teaching, seemingly transitioning to ...

Saturday, 1 February 2025 “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. Matthew 7:6 “You give not the holy to the dogs, nor you shall cast your pearls before the pigs, lest they ever will tread them in their feet and, having turned, they shall dissever you” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told His disciples that one should first remove the plank from their eyes. In so doing, they can see c...

Friday, 31 January 2025 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Matthew 7:5 “Hypocrite! First, you eject the beam from your eye, and then you will thoroughly see to eject the splinter from your brother’s eye” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke about someone saying he wanted to remove the chip from another’s eye while he had a beam in his own eye. Now, He continues that thought, saying, “Hypocrite! Fi...

Thursday, 30 January 2025 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Matthew 7:4 “Or how you will say to your brother, ‘You permit – I may eject the chip from your eye,’ and behold, the beam in your eye” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus asked why someone would see a chip in another’s eye but not examine the beam in his own eye. He now continues that line of thought, saying, “Or how you will say to your brother, ‘You per...

Wednesday, 29 January 2025 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7:3 “And why you see the chip, the ‘in the eye’ of your brother, and in your eye, a beam not you examine?” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus referred to the standard that is being used by a person in judgment will be returned to him in his own judgment, and the measure one uses will be measured back to that person. He now continues with, “And why you see t...

Tuesday, 28 January 2025 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. Matthew 7:2 “For in what judgment you judge, you will be judged, and in what measure you measure, it will be remeasured to you” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus said to not judge that not you may be judged. Now to continue explaining that, He says, “For in what judgment you judge, you will be judged.” In other words, and what should be evident from M...

Monday, 27 January 2025 “Judge not, that you be not judged. Matthew 7:1 “Not you judge, that not you may be judged” (CG). The previous verse closed out Chapter 6. Now, Chapter 7 opens with one of the top misused verses of all time. Jesus says, “Not you judge.” Those words alone are what are torn out of their context, shoved in the faces of others, and used as a pretext to claim nobody has the right to ever make a moral decision or render a judgment concerning pretty much any matter someone e...

Sunday, 26 January 2025 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34 “Therefore, not you shall be disquieted into the tomorrow, for tomorrow – it will be disquieted itself, its evil – sufficient to the day” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus instructed His disciples to seek the kingdom of God first. In doing this all the other things will then be added. Having told them that, He now finishes Chapte...

Saturday, 25 January 2025 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33 “And you, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and these all – it will be added to you” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that the heavenly Father knows all the things we need. Therefore, He next says, “And you, seek first the kingdom of God.” It should be noted that some manuscripts do not include the words tou theou (the God, ind...

Friday, 24 January 2025 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. Matthew 6:32 “For all these the Gentiles, it seeks upon. For your Father, the heavenly, He has known that you need all these” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus instructed His disciples not to worry. They should not anxiously ask about what they would eat, drink, or wear. Such things should not be points of concern, realizing that God is in complete control and ...

Thursday, 23 January 2025 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ Matthew 6:31 “Therefore, not you shall be disquieted, saying, ‘What we shall eat?’ or ‘What we shall drink?’ or ‘What we shall don?’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of how God enrobes man. Because of what He does, Jesus next says, “Therefore, not you shall be disquieted.” God has ordained how things are. He has invested man with ability, and He has prov...

Wednesday, 22 January 2025 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Matthew 6:30 “And if the herbage of the field, today being and tomorrow throwing into the furnace, God thus enrobes, not much more you – little-faithed?” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus made the comparison between the lilies and Solomon, stating that the lilies exceed Solomon in how they are arrayed. Now, to ...

Tuesday, 21 January 2025 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 6:29 “And I say to you that neither Solomon in all his glory, he was arrayed like one of these” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told His disciples that the lilies of the field neither toil nor spin. These are the things man does to obtain clothing. He may labor growing and harvesting flax, he may labor in the shearing of his flocks, and so forth. From there, the mate...

Monday, 20 January 2025 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; Matthew 6:28 “And about apparel, why you disquieted? Fathom the lilies of the field, how it grows. Not it labors, nor it spins.” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke about the inability of anyone to add a single forearm to his maturity. Because this is so, He next asks an obvious question, “And about apparel, why you disquieted?” The words refer back t...

Sunday, 19 January 2025 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? Matthew 6:27 “And who from you, disquieting, he can add upon his maturity one forearm?” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of the birds of the air and how our heavenly Father tends to them. He then noted that man excels the birds. Therefore, it is to be understood that man should be able to rely on the gifts from our heavenly Father in a manner greater than the birds. Understanding this, He next says, “An...

Saturday, 18 January 2025 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? “You gaze at the birds of the heaven, that not they sow nor they reap, nor they collect into barns. And your Father, the heavenly, He nourishes them. Not more, you – you excel – them?” (CG). The previous verse conveyed Jesus’ words concerning not worrying about one’s life, what you will eat or drink or wear as ap...

Friday, 17 January 2025 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Matthew 6:25 “Through this, I say to you, not you disquiet your soul – what you may eat and what you may drink, nor your body – what you may don. Not more, it is, the soul the food and the body the apparel?” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of the unrealistic natur...

Thursday, 16 January 2025 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24 “None, he is able, to serve two lords. Or – for he will detest the one and he will love the other. Or – he will enclasp one, and the other he will disesteem. Not you are able to serve God and mammon” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that when your eye is bad, your whole body...

Wednesday, 15 January 2025 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6:23 “And if your eye, it may be evil, all your body – it will be benighted. Therefore, if the light, in you it is darkness, the darkness – how much” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that the lamp of the body is the eye. A person with an unblurred eye will have a body full of light. On the contrary, He next ...

Tuesday, 14 January 2025 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. Matthew 6:22 “The lamp of the body, it is the eye. Therefore, if your eye, it may be unblurred, your whole body – it will be lustrous” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus finished His thoughts about earthly treasures as opposed to heavenly treasures. He now provides a general precept concerning the issue of moral clarity. He does this by beginning with the words, “Th...

Monday, 13 January 2025 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasure, it is, there also your heart, it will be” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of amassing treasures in heaven, noting that earthly treasures can be stolen or eaten up. With that remembered, He next says, “For where your treasure, it is, there also your heart, it will be.” This is a link right back to the book of Joshua and the story Achan. He was fixated on earthly t...

Sunday, 12 January 2025 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 6:20 “And you, amass – yourselves – treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor an eating – it evaporates, and where stealers – they tunnel not, nor they steal” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that His disciples shouldn’t amass for themselves treasures upon the earth. Now, He explains where amassing treasures is appropriate, ...

Saturday, 11 January 2025 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; Matthew 6:19 “You amass, not – yourselves – treasures upon the earth, where moth and an eating – it evaporates, and where stealers – they tunnel, and they steal” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus explained what was correct concerning proper fasting. He finished that thought with the idea of being rewarded by the Father. Now, He builds on that, beginnin...