Opened Scriptures Bible Studies

Matthew 19:1-2  And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;  2  And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. At this point in His earthly ministry, Jesus is gradually moving toward Jerusalem and ultimately, the cross of Calvary. He traveled into the territory known as Judaea, which history shows was governed by the kings of Judah who were King David's descendants.  Once again, very large crowds came to Jesus for help and He healed all people who were sick, afflicted or disabled in any way. Whenever Jesus ministered to the people, the power and glory of God with us (Emmanuel) was put on display. This created much anger and jealousy among self righteous Pharisees and scribes, and of course, they came to confront Jesus. Matthew 19:3  The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every...

In our last post we studied  about the subject of church discipline  which the Lord taught right after He gave the  Parable Of the Lost Sheep.  So far in this chapter we saw Jesus address the disciple's pride with a rebuke followed by teaching about having faith and humility like little children. Jesus then taught about those who will seek to stop gospel preaching and the temptations that every Christian faces while living in a sin darkened culture. To fight temptation, He taught us to cut off our hand if it leads us to sin or to pluck out our eye if it leads us astray. His words are to be taken figuratively, and we saw that it means filtering everything that our mind and soul and heart takes in. Thus, we learned that we must set no wicked thing before our eyes and this truth has a very relevant application for our lives. Much of what is posted by so called "news" outlets, social media platforms or the internet as a whole, is simply people sounding off like an angry,...