Wednesday in the Word with Krisan Marotta

what the Bible means and how we know

Episodes

39 Matthew 7:6 Throwing pearls to pigs

January 26, 2022 • 41 min

In Matthew 7:6, many people understand Jesus to be saying something like: you don't need to share the gospel with hostile, unworthy people. However, I agree with the minority who understand Jesus to be saying: don’t be the kind of fool who throws away what is beautiful and precious.

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38 Matthew 7:1-5 The Log in your eye

January 19, 2022 • 47 min

The log in your own eye versus the speck in your neighbor's eye is a powerful image of willfully living a lie. Jesus warns that if you condemn other people for their sins, you are ignoring a fundamental truth about yourself in a way that is almost impossible to imagine.

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37 Matthew 6:25-34 Do not be anxious for tomorrow

January 12, 2022 • 51 min

At first reading, Matthew 6:25-34 seems simple and straightforward: Don’t be anxious. God knows what you need and He will take care of you. The tricky part of this passage is figuring out exactly what we should not do and what we can expect God to do.

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36 Matthew 6:19-24 Treasures in Heaven

January 5, 2022 • 48 min

Why is the kingdom of heaven so incredibly valuable? In this passage, Jesus gives one of many important reasons: We cannot keep the treasures of this earth, and we cannot lose the treasures in heaven.

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35 Matthew 6:13 The Lord’s Prayer: Temptation

December 8, 2021 • 44 min

This last request is not to avoid the choice posed by temptation. This request is to be preserved through the choice. Father, do not let me fall into temptation to my doom.

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34 Matthew 6:12-15 The Lord’s Prayer: Forgiveness

December 1, 2021 • 43 min

It's not surprising that we find forgiveness in the Lord's prayer. For believers neither sin nor mercy are hypothetical concepts. We should be staggered by the power and beauty of mercy as proclaimed to us on the cross because we have been forgiven so great a debt.

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33 Matthew 6:11 The Lord’s Prayer: Daily Bread

November 17, 2021 • 42 min

In Matthew 6:11 we don't know with certainty what the word translated "daily" means. This leads to much debate and two good interpretations: one literal and one metaphorical. Both understandings have merit. Both use good methodology. Both teach something that is taught elsewhere in Scripture, and in that sense, both of them are true. In this life, we may never be certain which one Jesus meant, but we can affirm th...

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32 Matthew 6:7-10 The Lord’s Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come

November 10, 2021 • 48 min

In giving us the Lord's prayer, Jesus is not giving us a ritual to perform or a spiritual discipline to ensure our prayers are answered. Jesus is challenging us to consider what is our hearts are set on.

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31 Matthew 6:1-6; 6:16-18 Giving, Praying & Fasting

November 3, 2021 • 55 min

Being religious is no guarantee that you are genuinely following God. Whatever you define as obedience to God (being in full-time ministry, church attendance, praying, fasting, giving to the poor, adopting social justice causes), Jesus says: stop and ask yourself who are you doing it for?

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30 Matthew 5:43-48 Love your enemies

October 27, 2021 • 47 min

Jesus commands us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. In one sense, loving your neighbor is a simple, practical guide to good conduct. But it is also a truth we have to embrace and choose to follow. In that sense, it is a test of faith.

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29 Matthew 5:28-42 An Eye for an Eye

October 20, 2021 • 45 min

Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for applying instructions for the judges of Israel to their personal behavior. They claim they can be proportionally vindictive in the name of seeking retribution and still consider themselves blameless. Jesus says the guiding principle is not "an eye for an eye" but rather "turn the other cheek."

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28 Matthew 5:33-37 Vows & the 3rd commandment

October 13, 2021 • 48 min

Since we rarely make oaths today, there doesn’t seem to be much to learn from Matthew 5:33-37. However, Jesus is speaking to a deeper issue than telling the truth or meaning what we say. He's dealing with violating the 3rd commandment, taking the Lord's name in vain.

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27 Matthew 5:31-32 Divorce

October 6, 2021 • 49 min

Both Moses and Jesus recognize that we sinners are going to fail in our marriages and so they allowed divorce with some regulations. Moses did not mean divorce was a righteous option. Divorce results from the fact that the parties involved are sinners. God intended marriage to be forever but divorce is a necessary evil because of our sin.

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26 Matthew 5:27-30 Adultery & Lust

September 29, 2021 • 44 min

The Pharisees consider themselves blameless before the law if they have refrained from physically committing adultery. But Jesus says righteousness requires more. It requires inward submission to the will of God and accepting the boundaries He has placed on your life, including your sexuality.

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25 Matthew 5:21-26 Anger & Murder

September 22, 2021 • 50 min

The Pharisees believed they were righteous because no court could convict them of murder. But Jesus countered that if courts were in charge of judging righteousness, then responding to others with unloving anger would get you arrested; and calling people insulting names would get you thrown into the fires of judgment.

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24 Matthew 5:17-20 Surpassing the Pharisees

September 15, 2021 • 50 min

In the second section of this sermon Jesus warns that our righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees. Unlike them, we must have a genuine commitment to the Scriptures and what they teach if we want to find life in the kingdom of God. We must seek to understand the full demands of the Law and want to obey it.

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23 Matthew 5:10-16 The Persecuted

July 28, 2021 • 44 min

People marked by the being poor in spirit, mourning over sin, hungering for righteousness, pursuing peace and mercy, etc. will draw the hostility of the world, but they will be rewarded with eternal life in the kingdom of God. We, his disciples, are not to shrink from following Jesus for fear that the world might hate us. We are to follow him, even though that invites mocking, scoffing and persecution.

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22 Matthew 5:9 The peacemakers

July 21, 2021 • 34 min

Like the merciful, those commit the costly act of refusing to answer injury for injury and seeking a peaceful reconciliation instead will find their inheritance as children of God in the kingdom of heaven. When we realize how deeply we ourselves are indebted to God's grace and dependent on His mercy, we also realize we're in no position to condemn the sins of others.

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21 Matthew 5:8 The pure in heart

July 14, 2021 • 42 min

The pure in heart are not those who are morally perfect. Rather their hearts have been cleansed of rebellion and rejection of God. The pure in heart live like the gospel is true, though not perfectly. One day they will stand before God and be accepted.

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20 Matthew 5:7 The merciful

June 30, 2021 • 38 min

Only those will to commit the costly act of being merciful will receive mercy in the kingdom of God, because showing mercy is an implication of having saving faith.

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Wednesday in the Word with Krisan Marotta

Episodes

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37 Matthew 6:25-34 Do not be anxious for tomorrow

36 Matthew 6:19-24 Treasures in Heaven

35 Matthew 6:13 The Lord’s Prayer: Temptation

34 Matthew 6:12-15 The Lord’s Prayer: Forgiveness

33 Matthew 6:11 The Lord’s Prayer: Daily Bread

32 Matthew 6:7-10 The Lord’s Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come

31 Matthew 6:1-6; 6:16-18 Giving, Praying & Fasting

30 Matthew 5:43-48 Love your enemies

29 Matthew 5:28-42 An Eye for an Eye

28 Matthew 5:33-37 Vows & the 3rd commandment

27 Matthew 5:31-32 Divorce

26 Matthew 5:27-30 Adultery & Lust

25 Matthew 5:21-26 Anger & Murder

24 Matthew 5:17-20 Surpassing the Pharisees

23 Matthew 5:10-16 The Persecuted

22 Matthew 5:9 The peacemakers

21 Matthew 5:8 The pure in heart

20 Matthew 5:7 The merciful

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