CHANGING HEARTS AND CAUSING FAITH MATTHEW FIFTEEN It is Jesus' desire that our hearts be changed and our faith becomes strong. Pure hearts and strong faith lead to devoted service to the Master. A lack of purity of heart or having weak faith causes one not to be able to distinguish between faith an... [ Continue Reading ]
_A CHANGE OF HEART IS NEEDED MATTHEW 15:1-20:_ Through traditions the Pharisees were transgressing God's law. They were beautiful on the outside but they needed a change of heart on the inside. (Matthew 15:1-3) Just having the outside right but not the heart makes one a hypocrite. "These people draw... [ Continue Reading ]
_A CHANGE OF HEART BRINGS YOU TO JESUS MATTHEW 15:21-28_ : A woman with a changed heart came to Jesus asking for help for her daughter. "And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexe... [ Continue Reading ]
_A REASON TO CHANGE YOUR HEART MATTHEW 15:29-31_ : Both what Jesus said and what He did gives good reason to change your heart. "Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them. So the mult... [ Continue Reading ]
_MORE REASON TO CHANGE YOUR HEART MATTHEW 15:32-39_ : The multitude had been listening to Jesus three days without eating. He had compassion on them and did not want to send them away hungry and faint. (Matthew 15:32) Jesus multiplied seven loaves and a few little fish (Matthew 15:34) to feed four t... [ Continue Reading ]