The Daily Hammer Bible Reading

Jesus tells us what the parable of the wheat and weeds means. Matthew 13:36-43 (NLT)ReferencesTyndale, "Every Man's Bible", New Living Translation 2013Crossway, "Study Bible", English Standard Version 2016Oxford, "The Catholic Study Bible, Third Edition", The New American Bible Revised Edition 2010Holman, "Apologetics Study Bible", Christian Standard Bible 2020Bible App, King James Versionhttps://...

God allows both believers and unbelievers to live together. Jesus is telling the disciples not to anticipate God's final judgement and definitively exclude sinners from the kingdom of God. God's judgement alone will be the judgement that eliminates the sinful. Our takeaway from this is to repent to become the wheat in the field and to be the example of right living. Matthew 13:24-30 (NLT)Reference...

This parable is one of the most often told as it paints the picture of types of people in the world who hear the word of God. This parable represents the breakthrough of the Kingdom of God into the World. And the steady growth of the kingdom into an eventual abundant harvest. Think about this parable from the context of this question: what type of soil am I? Mark 4:1-9 (NLT) References: Tyndale, &...

Jesus tells us to repent and become productive by honoring God in heaven with how we live our lives. Pursue righteousness, the fruits of being a Christian. The patience and compassion of our Father in heaven is great but don't use this as an excuse towards inaction in areas of our lives where we need to become better. Luke 13:1-9 (NLT)References:Tyndale, "Every Man's Bible", New Living Translation...

Jesus tells us that the servant (us) who does what he is supposed to will be given more, the one who takes advantage of the time without the master (Jesus) by acting against what he knows the master approves will be punished. In this story think we must think of ourselves as the servant and Jesus as the master. Luke 12:41-48 (NLT)References:Tyndale, "Every Man's Bible", New Living Translation 2013...

We don't know the hour of Jesus' return. We should remain ready at all times. Do not live life as if you will not see His return. Live as though it is scheduled for today. Luke 12:35-40 (NLT) References: Tyndale, "Every Man's Bible", New Living Translation 2013 Crossway, "Study Bible", English Standard Version 2016 Oxford, "The Catholic Study Bible, Third Editi...

Material goods wont last, Christ is concerned not so much with how much wealth we possess but with how much wealth possesses or has hold over us and what ourrelationship with God is. Christ also warns be on guard against all types of greed. We should focus on building a right relationship with God before all else. Luke 12:13-21 (NLT) References: Tyndale, "Every Man's Bible", New Livi...

Jesus shares a story of the forgiveness of two debtors, one great debt and one small debt. Who is the one that is more appreciative is his question. Awareness of the depth of our own forgiveness is the message, are we aware and have we moved in that direction in our own hearts towards others. Luke 7:36-50 (NLT) References: Tyndale, "Every Man's Bible", New Living Translation 2013 Cro...

Jesus tells us follow these words and we will be wise. Themeaning of this parable is do what Christ teaches, don’t just hear or read it but do it. Make the words a part of us, internalize them that we can become a reflection of Christ for others. Matthew 7:24-29 (NLT) References: Tyndale, "Every Man's Bible", New Living Translation 2013 Crossway, "Study Bible", English Stan...

Jesus tells us that our lives as believers should be impactful like that of a light in darkness. Our actions should lead others to the light because they too want to experience what we have in us, the love, grace and power, of the trinity (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit). Matthew 5:13-16 (NLT) References: Tyndale, "Every Man's Bible", New Living Translation 2013...

This is a time of celebrating because the Kingdom of Heaven has arrived. Additionally, Jesus tells us that it is not appropriate to combine the old and the new or to wrap the new way in the old ways. The new way is about belief and faith and a free gift of God's grace and mercy if we choose to believe. Matthew 9:14-17 (NLT) References: Tyndale, "Every Man's Bible", New Living Tra...

A parable is figurative speech that demands reflection for understanding, the key to understanding is to commit to explore its meaning. Christ tells us that God gives more understanding to those that accept the Word of God, but takes understanding away from those that do not accept it. To those that accept the Word of God, they will grow in knowledge and discernment. Matthew 13:10-17. References:...

This marks the final episode of the Sermon on the Mount series. With this Jesus tells us to follow these words and we are wise and have built our lives on rock. When the storms of life come to us, we will be resilient through them we will be able to weather them but if we hear the words and don’t start aligning our lives to them we are fools. Matthew 7:24-29 (NLT) https://biblehub.com/topical/t/th...

Jesus tells us that "not everyone that calls out to me, Lord! Lord! will enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Matthew 7:21-23 (NLT) https://biblehub.com/topical/t/true_disciples.htm

Jesus tells us that we are identified by our actions and we will be judged by our actions in this life. Fruits of the Holy Spirit in Galatians are Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control. Matthew 7:15-20, Luke 6:43-45, Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT) https://biblehub.com/topical/a/a_tree_and_its_fruit.htm

Jesus tells us that if we do what everyone does, focus on self gratification and not focusing our life on serving a higher purpose, this fails to get us to heaven but if we choose to follow Christ and serve God and others this is the way to the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 7:12-14 (NLT) Poem "Anyway" Originally by Kent Keith https://asa3.org/ASA/education/views/teresa.htm

Jesus tells us to go to God with what we desire in this life, whatever is on our hearts put that before God. Don’t be shy about asking God for the things that are on our hearts and minds. Matthew 7:7-11 (NLT)

Jesus tells us that we should examine our own failings before we judge and condemn others. He also cautions us to use discernment when we speak about our faith. Matthew 7:1-6 (NLT) https://biblehub.com/study/chapters/matthew/7.htm

Christ tells us not to worry. Christ is not denying the reality of our needs in this life but he is telling us not to allow them to become the most important thing, the thing that we place all our emphasis on. We can not serve two masters. This is where we need to look inward and examine what we are serving, do we serve the God that created the heavens and the universe or do we worship money or sh...

Jesus teaches us about fasting and tells us this is not about the honor and praise its about sincerity of the heart, what is the motive, look inwardly to determine why we are doing the thing. Make sure we are doing it for the right reasons. Matthew 6:16-18 (NLT) https://biblehub.com/topical/f/fasting.htm   https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/fasting-for-beginners

Jesus teaches us how to pray and gives us the Lord's prayer. Matthew 6:5-15 (NLT)

Jesus teaches about doing things for the right reason and not for fan fare or self adulation. This is also about living with integrity and doing things in sincerity for the sake of the good of the other. Matthew 6:1-4 (NLT) https://biblehub.com/topical/g/giving_to_the_needy.htm

This is the revolution of Jesus Christ. This concept is the central tenet of Christianity. We should fight against the urge to hatred. Matthew 5:43-48 (NLT) https://biblehub.com/topical/l/love_for_enemies.htm

Jesus teaches us about seeking the good even in our adversary. He teaches that to love is to will the good in those that hate us by our actions. He is also describing the love of God. Matthew 5:38-42 (NLT) https://biblehub.com/topical/l/love_for_enemies.htm

Jesus teaches us about oaths and He tells us that saying anything more than a yes or no in the context of will we do something, is from the evil one. Christ's message also reveals deeper meaning in the sense that in the words we speak there is a spiritual battle taking place. Matthew 5:33-37 (NLT)