Monthly Archives: March 2016

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWELVE Part IV Verse 31: So I tell you, people can be forgiven for every sinful thing they do and for every bad thing they say against … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWELVE Part III (Con’t) Verse 26: So if Satan forces out his own demons, then he is fighting against himself, so how can his kingdom ever survive? … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWELVE Part III Verse 24: When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man is using the power of Beelzebub, the devil’s prince of evil spirits to … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWELVE Part II (Con’t) As far as the sudden departure of Jesus is concerned, Early Church theologian, Origen, has some interesting thoughts on this as well. He … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWELVE Part II Verse 11: Jesus asked them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a ditch on the Sabbath, will you not … Continue reading →

I once saw this brainteaser: “What do these words have in common: polish, job, herb?” I knew that one was a liquid, another work, and the third a plant. But other than that they didn’t seem to have any relationship. … Continue reading →

I sat in a Pentecostal Servicemen’s convention in Kaiserslautern, Germany listening to the speaker share about the harvest for souls being so ripe, and the need for more workers in the vineyard. He used the verse in Psalm 142:4 that … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWELVE Part I (Con’t) Verse 5: And you have read in the Law of Moses that on every Sabbath day the priests in the Temple break the … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWELVE Part I NOTE: If the Jewish teachers and Pharisees accepted the things done in the Temple to honor and obey God, how much more should they … Continue reading →

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR ALL READERS We have just finished walking through invigorating Chapter 11 of Matthew’s Gospel.  We read where Jesus heard the disturbing news that His relative John the Baptizer had been jailed by king Herod, after some of … Continue reading →