SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/21/2022 7:59 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-3 “The Receive Still Greater Light”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
16:5-12
Message of the verses: “5 And the disciples came to the other side and had forgotten
to take bread. 6 And Jesus said to them, "Watch out and beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 7 And they began to discuss among
themselves, saying, "It is because we took no bread." 8 But
Jesus, aware of this, said, "You men of little faith, why do you discuss
among yourselves that you have no bread? 9 “Do you not yet understand or
remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took
up? 10 “Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets
you took up? 11 “How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to
you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and
Sadducees." 12 Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the
leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
The question is why were the disciples confused
about what Jesus meant? The answer is that
it was because of their earthly orientation was a great barrier to their
spiritual vision. They had lived for so
long listening to what these Jewish leaders taught that they probably took it
as second nature, but what they taught was a lie, and in the future when the
Lord is back in heaven they will be the ones who are confronting these Jewish
leaders. However right now what they
needed was divine help in understanding, and this prompted the Lord to say to
them what He had said numerous times before:
“You of little faith,” (cf. Matt. 6:30; 8:26; 14:31). They did not fail to understand because of
limited information or limited intellectual ability but because of limited faith.
MacArthur
writes “Why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?” “You should know that I am not speaking about
the fact that we have no bread,” H said in effect. “Do you not yet understand or remember the
five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and
how many large baskets you took up? How
is it that you not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?” “If I were concerned about our having bread,
I would simply create some Myself,” He implied, “just as I did when I fed the
five thousand in Jewish territory, where twelve baskets were left over (see
John 6:1-14), and the four thousand in Gentile territory, where seven baskets
remained (see Matt 15:32-39). Have you
forgotten those occasions so soon?’”
I
have too many things to do this morning so that is why this is a short SD. Lord willing we will get this section
finished in our next SD.
8/21/2022 8:22 AM
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