Wednesday in the Word with Krisan Marotta
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Jesus warns against practicing religion as a performance for others. In Matthew 6, he confronts a critical question: Are you following God because you genuinely seek him, or because you want the approval of those around...
Jesus concludes his teaching on righteousness with a radical command that challenges everything the Pharisees taught about who deserves our love. In this episode, we examine how the religious leaders of Jesus' day twiste...
"An eye for an eye" sounds like permission to get even, but that's not what it means at all. In Matthew 5:38-42, Jesus confronts a dangerous misunderstanding of Old Testament law. The Pharisees had twisted instructions m...
Most Christians think Jesus is simply telling us to be honest and keep our promises in Matthew 5:33-37. But this passage is about something far more serious: how we use God's name to get what we want. Jesus confronts the...
In Matthew 5:31-32, Jesus confronts the Pharisees' legalistic approach to divorce. Rather than abolishing Old Testament law, Jesus corrects how religious leaders manipulated Moses' teachings to justify serial marriage wh...
Jesus teaches that lust is adultery committed in the heart. In Matthew 5:27-30, He challenges the Pharisees' view of righteousness by showing that holiness isn't just about external behavior. It's about internal submissi...
In Matthew 5:21-26, Jesus confronts a dangerous form of self-righteousness that plagued the Pharisees and still tempts us today. The Pharisees believed they were holy because they hadn't committed murder and no court cou...
In Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus makes a startling claim: unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees, you won't enter the kingdom of heaven. But the Pharisees were the most religious people of their day, famous f...
Jesus ends the Beatitudes with his most surprising promise: those who are persecuted for following him are blessed and fortunate. This sounds backward to us because we naturally avoid conflict and rejection. But Jesus ex...
In Matthew 5:9, Jesus says, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." But what does it really mean to be a peacemaker? This episode explains how peacemaking flows naturally from saving faith. W...
What does it really mean to be "pure in heart"? Most people assume Jesus is talking about moral perfection, but that's not what this beatitude means at all. In Matthew 5:8, Jesus describes people whose hearts have been c...
In Matthew 5:7, Jesus says, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." This beatitude reveals a sobering truth: only those who show mercy to others will receive mercy from God. But why does Jesus make this...
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