Matthew 3 on Monday, December 07, 2015
SCRIPTURE
I read Matthew 3 from this link:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt+3&version=HCSB
The key verses of Matthew 3 are: Matthew 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:8, 3:10, 3:11, 3:12.
John the Baptist baptized people in the Jordan River and told people to repent in Matthew 3:1-12.
The baptism of Jesus in Matthew 3:13-17.
Key Verses:
Their original source is:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+3%3A1%2C+3%3A2%2C+3%3A3%2C+3%3A8%2C+3%3A10%2C+3%3A11%2C+3%3A12&version=HCSB
Matthew 3:1 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea
-- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Matthew 3:2 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
2 and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”
-- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Matthew 3:3 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:
A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!
-- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Matthew 3:8 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.
-- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Matthew 3:10 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
10 Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
-- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Matthew 3:11 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
-- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Matthew 3:12 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
12 His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”
-- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
My top key verse of this chapter:
Matthew 3:10 Expanded Bible (EXB)
10 The ax ·is now ready to cut down [already lies at the root of] the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire [C a metaphor for judgment].
-- Expanded Bible (EXB). The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved.
Cross-References of Matthew 3:10:
Malachi 3:1-3 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3 “Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts. 2 “But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the Lord offerings in righteousness.
-- New American Standard Bible (NASB). Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
Luke 3:9 New Century Version (NCV)
9 The ax is now ready to cut down the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
-- New Century Version (NCV). The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Psalm 1:3 New Century Version (NCV)
3 They are strong, like a tree planted by a river.
The tree produces fruit in season,
and its leaves don’t die.
Everything they do will succeed.
-- New Century Version (NCV). The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Psalm 92:13 New Century Version (NCV)
13 Like trees planted in the Temple of the Lord,
they will grow strong in the courtyards of our God.
-- New Century Version (NCV). The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Jeremiah 17:8 New Century Version (NCV)
8 He will be strong, like a tree planted near water
that sends its roots by a stream.
It is not afraid when the days are hot;
its leaves are always green.
It does not worry in a year when no rain comes;
it always produces fruit.
-- New Century Version (NCV). The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
John 15:2 New Century Version (NCV)
2 He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. And he trims and cleans every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit.
-- New Century Version (NCV). The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
OBSERVATION
Again, here is my key verse in a different translation:
Matthew 3:10 GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
10 The ax is now ready to cut the roots of the trees. Any tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.
-- GOD’S WORD Translation (GW). Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group.
As I noticed in the cross-references, this is a theme repeated throughout the Bible. Also, let me add, how I didn't list all of the cross-references. Therefore, it's important for me to stop and recognize this theme. I am to produce good fruit in my spiritual walk and in my daily life. My fruit should show in all I do. In other words, do my thoughts, feelings, goals/dreams, actions bring glory to God?
Let all I do and think bring God glory. This is how I bear productive and healthy fruit.
APPLICATION
See the above.
PRAYER
Lord, help me bring You glory in all I do and think.
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