Ant Writes

Your prayer closet

Anthony Ehrhardt — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:20:00 +0000

But when you pray, go into your own room (ταμειόν tamion), shut your door and pray to your Father privately. Your Father who sees all private things will reward you. Matthew 6:6 Greek: ταμειόν (tamion) describes any place of privacy. The idea is to go into the inner room of a house, normally without any windows [...]

Don’t say impressive prayers

Anthony Ehrhardt — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:30:41 +0000

Commandment of Christ Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing (in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward Matt 6:5 Greek: εστῶτες (estotes) standing Whoa, boy, is this one a doozy! If you’ve ever entered a building that people call a church, you’ve definitely encountered someone who prays these long, drawn out prayers, with big words that may even [...]

Be Discreet

Anthony Ehrhardt — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:52:57 +0000

Commandment of Christ But when you do your giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:3-4 Billy Graham said… God has given us two hands—one to receive with and the [...]

Doing Good Deeds

Anthony Ehrhardt — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:27:36 +0000

Commandment of Christ “ So whenever you do charitable giving(ἐλεημοσύνην – eleymosinin “perform charity, benevolet goodwill, give alms, mercy, pity” ) , do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.” Matthew 6:2 This verse assumes [...]

Important Prophecy for America

Anthony Ehrhardt — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:50:49 +0000

Listen to the Radio Interview http://www.trunews.com/Audio/3_27_12_tuesday_trunews2.mp3 A Dream on Dec. 28, 2011…given to our friend, Sr Pastor T.d. Hale: “In my dream I saw myself going across America, as if I was floating, but I had no fear. The land looked like it was bombed, totally destroyed. I saw people standing out around their homes weeping, [...]

Doing good things in view of others

Anthony Ehrhardt — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 08:03:15 +0000

Commandment of Christ “Be careful not to display your righteousness ( δικαιοσύνην dikeosinin) merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.” Matthew 6:1 Be careful not to parade your religion before others; if you do, no reward awaits you with your Father in heaven – REV Do not do [...]

Perfection

Anthony Ehrhardt — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:20:09 +0000

Commandment of Christ You therefore must be perfect [τέλειοι telioi], as your heavenly Father is perfect – Matthew 5:48 There must be no limit to your goodness, as your heavenly Father’s goodness knows no bounds. – REV Greek: τέλειοι telioi – wanting nothing necessary to completeness, highest degree of human integrity and virtue,single-hearted, without blame, sincere, wholly devoted [...]

Sin no More

Anthony Ehrhardt — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:38:13 +0000

Commandment of Christ But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, “Now you are well; so stop sinning μηκέτι ἁμάρτανε (miketi hamartani), or something even worse may happen to you.” John 5:14 If God has been merciful and healed your body, now obey him. Sinful behavior MAY contribute to physical illness, as in this case, lameness, [...]

Remove the Stump

Anthony Ehrhardt — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:00:51 +0000

“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log [...]

The Golden Rule

Anthony Ehrhardt — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:44:00 +0000

Commandment of Christ In everything, treat (ποιεῖτε – poyÍte) others as y’all would want themto treat y’all, for this fulfills the law and the prophets. – Matthew 7:12 Jesus says to us what has been called, “The Golden Rule.” But have you ever noticed the “therefore” in the Golden Rule? A good rule of Bible study is [...]