Biweekly Devotional 1-8-2026

Published by Pastor Harry in Biweekly Devotional · Thursday 08 Jan 2026 · 1:45
Tags: Biweekly, Devotional

1/8/2026

Matthew 3:7 – 10

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

How many today would fall into the category of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Those people that profess their faith in public while worshipping at the altar of money and power. They are under the false belief that going to church and serving on the right committees will be their salvation. Just as John the Baptist said to the Pharisees not to rely on their heritage as a Jew to save them, we must not feel that saying we are followers of Christ is sufficient as well.

If we are to be Christians then it needs to be in heart and deed not in words alone. When we choose to follow Jesus then we are to repent, change our ways, and follow him. Loving neighbors as ourselves. Knowing that it is God's grace that has saved but showing that faith in that grace through action as is said in James 2:18.

18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.