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The Confession and the Cross of the Kingdom, Part 4:…

If you have your Bibles I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew 17. As we have studied in Matthew 16 together for the last few weeks, we have seen there Peter's confession of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Messiah, the Son of the living God, therefore acknowledging that He is the divine Messiah prophesied by God in the Old Testament to come and save His people.  Immediately upon that confession, beginning in verse 21 of Matthew 16, Jesus begins to teach His disciples the truth that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer.  It is something that He has spoken of to them before about, it is something that He has hinted at, it is something that He has spoken of implicitly now, at this stage of His teaching He begins to teach it explicitly. But it is very troubling to the disciples, the…

The Disciples’ Continuing Unbelief, Part 1: Faith…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 17.  Today we come to a new section of chapter 17.  In the first thirteen verses we saw a description of the transfiguration of our Lord on the mountain and now, as the Lord Jesus and His three disciples make their way down from the summit, they come to a very, very different scene.  The gospel writers seem to stress the tremendous contrast between the glory above and the shame and the confusion beneath in this town.  And so, let's turn our attention to Matthew 17, beginning in verse 14 and see these events which followed the glorious revelation of Jesus Christ on the mountain.  Hear God's word:   Matthew 17:14-21  Our Lord and our God, we ask that by the Spirit You would open our eyes to behold…

The Disciples’ Continuing Unbelief, Part 2: The…

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 17.  We'll be looking verses 22 and 23 today.  In this passage we come to the second great announcement of Jesus' impending suffering and death and resurrection.  In our studies of Matthew 17,  so far we've seen in the first 13 verses that account of His transfiguration; the glory of Christ shone forth for a moment, the veil temporarily pulled back, so that we might see the glory and the might and the beauty and the power of our Lord Jesus Christ.  And then immediately, in contrast to that in verses 14 through 21, as Jesus and the disciples descend from the mountain into the plains meeting up with the other disciples, they are met by a crowd in tumult.  The crowd is wondering, the scribes and the…

The Disciples’ Continuing Unbelief, Part 3: The…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 17.  We’ve been in Matthew 17 for a number of weeks now.  We’ve seen the account of our Lord’s transfiguration, His glory on the mountain.  We’ve seen Him come down from the mountain and return to the villages and do a great work of healing, the young boy who was both demon possessed, and also afflicted by other ailments.  We’ve seen Jesus for the second time give His disciples a very explicit warning…

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