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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 about the suffering and death and eventual resurrection which He was going to undergo in Jerusalem. And today we see Him teach the disciples yet another lesson about His deity, even while He teaches them some practical lessons for Christian living. So let’s hear God’s holy and inspired word in…

The Kingdom Principle: The Least is Greatest, Part 1:…

If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew 18. After the Transfiguration, the Lord Jesus Christ told the disciples of the impending trial and the suffering that He would endure, indeed the death that He was going to die for them in Jerusalem. And you remember the disciple’s response? The disciples responded by despairing. We saw that in Matthew 16. In Matthew 17 the Lord Jesus Christ was transfigured in His glory. Three of His disciples saw Him and praised Him. The other disciples, meanwhile, were having a hard time casting out some demons in the city. When Jesus and those other disciples came back, the Lord Jesus addressed the disciples about their unbelief. So in Matthew 16 we see the disciples despairing and then in Matthew 17 we see the…

The Kingdom Principle: The Least is Greatest, Part 2:…

If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 18 and verse 7. As we looked together at Matthew 17 verses 24 to 27 we noticed in that incident when the tax collectors in Capernaum came to Peter and asked him whether the Lord Jesus paid the temple tax, Jesus gave opportunity or took opportunity at that incident to attest to his divinity and to show the example of his humility to Peter. He explained to Peter that though, as the very Son of God, He…

The Kingdom Principle: The Least is Greatest, Part 3:…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 18. Matthew chapter 18 opens with a question. The disciples are questioning the Lord Jesus Christ – a little embarrassed that He knew what they were talking about – but asking Him the question: “Lord, who is the greatest in the kingdom?” And, in the context of responding to the disciples and teaching them about true greatness in the kingdom, Jesus spends this whole chapter teaching them in…

The Kingdom Principle: The Least is the Greatest, Part…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 18. As we have looked at this chapter we have seen that it is all tied together, a very similar theme runs throughout. The focus of Jesus' whole instruction throughout the chapter is our relationship with one another in the Church. What are the proper relationships between members between citizens of the kingdom of heaven? You remember the chapter opens with the disciples asking Jesus who is greatest, and…

The Kingdom Principle: The Least is the Greatest, Part…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 18, as we continue our study of this great passage together. I’d invite you to look back to the very first of the chapter and scan along the passage itself leading up to Matthew 18, verses 15 through 20. You know that the whole of this passage is concerned with how we live as a family, as part of God’s church; with how we relate together as children of the living God in His earthly institution, the kingdom of…

The Kingdom Principle: The Least is the Greatest, Part…

If you have your bible, I would invite You to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 18. We have been looking at this great passage for about a month or so. It's hard to believe that it all began with the question, “Who is the greatest?” Ever since the disciples asked that question, they have been treated to discussions of how to relate to their brothers, how to relate to the sheep, how to be servants, how not to be stumbling blocks. Somewhere in the midst of that they have received an…

The Character of the Kingdom, Part 1: The Kingdom and…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew 19. Today we’re beginning a new study in the section of the gospel of Matthew. Jesus has been speaking to his disciples, in an extended series of lessons and a discourse in Matthew, chapter 18. Now, in Matthew 19, He’s left Galilee, He’s in the border regions of Judea just on the other side of the Jordan ministering to multitudes. Let’s hear God’s word in Matthew 19: “And it came about that when Jesus…