The Character of the Kingdom, Part 2: The Kingdom and…
We continue our study of the gospel of Matthew today. If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew 19. In Matthew 19, the Lord Jesus is teaching us about the nature of the kingdom, the character of the kingdom that He is preaching in, bringing in, and He focuses especially on three subjects, marriage, children and possessions. Last week we considered Jesus' strong words about marriage and divorce and singleness. This week we turn to an important incident in Jesus' ministry regarding the blessing of children. So let's give attention to God's holy word in Matthew 19, beginning in verse 13. This is the word of God. “Then some children were brought to him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked…