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Jesus’ Prophetic Lament, Part 1: The Essential…

I’d invite you to turn your bibles with me to Matthew chapter 23 as we study together in the gospel of Matthew. let me remind you of several things before we come to the passage itself. First, remember that Jesus has already spoken His final words to the Pharisees. Jesus, in Matthew 22 spoke His final words directly to the Pharisees. For many many months, indeed for the whole three years of His public ministry, Jesus had been contending with the Pharisees. they had been challenging Him, Jesus had been responding to them, Jesus had finally gone on the offensive as it were in Matthew chapter 22 and challenged them with a number of questions which they were not able to answer. And Jesus had been very honest in His dealings with them, but in the passage we are going to read today in Matthew…

Jesus’ Prophetic Lament Part, 2: Woe to the…

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew 23. God in His providence always shows His word to be timely and seasonable. We have seen this in the last two weeks as our dear brother Derek Thomas has preached to us from the word on the theme of faith on trial. How wise and good God is to speak to us seasonably. Once again we have been working through Matthew for some time, God has a word that is timely and seasonable as we turn here to Matthew 23. I want to remind you of several things as we come to this passage. You will remember that in Matthew 23 Jesus is speaking in the last few days of His public ministry before He is crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem. So these final words are very important words. In Matthew chapter 22 He had spent a good deal of time…

Jesus’ Prophetic Lament, Part 3: O Jerusalem,…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 23. You will remember that this chapter breaks into three parts. In the first twelve verses, the Lord Jesus diagnoses the spiritual problem of the Scribes and the Pharisees. He says they are guilty of religious hypocrisy. And then in verses 13 through 36 he proceeds to engage in a scathing denunciation, a withering rebuke of their hypocrisy, a hypocrisy which much of Israel has fallen into. Then the chapter concludes in verses 37 through 39. The passage we’re going to study today with the Lord Jesus own grief-stricken groaning over Israel, as He expresses His heart for those who have turned their hearts against Him. We need to remember that this is Christ’s final public address. The rest of Matthew will be…

Jesus’ Prophecy of the Consummation of the…

That's a great promise, indeed. If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 24. Today we come to a new section of the gospel of Matthew. Its the second longest of the six sermons that Matthew records from our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching in this section has reference to events that would transpire shortly after Jesus' death, resurrection and ascension. But the teaching of this passage also has reference to events that still await fulfillment,…

Jesus’ Prophecy of Consummation of the Kingdom,…

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 24. We began last time looking at this great passage. It's one of the six long sermons of the Lord Jesus recorded by Matthew. It happens to deal with the issue of the end times or to use the technical term, eschatology, which just means the study of the end times, or the study of the last things. In this great passage we saw last week, especially in verses 4-14 of Matthew chapter 24, that Jesus gives a forecast of…

Jesus’ Prophecy of Consummation of the Kingdom,…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 24. We've been for the last couple of weeks in this great passage in which Jesus sets forth His teaching about the end times and the second coming. In the first three verses of Matthew 24, we saw the two particular questions that the disciples had asked. Look at verse 3. It says, “Tell us when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And so in answer…

Jesus’ Prophecy of Consummation of the Kingdom,…

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 24, as we continue our studies in the Lord Jesus’ teachings on the last days, on the end times. As we have said, it as difficult as these verses are, as difficult as the passages is as a whole, especially in its details, the main themes are very clear. God is gracious to us. And when He challenges us in His Word, even with hard passages, His point is to comfort and strengthen His people, and those messages have come…

Jesus’ Prophecy of Consummation of the Kingdom,…

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 24. We have been looking at the subject of Jesus’ teaching on the end times or Eschatology as the technical term is for a number of weeks now. We have come to Matthew chapter 24 and we will begin in verse 36 today, where we left off last time. Let’s hear God’s holy Word. “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. “For the coming of the…

Therefore: Be Ready!

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 24. We are continuing our study in Jesus’ teaching on the end time. Especially as He gives practical exhortations to us, not only to His disciples but to us, but how we are to prepare for those end times. Especially in this section beginning here in Matthew 24:42 and following all the way into Matthew 25, Jesus explained in detail what it means to be ready, to be prepared for His coming. So, let’s attend to…