Filter Resources:

Matthew

Select a Chapter:

Be Ready, Part 1: The Faithful Slave

If you have Bibles, please open to Matthew chapter 24, and we will begin in verse 45: “Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 “Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. 47 “Truly I say to you, that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 “But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,' 49 and shall begin to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, 51 and shall cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; weeping shall be there and the…

Be Ready, Part 2: The Ten Virgins

If you have Bibles, please open to Matthew chapter 25. In this passage we find Jesus teaching about two types of people, those who are spiritually prepared and those unprepared for His coming. The story of the Ten Virgins, or if we were going to update it for today, the story of the ten bridesmaids is part of that instruction and that is the passage which we are going to specifically consider today. So let’s look at Matthew chapter 25, beginning in verse 1. This is God’s holy word. Take heed to it. “Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 “And five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. 3 “For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the prudent took…

The Joy of Stewardship

Matthew 25:14-30The Joy of Stewardship O, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good. His steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from trouble. Let us worship God. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light, O God, and this is all of Your doing, all of Your grace, and we have been called out of the world and into your kingdom by Your grace. A way into your presence has been provided by Your grace. You have united us savingly to the Lord Jesus Christ by faith, by grace. In Your grace you have given Your Son as the atonement for our sins, and so we come this day to worship You. Grant that we would remember afresh the glory and the majesty of Your grace as well as remembering that You are the creator of all. You own the cattle on…

Be Faithful!- The Talents

If you have your Bible’s I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 25, as we continue our study in the gospel of Matthew, particularly in these passages where the Lord Jesus is telling us about the things to come, about the end times. All along in our study of Matthew 24 and 25, we have emphasized that the Lord Jesus is telling these things not to tickle you fancy, not simply to give us some interesting information about the future, but He’s telling us these things for very…

The Son of Man Will Judge (By Works!)

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 25. We come today to the last of a series of studies in the Lord Jesus’ teachings on the end times in Matthew 24 and 25. It’s become very apparent in the last several passages that we’ve looked at that Jesus emphasizes that faithfulness it He way that we are prepared for His coming. But He also raises the possibility that there may be some people who think they are His disciples who are not, in fact, faithful. Of…

The Son of Man Will Be Delivered Up

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you turn with me to Matthew chapter 26. We’re now entering a new section of the gospel of Matthew as we continue our study through this glorious gospel. This chapter contains of course the prelude to the death of Christ. A few individuals leap out of the pages of history with more profound irony attached to them than the Lord Jesus Christ. Think of it. Matthew knows it, and he records it frequently. He noted that Jesus experienced hunger, but He fed…

Christ Anointed with Oil (for burial!)

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 26 as we continue our study in the gospel. Last week, we began in the first five verses of this chapter, that we had come to as it were the final section of the gospel of Matthew, and everything in this chapter, and some of the material immediately following. As it were a prelude to the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so we also noticed the ironies that had been present throughout Matthew’s gospel intensifying…

Judas Sells the Messiah

If you have your Bibles with you, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 26. We’ve already said that Matthew 26 is a prelude to the death of Christ. There are many themes which repeat themselves in this section of Matthew’s gospel. Already in our study of verses 1 through 5 we saw the irony of Jesus’ prediction, speaking on Tuesday of the Passover week, that in two days, He would be betrayed into the hands of men. And even as He was saying that to His disciples, somewhere…

The Son of Man Must Go

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you turn with me to Matthew, chapter 26, as we continue through the gospel. We said in Matthew 26, the full chapter served as a prelude of the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. In Matthew 26, verse 2, on Tuesday of the last week of the Lord Jesus’ life before His crucifixion, He had told His disciples that in two days He would be betrayed. It is now in Matthew 26:20, it is now Thursday night of that week, the 14th of Nisan, the day of the Passover…