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If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 9. As we've studied Matthew chapter 5-9 together, we have stressed, over and again, that Christ's word, His words of wisdom, His teaching on the reality of the Christian life, is set side by side here with His deeds of power. And so by word and deed, Matthew shows Him to be the Messiah, the Son of the living God. We have also said in our study of Matthew chapters 8 and 9, in particular, that here we see an ascending progress of miracles wrought by the Lord Jesus. In Matthew chapter 8, in the first seventeen verses we saw Christ's power over bodily diseases. In Matthew 8:23-27, we saw His power over the forces of nature, stilling the waters of the sea. In verses 28-34 of…

The Ambassadors of the Kingdom, Part 1: Called and…

In our text today, we see Him commission His disciples to go out into the villages and towns of the surrounding region and preach the message of the kingdom. So what we have in Matthew 10:1-4 is basically an ordination sermon, a message that the Lord Jesus Christ gives to His disciples as He commissions them to their first gospel task. They had been called to Him as disciples. Now they are being sent out after a period of testing and training. This is one of six long messages or discourses that Matthew records from the lips of our Lord. He gives it, of course, directly to His own disciples, to charge them as they go out. Let us hear then, the word of God, in Matthew 10 beginning in verses 1 through 4: Matthew 10:1-4 Our Lord and our God, we thank You for this word, it is Your…

The Ambassadors of the Kingdom, Part 2: Go and Preach

Would you please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 10. Last week we began to look at this passage in verses 1-4 where the Lord Jesus commissions His disciples, those who had been close to Him, those who had been following Him, those who had trusted in Him and in whom they had placed their hope. Now these who had walked near with Him were to be sent out as His witnesses, as His representatives, as His ambassadors to preach the message. In the verses that we will study now, we will see His charge to them, His ordination sermon to those apostles as they go out to serve the Lord in Judea. Let's hear the word of the living God beginning in Matthew 10:5. Matthew 10:5-15 Our Father, we ask that You would bless this reading of Your word. And we ask that You would…

The Ambassadors of the Kingdom, Part 3: Persevere in…

Turn with me in your Bibles if you will, to Matthew chapter 10. If you remember in our previous studies of this particular chapter, in the first few verses Christ appoints an inner circle of twelve disciples and then in verses 5-15, He begins to give them specific instructions on what they are to do in their first mission journey on His behalf. They are to go into the towns and surrounding villages of the countryside in which they are, to proclaim the kingdom of heaven. They are to go out…

The Ambassadors of the Kingdom, Part 4: An…

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 10. From Matthew 10:24, to the end of this chapter, the Lord Jesus Christ is continuing this message in which He commissioned His disciples on their first journey to spread the word of God abroad in the villages and towns of the surrounding countryside. We said that in this commissioning, some of the things He told them were specifically related to that first mission, although there were points and applications…

The Ambassadors of the Kingdom, Part 4: An…

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 10 as we continue our study in the gospel of Matthew, and in this particular passage. As we have reviewed Jesus' exhortation to His disciples in Matthew 10, before He sent them out into the surrounding villages and towns to preach the gospel of the kingdom, we have commented that in that exhortation, He very much tells them what it means to be a disciple. And He attempts to prepare them for some of the opposition that they are…

The Ambassadors of the Kingdom, Part 2: John’s…

If you have your Bibles with you, I invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter eleven. As we continue our study in Matthew's gospel, we've completed a survey of Matthew chapter ten in which the Lord Jesus commissioned His disciples before they went out on their first missionary journey into towns of Judea. And we might expect Matthew to tell us a little about what happened on that first journey, but He says nothing about it. Luke gives us one verse about it. Mark gives us…

Tribute to the Forerunner of the Kingdom, Part 2: More…

If you will, turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew, chapter 11. We'll begin in verse 7. Last week we saw John send his disciples to the Lord Jesus as he was struggling in prison with doubts about the person of Christ. Christ sent those disciples back to John with a message: “Look at the fulfillment of the scripture, John, and look at the works that I am doing.” He pointed John to the word of God and to his own works, the works of Christ, in order to strengthen his faith. …

Tribute to the Forerunner of the Kingdom, Part 3:…

Our Father, we thank You for this word. It is a mysterious word. Its truths are deep and wide. We need the help of Your Spirit to understand it and to embrace it. So we ask, O Lord, that You would open our eyes; teach us the truth of Your word. What we can understand, help us to understand. What we cannot, help us to humbly receive because it is from Your lips, trusting that You will show us one day. In the mean time, may our hope be built upon the word, and may You draw…