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Tribute to the Forerunner of the Kingdom, Part 4:…

Please turn with me in your bibles to Matthew chapter 11. Last week we saw the majesty of Christ displayed in His pronouncement of judgment against those cities which had heard the gospel of peace preached, and yet were not repenting. Today, we will see His majesty in this glorious invitation which He issues. Let's hear God's holy and inspired word beginning in Matthew chapter 11 verse 25. Matthew 11:25-30 Our Father, we bow before You this day acknowledging Your sovereignty and Your goodness. And we ask that in this great passage You would cause great light to break forth into our hearts as we hear it, as we receive it, as we humbly sit under Your teaching. We pray, heavenly Father, that You would apply its truth to our lives and that we would…

Condemnation of the Enemies of the Kingdom, Part 1: The…

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 12. We recently completed our study of Matthew chapter 11 and we had commented on the fact that after Matthew 10, which reports Christ's instructions to the disciples before they went out on their first mission, you might have expected Matthew chapter 11 to be a report back to Christ from the apostles of their activities and the results of their evangelism.And yet, we found that chapter 11 focuses on Christ. It focuses on His majesty as the Messiah. It shows Him in various scenes – in the encounter with the john the Baptist, and offering blessings unto those who are weary and heavy laden. In each of the scenes of Matthew chapter 11 Christ's majesty as the Messiah is the theme and the focus.…

Condemnation of the Enemies of the Kingdom, Part 2:…

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 12, as we continue our study of this great gospel of Matthew. As we completed our study of Matthew chapter 11, we noted that the focus of that whole passage was on the Lord Jesus Christ, and the theme of that entire chapter was the majesty of Jesus Christ. And then as we studies Matthew chapter 12 and the first 14 verses, we noted that there were connections, there were links, between chapter 11 and chapter 12. First of all, in verse one of Matthew chapter 12, we saw the phrase, “at this time,” indicating that the events of Matthew 12 and the events of Matthew 11 were close in proximity. And we also saw a theme of a content unity. We noted that at the end of Matthew chapter 11, the Lord Jesus had invited those to…

Condemnation of the Enemies of the Kingdom, Part 3: A…

If you have your bibles, I’d invite you to open with me to Matthew chapter 12 as we continue our study of this gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. In our comments on Matthew chapter 11, we noticed throughout that passage the theme of the majesty of Christ being repeatedly put before us in a series of events. And in our studies of Matthew chapter 12, we have noticed Matthew contrasting the character of Christ as seen in His actions, in His ministry, in His compassion, with the character of those…

Condemnation of the Enemies of the Kingdom, Part 4: The…

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 12. Throughout this chapter, we see the character of the Lord Jesus Christ contrasted clearly with the character of his opponents. Though His opponents, the Pharisees, were reputed to be among the most religious, among the most pious men in Israel in their day, in fact, we see throughout this chapter that it is their hearts that are black even though they are accusing the Lord Jesus of being evil. And so,…

Condemnation of the Enemies of the Kingdom, Part 5: The…

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 12. Matthew chapter 11 in each of the events that it records gives us a picture of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ. Matthew chapter 12 gives us a contrast between the character of Christ and His opponents. And each of the passages that are recorded in that great chapter, we see a juxtaposition, a contrast, a differentiation between Jesus and those who were the accepted respected spiritual and moral leaders of…

Condemnation of the Enemies of the Kingdom, Part 6:…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 12. Throughout this chapter the Lord Jesus' character is contrasted with the character of the Pharisees. In each successive event that is recorded, we see what is in Jesus' heart revealed by His words and actions, and conversely, we see what is in the hearts of the Pharisees by their words and actions. And especially the blasphemous response to the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, which we saw earlier. And as…

The Parables of the Kingdom, Part 1: The Sower –…

Turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 13, as we continue our study in this great gospel. We already said that in Matthew 11, the majesty of Christ was set forth in each of the events recorded there. In Matthew 12, His character is over and over again contrasted with the character of His opponents, the Pharisees and the scribes. And in Matthew chapter 13, Matthew gives us a glimpse of the method of His teaching. Jesus teaches in parables. Matthew 13 is somewhat of a turning…

The Parables of the Kingdom, Part 2: Jesus speaks in…

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew, chapter 13. Matthew 13 contains seven great parables of the Lord Jesus Christ. In each of those parables He speaks about the nature of the kingdom. Remember that the disciples were expecting a Messiah, and they were expecting the kingdom, but they were gradually learning from Jesus that the Messiah was different from the way they had expected Him. And they were now learning, too, that the kingdom was going to be a little different than…