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The Parables of the Kingdom, Part 3: Tares among wheat:…

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 13. We will begin in verse 24. In the midst of our study of Matthew 13, we have said that in this passage are contained seven parables, all focused on the subject of the kingdom. Each of these parables is designed to bring to Jesus' disciples certain facts, certain truths about the kingdom which they may not have expected; in fact, which may seem to be contradictory to what they were expecting about the kingdom. In the Parable of the Sower, for instance, Jesus makes it clear that there will be a mixed response to Him and to His preaching of the good news. His disciples, on the other hand, were expecting that when He established His kingdom, He would bring all of Israel and all of the Gentiles to…

The Parables of the Kingdom, Part 4: The Mustard Seen…

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 13. Matthew 13 contains a series of seven parables, all of which focus on the theme of the kingdom of God, and all of which are designed to teach us about unexpected aspects of the kingdom. The disciples themselves expected the Lord Jesus Christ’s kingdom to come in a different form in which it appeared. And so the Lord Jesus used these parables to teach His disciples and us about things in the life of the kingdom that a little bit different from the way we might have expected them to be. We’ve already looked at the parable of the sower and the parable of the tares in Matthew, chapter 13. In the parable of the sower, we learned that though the Old Testament prophet said the kingdoms of the world and…

The Parables of the Kingdom, Part 5: The Treasure, the…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with met to Matthew chapter 13 beginning in the 44th verse. As we have studied Matthew 13 in these kingdom parables, we have noted that there are seven parables of the Lord Jesus in this passage, and that all of them contain descriptions of the way the Lord Jesus' kingdom is. And the reason each of these parables describe different aspects of the kingdom is because the disciples had certain expectations about the kingdom that were different from the reality of the kingdom. And so by the parables, the Lord Jesus is explaining to His followers what it is to be in the kingdom, what the kingdom is like, and specific aspects of the nature of the kingdom. So far we've looked at four of the parables. The very first parable in…

The Parables of the Kingdom, Part 6: The Scribe of the…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 13. We have already surveyed 7 kingdom parables in this great passage, and we refer to them as “kingdom parables” because each of these 7 parables are designed to teach us unexpected qualities of the kingdom of heaven, or the kingdom of God. They are designed to correct misunderstandings that we might have about the nature of the kingdom that the Lord Jesus Christ came to set up. And this is obviously…

The Parables of the Kingdom, Part 7: No Honor in…

If You have your Bibles Id invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 13. In this great passage we have seen seven kingdom parables of our Lord in which He teaches us about unexpected qualities of the kingdom. Now in this final passage in Matthew 13, beginning in verse 53, Matthew records the Lord Jesus' movement to the town of Nazareth, His hometown, to preach the gospel there, and we see the response of the people, or rather the lack of response of the people to the gospel that was…

More of Jesus’ Kingdom Miracles and Teaching,…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 14. You'll remember over the last few months we've looked at Matthew 11, 12 and 13. Highlighting the majesty of Christ in Matthew 11, highlighting the character of Christ in contrast to His opponents in Matthew 12 and highlighting the parables of Jesus in Matthew 13 and especially those kingdom parables which are recorded there. We also saw in Matthew chapter 13, that a major shift in Christ's…

More of Jesus’ Kingdom Miracles and Teaching,…

If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 14. As we have been studying in the gospel of Matthew, we have noted a progression from Matthew 11 unto this point: Matthew 11 highlighting the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ, Matthew 12 contrasting Christ's character with the character of the Pharisees, and Matthew 13 showing us that special use of parables in Christ's teaching and recording us for us seven kingdom parables, stories which illustrate…

More of Jesus’ Kingdom Miracles and Teaching,…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 14. This chapter records the final days of Jesus' great Galilean ministry, which ran from somewhere around December of AD 27, to April of AD 29. William Hendriksen says of this stage in Christ's career and ministry, “One more year, and the Lamb of God will by means of His death on the cross, render satisfaction for the sins of all who trust in Him.” And so the Lord Jesus' ministry is drawing close…

More of Jesus’ Kingdom Miracles and Teaching,…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with to Matthew chapter 15, as we continue our study in the gospel of Matthew. In chapter 14, we saw two of the great miracles of the Lord Jesus, the feeding of the 5,000 and His walking on the water to the disciples, in the Sea of Galilee. And today as we continue in Matthew 15, we see the opposition to the Lord Jesus from the Pharisees that we have been watching still for the last several chapters. Let’s hear God’s holy and inspired…