The Work and Character of the King, Part 1: The King Must Die

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The Work and Character of the King, Part 1: The King…

If you have your bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 20. The first 16 verses of this great chapter contain the parable of the landowner. When we studied it a couple of weeks ago together, we said that that parable is basically a gigantic illustration of the very last verse of Matthew chapter 19, verse 30: Many who are first will be last and the last first. Jesus uses that story to explain to His disciples the principle that in His kingdom the last are first and the first are last. Now that means a lot of things, but we learned from the parable at least these things. We learned first of all that we shouldn't work in the kingdom with the spirit of a hireling, thinking that we've got to do certain things in order for the Lord to bless us. Thinking that somehow…

The Disciples’ Continuing Unbelief, Part 2: The…

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 17. We'll be looking verses 22 and 23 today. In this passage we come to the second great announcement of Jesus' impending suffering and death and resurrection. In our studies of Matthew 17, so far we've seen in the first 13 verses that account of His transfiguration; the glory of Christ shone forth for a moment, the veil temporarily pulled back, so that we might see the glory and the might and the beauty and the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. And then immediately, in contrast to that in verses 14 through 21, as Jesus and the disciples descend from the mountain into the plains meeting up with the other disciples, they are met by a crowd in tumult. The crowd is wondering, the scribes and the…

The Flood (The Life of Noah) Part IV: Re-establishing…

Genesis 8:1-22 Re-establishing the World If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 8. So far, we've seen God's glorious work of creation in Genesis, chapter 1. We've seen His special favor towards man highlighted in Genesis, chapter 2. We've seen the status of day in human history in Genesis, chapter 3, and the fall of our first parents. We've seen, in Genesis 4, the consequences of that fall in the human family worked out in the descendants of Adam and Eve. And we've seen that story continued in Genesis, chapter 5, though Moses does highlight the godly line of Seth in part in Genesis, chapter 5. And then in Genesis, chapters 6 through 9, we see the life of Noah and specifically the account of the flood itself. So we learn, if…

The Confession and the Cross of the Kingdom, Part 2:…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 16. As you will recall in our study of Matthew 16 and the first 12 verses of this passage, we see Jesus rebuke the Pharisees and the scribes and warn His disciples against their teaching. And then in verses 13 through 20, we see a confession by Peter which represents the view of the disciples of who the Lord Jesus Christ is. The crowds and the multitudes that Jesus was preaching to, they were not believing what…

The Flood (The Life of Noah) Part II: The Ark of…

Genesis 6:9-22 The Ark of Salvation and the Covenant with Noah If you have your Bibles, please turn with me to Genesis 6. We have seen God's glorious work of creation recounted in Genesis 1. We have seen his special favor towards man highlighted in Genesis 2. We have come to the saddest moment in human history in Genesis, chapter 3, with the fall. We've seen the consequences of sin in Adam's family in Genesis, chapter 4, and we've seen a scent of hope in the birth of Seth, and in…

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. …

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