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We Have No Excuse

  Romans 2:1-3 We Have No Excuse Open your Bibles, please to Romans chapter 2, as we continue to work our way through this great letter of the apostle Paul to the Romans. Let me remind you where we have come from so far, so you will appreciate Paul’s argument today. In the first half of Romans chapter 1, Paul has introduced us to the subject of the Gospel. We got a taste, even in his introduction, of just how much the Gospel was a part of his life and thinking. Especially in verses 16 and 17, he outlines for us, the theme of his whole book and he tells us that the Gospel itself is the power of God unto salvation and that in it, the righteousness of God is revealed. And that is incredibly good news. , And it is the good news of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ that the apostle…

Judas’ Remorse and Suicide

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 27 as we continue our study through this great gospel. We’ve spent a number of weeks in Matthew 26, and if Matthew 26 is a prelude to the death of Christ, then Matthew 27 is the main movement for it. It records for us the final events immediately prior to the crucifixion, and then the crucifixion itself. Now it’s important as we come to our study today to remember last week what we looked at in Matthew 26, verses 69 through 75, and Peter’s three denials. And, in addition to that, the prediction of those denials by Jesus in Matthew 26, verses 30 through 35. Matthew has deliberately placed the denials of Peter side by side with the remorse of Judas. He wants to compare and to contrast Peter’s reaction and…

Jesus’ Prophetic Lament Part, 2: Woe to the…

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew 23. God in His providence always shows His word to be timely and seasonable. We have seen this in the last two weeks as our dear brother Derek Thomas has preached to us from the word on the theme of faith on trial. How wise and good God is to speak to us seasonably. Once again we have been working through Matthew for some time, God has a word that is timely and seasonable as we turn here to Matthew 23. I want to remind you of several things as we come to this passage. You will remember that in Matthew 23 Jesus is speaking in the last few days of His public ministry before He is crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem. So these final words are very important words. In Matthew chapter 22 He had spent a good deal of time…

Jesus’ Prophetic Lament, Part 1: The Essential…

I’d invite you to turn your bibles with me to Matthew chapter 23 as we study together in the gospel of Matthew. let me remind you of several things before we come to the passage itself. First, remember that Jesus has already spoken His final words to the Pharisees. Jesus, in Matthew 22 spoke His final words directly to the Pharisees. For many many months, indeed for the whole three years of His public ministry, Jesus had been contending with the Pharisees. they had been challenging Him, Jesus…

Christ Confounds with the Word of the Kingdom, Part 3:…

If you have your bibles, I’d invite you turn with me to Matthew chapter 22. For the last several weeks we have been in the last week of Jesus' life. In fact, for the last several weeks, we've been on Tuesday of the last week of Jesus life as He has a series of exchanges with the chief priests and the scribes and the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Last week we were looking at the passage where the Sadducees challenged Him with a mocking question, a silly question about the resurrection.…

A Foreshadowing of Judgment, Part 7: Parables Against…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew 22. As we continue studying through this glorious gospel. In the final verses of Matthew 21, we looked most recently at two parables there, the parable of the two sons and the parable of the land owners. And each of these three parables, and we're going to be looking at the third of those three parables today, are directed against the religious leaders of Israel. If you remember all the way back to the parable of the two…

A Foreshadowing of Judgment, Part 5: Parables Against…

If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 21. Last week, as we looked at Matthew 21, verses 23 through 27, we saw the religious rulers of Israel challenge Jesus' authority to teach. They had no success in undermining His teaching so they dropped back and asked for His credentials: “Who gave You the authority to be teaching these things that You are teaching?” And we saw Jesus respond to them with a question, not to be evasive, but actually in an…

A Foreshadowing of Judgment, Part 3: The Fruitless Fig…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to take them in hand and turn with me to Matthew, chapter 21. So far in Matthew 21, we have seen Jesus kingship clearly set forth in His triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem. And then in verses 12 through 17, we have seen His judgment against Israel, that has a form of worship and religion but denies the power thereof. And so He brings judgment in the cleansing of the temple, in verses 12 through 17. And that theme of judgment, not only immediate…

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,…

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