The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand
How lovely is His dwelling place. Please turn with me in your Bible to Matthew chapter 4. We enter a new section of the Gospel of Matthew today as we begin in verse 12 of Matthew chapter 4. In chapter 1, we saw the origins of our Savior. We saw His identity set forth. David’s son is David’s Lord. He is the appointed Messiah. The one that God had promised to send to His people. In Matthew chapter 2 we saw the Gentiles worshipping Him as the Son of God who saves the world. They came from afar, the Magi to bring Him honor, and to do Him homage. In chapter 3, we see the Father Himself place His imprimatur on His ministry, put His verbal word of blessing on that which He would do. We saw the Lord Jesus in the baptism itself accept the commission publicly that He would be the sin-bearer for…