Category: Matthew
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The Triumph of Christ
To introduce Holy Week, Matthew made sure we saw Jesus’s loving compassion. Just like he saw and condescended to to two blind beggars (cf. 20:29-34), he condescended to all humanity in order to give Himself as a ransom for many (cf. 20:28). It turns out that Jesus’s interaction with the blind men was a picture…
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Holy Week Timeline: According to Matthew’s Gospel
Holy Week at a Glance Sunday (21:1-17) Triumphal Entry Into JerusalemCleansing of the TempleJesus and His disciples spent the night in Bethany. Start in 28:1 (Sunday) and trace the days of the week back.28:17 Monday (21:18-23:39) Jesus curses a fig tree.Jesus’s authority is questioned.Jesus tells parables and answers accusations.Jesus exposes the religious leaders in Jerusalem…
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Inconvenient Compassion
Tonight, we transition from Matthew’s section about the place of the disciple to the Holy Week discourse. In the current section, we have discovered that the place of the disciple is the place of the lowly in this world, of servanthood, humility, and humble standing—not power, authority, or having much to gain. Even the section…
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Elevation Church
Jesus has been teaching that the first will be last and the last first, meaning that those who are first in the kingdom of heaven are those who deny themselves, take up their crosses, and follow Jesus on this earth. In this context, Mrs. Zebedee asks that her children be considered to sit at Christ’s…
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The Christian’s Labor
Last week, we saw the Christian’s reward. God promises to return many times what the Christian gives up for Christ’s name’s sake and give the Christian eternal life. Jesus follows His teaching about rewards with a parable—not about people giving anything up, but about laborers in a vineyard seeking to earn wages. Matthew 20:1-16 For…
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The Christian Reward
Life is about investments. We invest in our work because we believe it worthwhile to earn a living. We invest part of that living in retirement funds, stocks, and bonds because we believe it worthwhile to plan ahead for our retirements. We invest in our education and the education of others because we believe it…
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It is Impossible to Obtain Eternal Life…
What need do you have for the Gospel? Why is the forgotten Gospel such a needed and relevant message in our time? There are many people, perhaps you are one of them, who live and breathe in the world and imagine they have no need of a savior. If heaven is real, they believe they…
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Divorce, Remarriage, and God
In the previous discourse, we discovered the nature of our involvement in the kingdom of heaven and the nature of our relationships to other Christians. We are adopted children. We are here to serve our brothers and sisters in Christ. Our relationships and place in the kingdom are built on unconditional and unlimited forgiveness. Today,…
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When People Offend You
Tonight, we get to place the final slice of bread on our sin sandwich. God is not willing that any of His adopted children perish; So, we are to remain devoted to and care for one another unconditionally. Church discipline is meant for unity and addresses sins of division. Many people use the previous passage…
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That Weird Thing Called Church Discipline
We arrive at the passage that is mostly used when people talk about church discipline. Doubtless church discipline is a proper application of the text, but a proper explanation is required before such an application can be made. Jesus has taught that the Father does not will to lose any of His adopted children. He…