andrew paul cannon

Category: Matthew

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  • Irresistible Grace

    Irresistible Grace

    Stumbling blocks are those things that cause the adopted children of God to stumble into living like strangers. The children of God are exempt from the civil and ceremonial laws and belong to Him by grace alone. Strangers are bound by the Law. After revealing the truth about divine adoption, Jesus spoke a woe on…

  • On Trippin’ Christians

    On Trippin’ Christians

    Jesus taught that sons are exempt from the civil and ceremonial laws of the Torah while strangers are under the Law. In order to enter the kingdom of heaven, we must be converted to be like a child rather than a stranger. It is better for anyone who causes a child of God to stumble…

  • What Must We Be Converted From?

    What Must We Be Converted From?

    Jesus enlightened Peter as to what it meant to be a child of God—it meant exemption from the civil and ceremonial laws in the Torah. Adopted sons are no longer strangers. Jesus got at salvation and reward by grace alone through faith alone. The purpose for the Law was not to make someone righteous but…

  • There Are Religious People, and There are Children of God

    There Are Religious People, and There are Children of God

    Matthew is transitioning from Jesus’s identity as the Messiah to the disciples’ identity as the church Jesus is building, beginning with the foundation of the apostles (Cf. 16:18-19). Jesus has made known the role for which He chose His apostles. Now, He will make known the position His disciples have in relationship to the Father…

  • On Lunatics and Moving Mountains

    On Lunatics and Moving Mountains

    Jesus stated that He is building His kingdom (Cf. 16:18). He was unveiled before three of His disciples to prove how His death and resurrection fulfilled the Law and Prophets (Cf. 17:1-13). As a point of clarification, Moses and Elijah did not represent the Law and the Prophets, but literally talked with Jesus about the…

  • Christ Unveiled, The Disciples Terrified

    Christ Unveiled, The Disciples Terrified

    Jesus stated He was building His church upon the foundation of the apostles’, primarily Peter’s, testimony. He showed them that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer, be killed, and raised from the dead. He has made it known that there is a great cost for those who desire to go after Him into His kingdom.…

  • Basic Christian Living

    Basic Christian Living

    What is the most basic instruction for the Christian? To be a Christian is to have been justified in Christ through His substitutionary atonement. What does it mean to live like a Christian? After confessing that Jesus is both the Christ and the Son of the living God, Peter opposed the work his Messiah must…

  • Get Behind Me, Satan!

    Get Behind Me, Satan!

    Early in my ministry, I had a very ungodly way of doing things. I didn’t know any better because I hadn’t learned much about how the Scriptures instructed pastors to operate. I didn’t see that God instructed His pastors to operate by and preach His word alone in season and out of season, meaning when…

  • Who Do You Say Jesus Is?

    Who Do You Say Jesus Is?

    In this discourse, Matthew is explaining who Jesus is as Messiah. Just who is Jesus? We hear all sorts of answers, ranging from “A cool dude” to “The God who simply loves everyone” to “The judge of the world” to “a pretender and false prophet” to “merely a legendary character.” Who do you say Jesus…

  • An Easy Way to Discern False Teaching

    An Easy Way to Discern False Teaching

    The Pharisees and Sadducees asked for a sign from heaven, or a sign that the kingdom of heaven was truly at hand. They were asking for a sign of the end-times; Jesus, though He seemed to agree that the signs should accompany the coming of the kingdom, called them a wicked and adulterous generation because…