andrew paul cannon

Category: Matthew

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  • The Treasure of the Church

    The Treasure of the Church

    The kingdom of Heaven is not the kingdom of this world. Many things that seem religious or good from the world’s perspective are actually contrary to Jesus’s teaching about the kingdom of Heaven. If I were to ask you what you treasure, how would you answer? Do you treasure family, friends, your house, food, comfort,…

  • Jesus On Predestination and the Rapture

    Jesus On Predestination and the Rapture

    A couple weeks ago, we saw Jesus tell the crowds a parable in which the kingdom of Heaven was compared to wheat and tares. He did not explain his parable to the crowds, so we made a couple observations and application but did not explain the parable specifically. In today’s text, Jesus explains His parable…

  • How to Grow the Church

    How to Grow the Church

    As we continue through Jesus’s kingdom of Heaven parables, we see an interesting idea. We desire revival. We desire to see explosive growth regarding Christ’s kingdom. Jesus tells us how His kingdom grows, and it’s not what we expect from a human perspective. When we think about the next two parables, we will be prepared…

  • Wheat and Weeds Unexplained

    Wheat and Weeds Unexplained

    Jesus told one parable concerning the kingdom of Heaven. His word is sown everywhere but only bears fruit when it is sown in the sower’s good soil. The fruit Jesus explicitly referred to was understanding and sound teaching. Now, Jesus tells another parable. He, again, leaves it dangling without explanation. Since Jesus will explain this…

  • Christ’s Fruitless and Fruitful Word

    Christ’s Fruitless and Fruitful Word

    Why do people reject such a gracious Gospel? Why do people claim to be Christians but add works to grace as the basis for salvation? Why do self-proclaimed Christians hear God’s word and explain it away saying, “The Bible doesn’t really mean that”?  In the previous passage, Jesus told a parable and left the parable…

  • To Him Who Has, More Will Be Given

    To Him Who Has, More Will Be Given

    Did you know that there are stories in the Bible that did not really happen? Christianity’s critics accuse Christians of believing stories that are not literal. They accuse the Bible of being false and unreliable because it contains stories that are not literal or historically accurate. Here, a clarification needs to be made about the…

  • Christ’s True Family

    Christ’s True Family

    Matthew is describing Heaven’s kingdom in this part of his narrative. Tonight, we get to conclude Jesus’s doctrinal explanation in this section of Matthew’s Gospel. Next week we will begin working through Jesus’s parables, which illustrate everything we have seen Jesus explicitly teaching through this section. Most recently, Jesus has called a certain group of…

  • Seeking Signs And Cleaning Up Our Acts

    Seeking Signs And Cleaning Up Our Acts

    A couple days ago, I posted a question on Facebook because I am thinking about how Biblical it might be to have communion online. It’s not a question I’ve considered before because I’ve never had the need. Some people sincerely offered their opinions. Only one person actually went to Scripture to parse out the Biblical…

  • What is the Unforgivable Sin?

    What is the Unforgivable Sin?

    I pastored a church, once, in a community where a homosexual man worked for a funeral home. One of the ladies in our church, the one who claimed the church was the most loving church anyone could ever find, hated this man because he was a practicing homosexual. “Don’t ever let that man do anything…

  • If Satan Is Bound, Why Are There Still Pandemics?

    If Satan Is Bound, Why Are There Still Pandemics?

    Alright wastelanders, we are in Matthew’s section about the kingdom of Heaven. Jesus has been sharing much about heaven’s kingdom. In the previous passage, He revealed that the kingdom was for both Jews and Gentiles and that He is the Sabbath rest. He does not overburden His people with rules, regulations, and expectations as do…