Tag: Matthew 10
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Do You Wear Pressed Clothes Over Rotting Flesh?
Jesus is sending His apostles (missionaries) on their first short-term mission trip. He finishes His instruction in the final portion of Matthew 10. In this portion of Christ’s instruction, He warns His apostles about the world’s state of affairs and the nature of preaching the true Gospel in such a world. Though the explicit context…
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The Truth About Inward Focus
Have you ever heard anyone say that Christ will accept all of those who simply come? In Matthew’s Gospel so far, we have seen a few things about Christ’s teaching that contradict the idea that He is willing to accept all people. Christ’s Sermon on the Mount prefaces all His other teaching in Matthew’s Gospel.…
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Swimming Upstream- The Measure of One’s Love
What one thing is the true test of a lover’s devotion? We like to experience the passion of young love. Our favorite romantic movies are those in which love is accompanied by intense feelings, danger, and the perfect degree of comic relief. None of these things can measure the fidelity of one’s love for another.…
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God’s Judgment More Tolerable For Some Than Others?
Jesus has given His twelve disciples authority over evil spirits and sickness. He is sending them out to share the good news, everything prophesied about in the Jewish Scriptures, with the Jewish people in Galilee. The Christ had come! The Messiah is here! The kingdom of heaven is at hand! In tonight’s passage, Jesus instructs…
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Christianity, More Than Belief in God or Church Attendance
In the previous verse, we saw Jesus give authority to His disciples over unclean spirits and over every sickness. This authority was meant as a sign that they carried with them the authority of the Messiah. We also saw that God provides gifts to believers today, but not as signs of either salvation or authority.…
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On Signs, Wonders, and Spiritual Gifts
I would tell you a story, here, to get you interested in the topic presented to us this evening. I have plenty of experiences to share, but God has instructed us not to share primarily about our own experience. Instead, we are to share what His word tells us. So, we will simply explore the…
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The Christian Message, Condemnation or Peace?
This last week, there was another school shooting. In the aftermath of the school shooting, we heard and read many opinions about what ought to be done. We also heard many people condemning those who disagree with them. Any shooting, in fact, any death, is a tragedy and we ought to keep the families of…