Tag: Matthew 11

  • It Pleases God To Have People Reject Jesus?

    It Pleases God To Have People Reject Jesus?

    Jesus has been teaching about the rejection of His Gospel—despite our sin, God’s people are saved by grace through faith and not by any works of their own. Galileans are refusing to repent even though the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. In the previous passage, Jesus claimed that if Tyre, Sidon, and Sodom would…

  • God Could Have Saved Them, But He Didn’t

    God Could Have Saved Them, But He Didn’t

    The judgment is a real thing, and Jesus is the right judge. Jesus straight up condemned people during His bodily ministry on this earth. As Matthew continues his section on Jesus’s teaching about the kingdom of Heaven, he describes Christ’s condemnation of those who reject His Gospel, those who are damned—the reprobate and citizens of…

  • John Abstained, Jesus Drank, Haters Hated

    John Abstained, Jesus Drank, Haters Hated

    We are in the midst of Matthew’s section describing the kingdom of Heaven. So far, we have seen that Christ’s kingdom is a kingdom of priests and of prestige even for the least. In tonight’s text, Jesus juxtaposes the kingdom of Heaven with the kingdom of this world. We will see what sets the church…

  • Live Your Best Life Now Or Be With Jesus?

    Live Your Best Life Now Or Be With Jesus?

    Last week, we introduced this section of Christ’s teaching about the Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew’s Gospel. In this section we learn the nature of Christ’s kingdom. So far, we have learned that Christ’s kingdom is a kingdom of priests, not consumers. This week we will see the status citizens in Christ’s kingdom have in…

  • Jesus Didn’t Do His Job

    Jesus Didn’t Do His Job

    Tonight, we get to begin a new section in Matthew’s Gospel. The previous section described Jesus’s mission work on this earth and His calling on His disciples to partake in that mission work. This passage begins Matthew’s section in which Jesus teaches about the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus has mentioned the Kingdom of Heaven (3:2;…