Tag: Matthew 12
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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…
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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…
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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…
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People Are Worth More Than Our Expectations
We are in Matthew’s section about Jesus’s teaching on the Kingdom of heaven, particularly about the Sabbath rest we find in Christ alone. What do you think people are worth? Is it more important to maintain some sort of standard and make sure people keep all the rules or to love people where they are…
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Jesus Broke The Rules
Jesus is teaching about the kingdom of Heaven. He has opposed legalism. He has invited those who are burdened by legalistic religion or expectations and their inability to keep the Law into His rest. After Matthew mentions Christ’s rest, he records Jesus’s teachings about the Sabbath, or the official day of rest according to Mosaic…