Tag: Matthew 9
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The Church is to Revitalize, Not Overburden
What do you think it means for people to be like sheep without a shepherd? Do you think people today are like sheep without a shepherd? Is our response condescension of or compassion toward people? Matthew 9:35-38 Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of…
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You have a right to choose Christ if you want!?
Last week, we saw what it meant that someone might be healed according to his or her faith. This week, Matthew uses the same language to describe the work of Jesus. Again, we ask, what is faith, and what does it means that Jesus would do anything according to our faith? Matthew 9:27-34 As Jesus…
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Are People Healed Because of Their Faith?
We prize servanthood. We believe that we ought to serve one another. There are a couple ways that the call to serve becomes too much for the person and really becomes sinful. As Jesus sets the example for Christian service in this passage, He makes a perplexing statement indicating that a woman’s faith is the…
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The Fermentation of the Believer
After Jesus calls Matthew and claims, “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners,” Matthew takes the time to explain Christ’s work of sanctification a little more. In the previous passage, we saw that real sanctification follows true conversion. When the Holy Spirit regenerates the heart of the person called by Christ, that…
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Is The Law Valid if We Are Saved By Grace?
One of the great things about walking through Scripture and really taking our time to study the text sincerely is that we are guarded from unsound doctrine. By preaching and teaching the Scriptures, we avoid the temptation to merely use the Scriptures as we teach or only teach from the Scriptures. There is a big,…
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Jesus Actually Has Authority to Forgive Sins
Jesus’ public preaching and healing ministry started in Capernaum, He travelled across the Sea of Galilee and met some Gentiles, and now He will travel back across the Sea of Galilee to his home town. His early ministry is exclusive to the area of Galilee, north of Samaria, which is north of Judea. Jesus might…