Sep 16, 2012 | Matthew
When the two blind men heard that Christ had come out of Jairus’ house, they began to cry out for help. Specifically, they called for help from the “Son of David.” They didn’t plead for help from “Jesus,” “Messiah” or from the “Son of God.” They were beseeching the...
Sep 15, 2012 | Matthew
I can not very well verify his statement, but Spurgeon once said that the Orient was filled with blind people. “In our own streets we meet here and there with a blind beggar, but they swarm in Eastern cities. Oph-thal-mai is the scourge of Egypt and Syria, and...
Sep 14, 2012 | Matthew
Psalm 66 is a wonderful song of praise. I wonder if these two blind men knew their hymnal well enough for their hearts to fill with words of David? “Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. Say unto...
Sep 13, 2012 | Matthew
Like a great many of our Lord’s miracles, this particular one has been recorded in three of the gospels. The miracle which follows is only found in Matthew, but the healing of this woman was considered by God to be really important. I can say with absolute...
Sep 12, 2012 | Matthew
Next Sunday, I plan to return to this scripture using this woman as a picture of saving faith. Throughout our study of Matthew, we are going to be looking at miracles as illustrations of salvation. But there are also a great many other lessons sandwiched between...
Sep 11, 2012 | Matthew
I have several books in my library with collections of quotations. Among them, my favorite is nearly 2,000 pages, and it is filled with wonderful material in very tiny print. It is possible to look up a subject, and find perspective on that subject from a dozen...
Sep 10, 2012 | Matthew
This is a well-known story from the life of the Lord Jesus, and I have preached from it several times. But I haven’t made this kind of approach before. I hope that it will be a blessing. This was still early in our Lord’s ministry, but He had already testified of His...
Sep 9, 2012 | Matthew
I dealt with the subject of fasting about eighteen months ago, so I am not going to look directly at it again. But the context of that subject was raised before the Lord Jesus, and it leads to an interesting investigation. Why did the disciples of John and the...
Sep 8, 2012 | Matthew
Thursday was a big day at our house. In Sahalie’s little private school, the kindergarten class was celebrating Valentine’s Day. And preparations began early in the week, if not actually a week before that. Judy had prepared a box of things to send to the grandsons,...
Sep 7, 2012 | Matthew
As I reminded you last week, the text for our first message in this study did not come from Matthew 1:1 – It was Matthew 9:9 where we read of Jesus call of Matthew – the penman of this scripture. In that message we considered his occupation, his call, his obedience...
