Apr 21, 2012 | Matthew
Before we move on into our Lord’s most famous sermon, I’d like to tie up a few loose ends from Matthew 4. This afternoon’s four points are tied together, not theologically, and only barely chronologically. I’ve tied them together with a slight ribbon of alliteration...
Apr 19, 2012 | Matthew
The Lord saved and called me toward the end of the 1960’s, and I went to Bible school in the early 70’s. Those were the days when situation ethics flooded into a lot of Baptist churches. Far too many churches had the idea that the end justifies the means....
Apr 18, 2012 | Matthew
Some time ago, I got a free sample of a Christian magazine called “Leadership 100.” It was a special version of the magazine simply called “Leadership.” It was probably supposed to duplicate in a Christian way “Fortune Magazine” and their yearly “500.” (Does it...
Apr 17, 2012 | Matthew
Sixteen years ago I preached from this scripture using this same theme. Tuesday, I pulled out my notes from that message and was appalled by what I read. It is amazing what well-intentioned pastors might say when trying to teach the Word of God. My first glaring...
Apr 16, 2012 | Matthew
After a three month hiatus, we are returning to our study of Matthew, but we will confine our future studies to Sunday evenings only. I hope that it will be as much a blessing to you as I expect that it will be to me. Through the Apostle Matthew, the Holy Spirit has...
Apr 15, 2012 | Matthew
As we began this study seven months ago, I deliberately said that this was not a study of the life of Christ. Perhaps that is a mistake on my part, but so far I don’t think so. If the Holy Spirit led Matthew to record some things about Christ, but not other...
Apr 14, 2012 | Matthew
When I started preparing this message last Thursday, my introduction involved the events which brought Jesus to Capernaum. That introduction became longer and more involved until it started to consume the message itself. So I tabled it, and we’ll look at the...
Apr 13, 2012 | Matthew
In this revelation about the Lord Jesus’ temptation, we have two references to angels. Even though there is hardly anything specifically declared, together they open the door to several thoughts. And that is ignoring behind the fact that Satan himself is an...
Apr 11, 2012 | Matthew
I would hope that not one of us would ever consider worshipping Satan. I would hope that it is so ingrained in our hearts that he is evil, that we would consider this to be one of the greatest of all sins. But if you’ll remember from a couple weeks ago, I said...
Apr 10, 2012 | Matthew
I know we have already touched on this third temptation, but there is still material here which we didn’t cover. For example, we’ve said nothing about the various names and titles of Satan. You may think that this unimportant, but such is not the case....
