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....
Apr 8, 2012 | Matthew
When these temptations began to take place, Christ and Satan were in the wilderness to the south and east of Jerusalem. Before the second temptation began, the Devil transported the Lord to Jerusalem – to the Temple. I think that we can assume that Satan knew...
Apr 7, 2012 | Matthew
Last Sunday in looking at the Bible’s doctrine about Satan, I quoted a couple verses from Ephesians 6. Please turn to that chapter and let’s read the entire passage. Ephesians 6:11-19 – “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the...
Apr 6, 2012 | Matthew
Let’s remember that we are studying our Lord’s temptations in order to better learn how to defend ourselves when temptation comes our way. Of course, our specific temptations will never be quite like the Lord’s, but there will be similarities. And...
Apr 5, 2012 | Matthew
Clearly, the Bible tells us that our Saviour spent a considerable period fasting, before He began His ministry and before this confrontation with Satan. But what exactly did He do, and what has that got to do with us. Although the Bible never really explains it for...
