Mar 7, 2014 | Matthew
There is a great deal of well-intentioned Christian service in this world which is not God-approved. I am talking about churches, literature ministries and media ministries. It is not a new phenomenon, because we find them in the Bible. I’m thinking about the...
Mar 6, 2014 | Matthew
In Matthew chapter 24, the Lord Jesus speaks extensively about the future of Israel. He talks about “wars and rumors of wars” – about tribulation and false Christs and false prophets. He says, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be...
Mar 4, 2014 | Matthew
There is a record of Christ cleansing the Temple, in all four of the gospels, so it must have been important. But there are significant differences between John and what is found in the Synoptic Gospels. John says, “And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went...
Mar 3, 2014 | Matthew
I wonder who first came up with the idea of calling this event “Christ’s Triumphal Entry.” It seems to me – that title is completely inappropriate. I wonder if the author of this title was a Protestant with confused ideas about the Millennial Kingdom. Even though...
Mar 2, 2014 | Matthew
One of the blessings of this kind of Bible study is that I’m not confined to one style of preaching. The general idea is to progress through Matthew expositorily – exposing the message of God. Once in a while my message is purely expositional, but that usually means...
Mar 1, 2014 | Matthew
What would you think if I put my hand in my jacket and declared that I never was David Oldfield, my real name has always been Napoleon Bonaparte? That sort of thing has been a running joke for two hundred years – such a man would be declared insane. Similarly, how...
Feb 13, 2014 | Matthew
Once again we come across a very special word in connection to our Lord Jesus. This is the sixth time we have seen in it Matthew, abut we haven’t directly addressed it as yet. “When (Jesus) saw the multitudes, he was moved with COMPASSION on them, because they...
Feb 10, 2014 | Matthew
There were apparently three blind men at Jericho, seeking the blessing of the Lord. One was posted was on the eastern side of the city, and two who were begging near the western gate. Mark tells us that the name of one was “Bartemaus,” apparently the son of a...
Feb 9, 2014 | Matthew
When I was in Bible school, Judy and I spent a fortune in poverty-stricken student dollars on a filing system. It had big dividers for a regular filing cabinets and smaller ones for 3×5 cards. It had dividers for several dozen branches of human knowledge and...
Feb 9, 2014 | Matthew
As we have already noticed, this event is also recorded in Mark, and we find it again in Luke. But there are exegetical problems when we start comparing those three accounts. They all took place on the outskirts of Jericho as Jesus and His disciples were making their...
Feb 8, 2014 | Matthew
This morning’s adult Bible class was spent considering Christians in eternity. And even though I was able to put together two pages of questions, it would have been difficult to extend that study much farther. The Lord has wisely not given us very much information on...
Feb 7, 2014 | Matthew
When brethren within churches begin to quarrel, sometimes it is nearly impossible to make them stop. Pride gets involved and emotions become engaged – the flesh is often very hard to put under control. I say “nearly impossible,” because “with men this is impossible,...
Feb 6, 2014 | Matthew
Every true Bible doctrine is linked to every other true Bible doctrine. They are all woven together like a beautiful tapestry and the image expressed is that of the Lord Jesus Christ. For example, there is the doctrine of prayer when we address God the Father through...
Feb 5, 2014 | Matthew
Who among us here this morning, will be sitting nearest to Christ “when we all get to Heaven”? I don’t know that I had ever considered that question until last Thursday as I started my preparation for today’s message. Perhaps you have never considered it either. But...
Feb 4, 2014 | Matthew
In each of the last two chapters we have had the same subject arise, and here it is once again. In each case it has been knocked into the dust, and yet like a stubborn, vicious insect it keeps rising up. In chapter 19 the disciples were asking, “Who is the greatest...
