May 18, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
How can different people read one passage of Scripture and reach drastically different interpretations? One explanation is that we all have a storehouse of information tucked away in our heads and hearts. As we are reading, the definitions that we have learned, and...
May 3, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
This scripture leads us into a Biblical word study. It is not our usual Sunday morning fair, but I believe that I can bring it to an evangelistic conclusion. The word under consideration is “betrayal.” The Lord Jesus, during the Passover meal, told His...
Apr 26, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
The church in Corinth had problems. I almost said that it had a, “unique set of problems,” but they were not unique to that church alone. It was a somewhat wealthy church; it was definitely a worldly church. Some of the members had problems with the...
Apr 19, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
This event in Jesus’ life is recorded in Matthew, Mark and John – but not in Luke. John’s account is the most complete, even though we are still left with a lot of mystery. One interesting detail, missing from Matthew, is that the worshiping lady is Mary, sister of...
Apr 12, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
All four of the gospels speak about the Sanhedrin’s meeting to discuss the fate of Christ Jesus. Ever since the raising of dead Lazarus, there had been an intense and growing excitement about Jesus. He had entered the city like a conquering king, with the adoration...
Apr 5, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I debated about having a message on the resurrection this morning, but decided that since we are just approaching the crucifixion in our study of Matthew, it might be like getting the cart before the horse. Undoubtedly, the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ was an...
Mar 29, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I have given this message the title: “The Parable of the Servants.” In all my favorite old Bibles (I don’t believe that I have ever thrown away one of my KJV Bibles) – In every single one of my Bibles, either at the top of the page or in the margin, the...
Mar 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
Let’s say that several of us were out on a walk together, and we saw a large cherry tree. Each of us might think of something different as we looked at that tree. One lady might see those cherries and think of all the pies that she could make. Someone else might think...
Mar 16, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I feel led of the Lord to spend one more day looking at Matthew 24. But these two messages will be more topical than expositional. I’ll be pulling a couple thoughts out of the context, but not really studying the context itself. But that doesn’t mean that we should...
Mar 8, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I can’t tell you how many different scriptures there are describing the Lord’s second coming. Perhaps, instead of “second coming” I should simply say, “the Lord’s coming” or maybe “parousia.” Because some scriptures blend what we...
Mar 1, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
Matthew 24 is a shovel full of precious ore. As I said last week, it contains informational gold about the last days – the Tribulation. But there are also flecks of silver in here and even some platinum – for our immediate use. At times we are quite sure that the Lord...
Feb 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
This chapter is much like gold-bearing ore. Quite often where there is gold, there is also silver – a valuable mineral, but not as valuable as gold. When the two are found together, steps have to be taken to separate them for commercial purposes. In the ancient world...
Feb 15, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I hope that you aren’t here today with plans to listen to something new. My commission is not to entertain you, and I am not some sort of cult leader with new revelation from God. My job is to teach you what the Lord has already revealed in His Word, and a part of...
Feb 8, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
The Lord Jesus and His disciples were exiting Herod’s Temple for the last time. As He was leaving, He said to the Pharisees, “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.” Then at some point, while looking back “one of this disciples saith unto him,...
Feb 1, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
This is the seventh time that we have read Jesus’ words “woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.” There are other denunciations in this chapter, but this is the seventh time for this particular turn-of-phrase. “Woe unto you, scribes and...
