Last week we considered the first 8 verses of Matthew chapter 9. We saw this incredible moment where these men of faith came with their paralyzed friend to see Jesus, but when they came, they couldn’t even get to the front door, because it was so crowded, and much less all the way to Jesus […]
Last week we considered Jesus’ Lordship, in light of the points that Matthew was putting on the table in chapter 8. Jesus had previously said, listen to me, and follow me, He said do these things if you want to be built on the rock, and then Matthew followed that up and said listen, everything
Last week we finished Jesus’ sermon on the mount, and we looked at the last six verses of chapter 7. Those last six verses were really like the call to action for us, specifically a call to obedience. Jesus talked about the possibility of building a house on the strength and stability of a rock,
Our passage this week, which we will read in a minute, starts with the word “therefore”, which means that it is coming directly on the heels of, and in light of, what Jesus had just shared previously in this chapter. Last week we looked at verses 13 through 23. We looked at, what I believe,
In the last couple weeks, we have talked about judging people, we’ve talked about prayer, we’ve talked about doing good for others. And so, let’s see where Jesus is going now in our verses for today. Read Matthew 7:13-23 So, in Jesus’ first statements there in our passage today, He begins describing these gates and where they
Last week we heard from Jesus, about His thoughts, on judging people. About judging people from, this like automatically negative place, where we assume the worst of people. With maybe the roots of this judginess, if that’s even a word, being an over inflated view of ourselves, that maybe thinks that we’re better than other
The past few weeks of learning from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, have mainly been focusing on like, internal spiritual life things. Things such as our outlook on good works, and prayer, and fasting before the Lord. Also, our outlook on material things on this earth versus eternal things and the treasure of heaven. And
