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41Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, "If youhad known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for yourpeace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. As I mentioned yesterday, I'm in Kingsland, Georgia. Iprerecorded this video for you, and I trust it'll be a blessing. This morning,I'll be attending a worship service with Edith at Kings Bay Submarine Base to hear my son Nathan,a Navy chaplain, speak. Let'scontinue in Luke chapter 19:28-48, which take place on what we call Palm Sundaymorning, and in verses 35-44, Jesus is entering Jerusalem, riding a colt. Thecrowd comes out to meet Him, proclaiming, “Blessed is the King who comes in thename of the Lord.” They are singing praises, throwing palm branches and clothesin front of the colt Jesus is riding. The Pharisees criticize, saying, “Rebukethese people.” Then, in verse 41, as Jesus draws near, He sees the city andweeps over it. Ican picture this, having been there many times. I can imagine seeing Jesus comingdown the Mount of Olives with a clear view of Jerusalem. The crowd isrejoicing, but Jesus is weeping. In verse 42, He says, “If you had known,even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! Butnow they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when yourenemies will build an embankment around you, surround you, and close you in onevery side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; andthey will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know thetime of your visitation.” Jesusgoes from this rejoicing and celebration of the people, to weeping overJerusalem. No matter where He looks, He finds a cause to weep. Looking back, Hesees how the nation wasted its opportunities to receive Him as the Messiah,ignorant of the time of His visitation. Looking within, He sees spiritualignorance and blindness in the people's hearts. Theyshould have known who He was. God gave them His Word with all the prophecies concerningHis first coming and had also sent John the Baptist to prepare the way. Jesus Himselfhad been preaching for three and a half years for the nation to repent because theKingdom of Heaven was at hand. And by His miracles and healings and power overthe demons, the elements of nature, manifesting Himself to be the Son of God. Lookingaround, Jesus sees religious activity that accomplishes little. The temple hadbecome a den of thieves, the religious leaders were out to kill Him, and thoughthe city was filled with pilgrims celebrating Passover, their hearts were heavywith sin and life's burdens. Lookingahead, Jesus weeps because He sees the terrible judgment coming. In AD 70,about 40 years after His death, the Romans would come, and after a 143-daysiege, they would kill over 600,000 Jews, take thousands captive, and destroythe temple and city. Why? Because the people did not know God had visited them.As Scripture says, “He came to His own, and His own received Him not.” Thepeople are rejoicing, but Jesus is looking within, around, and ahead. I believeHe's looking into our hearts today, too. What does He see in our lives thatwould cause Him to weep if we don't believe, trust, and are not living for Himas we should? Whata powerful passage. Jesus sees the crowd celebrating, calling Him King, yet Heweeps because He knows the reality of what will happen. He knows in a few daysthis same crowd will be yelling “crucify Him” and have Him nailed to a cross todie. Jesus know that will reject Him and will not trust Him to be their Messiahand Savior. MayGod give us grace today to bring a smile to the face of Jesus as we live toglorify His name in everything that we say and do!
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Johnny Wunder and Kris McCormack are joined by Fairway Jockey's Wadeh Maroun to talk the rapidly growing competition in the zero-torque putter category, their biggest takeaways from the gear setups at the Hoag Classic and Johnny's upcoming visits to TaylorMade's 'The Kingdom' and the Titleist Performance Institute. -- If you'd like to be featured on the Fully Equipped Hotline in future episodes, call (480) 442-1168 and leave us a voicemail. -- Meet ALIGN MAX™. The newest addition to Golf Pride's raised ridge technology features a higher, longer, and firmer ridge that runs the full length of the grip for increased hand placement and shot-making versatility. Visit www.golfpride.com to learn more about the ALIGN MAX -- Attention gear heads! The Fully Equipped store is officially live at shop.golf.com.
On this week's episode of Fully Equipped, GOLF's Johnny Wunder and Kris McCormack are joined by Fairway Jockey's Wadeh Maroun to talk the rapidly growing competition in the zero-torque putter category, their biggest takeaways from the gear setups at the Hoag Classic and Johnny's upcoming visits to TaylorMade's 'The Kingdom' and the Titleist Performance Institute. -- If you'd like to be featured on the Fully Equipped Hotline in future episodes, call (480) 442-1168 and leave us a voicemail. -- Meet ALIGN MAX™. The newest addition to Golf Pride's raised ridge technology features a higher, longer, and firmer ridge that runs the full length of the grip for increased hand placement and shot-making versatility. Visit www.golfpride.com to learn more about the ALIGN MAX -- Attention gear heads! The Fully Equipped store is officially live at shop.golf.com.
How did Saudi Arabia come to host leaders from the US, Russia and Ukraine for peace talks? Just a few years ago, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was publicly identified as the man who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. As a result, he was referred to as a pariah by former President Joe Biden. So, how did MBS go from pariah to peacemaker?Jonny Dymond speaks to journalist Jonathan Rugman, producer of the BBC documentary 'The Kingdom' about the life of Mohammed bin Salman.Producers: Richard Moran, Tom Kavanagh, Mhairi MacKenzie and Eleanor SlySound engineers: Mike RegaardAssistant editor: Richard Fenton-SmithSenior news editor: China Collins
OPINION: The inauthenticity of 'The Kingdom' | Jan. 2, 2025Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.netFollow us:Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebookInstagram - https://tmt.ph/instagramTwitter - https://tmt.ph/twitterDailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotionSubscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digitalSign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newslettersCheck out our Podcasts:Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotifyApple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcastsAmazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusicDeezer: https://tmt.ph/deezerStitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcherTune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein#TheManilaTimes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,teaching in their synagogues,proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,and curing every disease and illness.At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for thembecause they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to his disciples,"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest."Then he summoned his Twelve disciplesand gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them outand to cure every disease and every illness.Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus,"Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'Cure the sick, raise the dead,cleanse lepers, drive out demons.Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
From the responsorial psalm: "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He tells the number of the stars; he calls each by name. Blessed are all who wait for the Lord." A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew (Mt 9:27-31) Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus, "Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give." Jesus sends out the Twelve to do what he has been doing around all the towns and villages: teaching, proclaiming the Gospel, and curing all manner of disease and illness. Moved to pity at the sight of the crowds, Jesus sees the need to give authority to the Twelve "to cure every disease and illness" and to drive out unclean spirits. This is the same Lord, responsive to every one of our needs, that Isaiah tells us about in the first reading: "The Lord will give you the bread you need and the water for which you thirst." God, help me today see in others what Jesus saw in the crowds. His reason for compassion was because "they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd." Help me be obedient to Jesus' command to go to the lost sheep without counting the cost. Jesus models Christian discipleship not only for the apostles but for all who hear his call to remain faithful to the Church in proclaiming the kingdom. With your authority, Lord, through baptism and the sacraments, give me the grace to proclaim in my words and actions that your kingdom is now at hand. Saint Ambrose, pray for us! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lectio-divina-daily/support
ENTERTAINMENT: Vic Sotto makes his dramatic debut in MMFF's 'The Kingdom' | Dec. 4, 2024Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.netFollow us:Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebookInstagram - https://tmt.ph/instagramTwitter - https://tmt.ph/twitterDailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotionSubscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digitalSign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newslettersCheck out our Podcasts:Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotifyApple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcastsAmazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusicDeezer: https://tmt.ph/deezerStitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcherTune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein#TheManilaTimes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When Jesus said, "I will build my Church" (Matthew 16:18), He envisioned a vibrant Kingdom movement that would thrive through the collaboration of different roles within the fivefold ministry—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. Together, these diverse gifts would work in harmony to foster growth and extend His influence in the world.The Kingdom of God thrives on principles of multiplication and nurture, beautifully illustrated by the complementary roles of apostolic and pastoral ministry. Throughout His ministry, Jesus embodied this dual focus—venturing into new territories to share the message of the Kingdom (apostolic function) while also showing deep compassion for His followers (pastoral function). His instruction to "seek first the Kingdom of God" (Matthew 6:33) resonates with both the broad outreach of apostolic work and the supportive nature of pastoral care.Within this Kingdom framework, apostolic leaders can effectively serve as pastors while maintaining their primary calling to expand God's Kingdom. Just as Jesus trained the twelve while continuing His broader Kingdom mission, modern apostolic pastors can shepherd a local congregation while focusing on raising up Kingdom-minded leaders who will further expand God's territory.The Kingdom principle of multiplication appears throughout Scripture, from God's first command to "be fruitful and multiply" to Jesus's parables about Kingdom growth. An apostolic pastor embodies this principle by developing what Scripture calls the "fivefold ministry" – apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (Ephesians 4:11-12). These gifts were given specifically "for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ," ultimately advancing God's Kingdom purposes.When Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God being like a mustard seed that grows into a great tree (Matthew 13:31-32), He was illustrating a fundamental Kingdom principle that applies to apostolic-pastoral ministry. The local church, under apostolic-pastoral leadership, becomes like that mustard tree – firmly rooted in one place while providing far-reaching influence and impact for the Kingdom.The Book of Acts provides a powerful model of this Kingdom-focused leadership approach. The apostles, while maintaining connection with their home base in Jerusalem, invested heavily in developing local leadership teams throughout the expanding Kingdom territory. They understood that Kingdom advancement required both the pioneering spirit of apostolic ministry and the stabilizing influence of pastoral care.This Kingdom-centric model becomes particularly effective when the apostolic pastor focuses on developing teams that understand and operate according to Kingdom principles. These aren't merely functional leadership teams; they're Kingdom representatives equipped to demonstrate and declare the reality of God's reign in their spheres of influence. As Jesus sent out His disciples with the mandate to "preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand'" (Matthew 10:7), so apostolic pastors send out equipped leaders to extend Kingdom influence.The development of pastor/elder teams takes on new significance when viewed through a Kingdom lens. These teams aren't just providing practical care; they're establishing outposts of Kingdom authority and influence within the local community. They become stewards of Kingdom culture, demonstrating the values and principles of God's reign in tangible ways.In practical terms, an apostolic pastor operating with Kingdom focus structures their ministry to reflect Heaven's priorities. Their preaching and teaching emphasize Kingdom principles, their leadership development programs focus on Kingdom values, and their strategic planning aligns with Kingdom purposes. Every aspect of ministry becomes an opportunity to advance God's reign and influence.The Kingdom principle of...
Join us for a message from Pastor Shawn Weekly in our final installment of theKingdom series. We will investigate the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard and how scripture teaches us about the Law of Grace.
Memorial of Saint Barnabas, ApostleMt 10:7-13Jesus said to the Twelve:"As you go, make this proclamation:'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons."
Join us as we embark on Part 2 of our open conversation of 'The Kingdom of Who? A topic that a number of people talk about, but don't really talk about. You called and we ansered so....Let's Talk! Connect with the Podcast Crew Tsombawi "TèKà" Knibye, Jr.: Facebook @tknibyejr Twitter @tknibyejr, Instagram @tknibyejr Omar "O" Williams: Instagram @odw1980 Denise "D-Nice" Obi: Facebook @denise.obi Instagram @iamdniceeeee Frame of Mind Ink Podcast Website: frameofmindink.com Email: fofmpodcast@frameofmindink.com Phone: (302) 689-3499
"Jesus also used this illustration: 'The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.'" Matthew 13:33 — Listen to the Greg Laurie Podcast Become a Harvest PartnerSupport the show: https://harvest.org/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Week of 1/28/24 at the Library - Stacy Books | Hosts Dylan Posa and Barb Leitschuh go over upcoming events, talk to Assistant Director Stacy Books, and for "Barb The Bookie" recommend 'The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory' by Tim Alberta.
Message from the 10am service held on Sunday 7 January, 2024, by Ps Adrian Buggs.
Three-time Archibald nominee Marikit Santiago's 'The Kingdom, the power' pays tribute to her parents and the life they built for their family and the life she is building with her own bi-racial family as a Filipina-Australian artist. - Ang 'The Kingdom, the Power' ni Marikit Santiago, na tatlong beses nang nominado para sa Archibald, ay isang pagpupugay sa kanyang mga magulang at sa buhay na itinayo nila para sa kanilang pamilya, at ang buhay na kanyang itinatatag kasama ang kanyang sariling bi-racial na pamilya bilang isang Filipina-Australian na artist.
Pastoral Reflections Finding God In Ourselves by Msgr. Don Fischer
Gospel Matthew 9:35–10:1, 5a, 6-8 Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." Then he summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus, "Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” ReflectionThis gospel is usually used when we are praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. But it would be a mistake to think that that is the only ones that are called to really shepherd the flock. We are all given this incredible authority from God to be an instrument of healing and giving direction and life to those who are in darkness and need some help. What an incredible, important gift to remember, everyone has this role and whatever we will be wanting to give, we will be receiving the authority that one has when one speaks about spiritual things, is always going to flow from the fact that they have received the gift. They know what it is because they have found it. That's the heart of what it means to have authority when you are taking care of those that you are called to care for. Closing PrayerFather, awaken in us. We know that is the prayer of your son. Jesus when he walked this earth, that there would be those who would come after Him and do His work. Help us to become that. Help us to take seriously this obligation and this privilege of being the one who resonates your healing power to those that we come in contact with. And we ask this in Jesus' name, Amen.
Bible Study: (2:27) Lk 9:1-6 What does it mean that Jesus gives them 'power and authority'. What's the most powerful defense against the enemy? Letters (22:44) - End of the papacy? (25:22) - St. John, Mary's virginity, & Joseph's virginity (27:03) - My Lutheran son is looking to become Catholic. Can you recommend a book? https://stpaulcenter.com/product/rome-sweet-home-our-journey-to-catholicism/ https://stpaulcenter.com/product/the-lambs-supper-the-mass-as-heaven-on-earth/ (28:44) - Landowners and the workers Word of the Day: Tunic & Fence (33:15) Callers (36:23) - My sister who got a license to marry people. Is that OK? (40:26) - Question about Mark 3:27; what does it mean? (43:21) - What's the scriptural evidence that the Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity? (47:04) - Mark 1:15 'The Kingdom of hand, repent and believe in the Gospel.' What Gospel is he talking about?
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Pastoral Reflections Finding God In Ourselves by Msgr. Don Fischer
GospelMatthew 10:7-15 Jesus said to his Apostles: "As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give. Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts; no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep. Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave. As you enter a house, wish it peace. If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you. Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words— go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. ReflectionWhen Jesus sends out his apostles, He gives them great advice. And we should take that advice into our own lives as we proclaim the Kingdom of God, a way of life that brings life. We are not to offer it with any expectations. It is not up to us to make someone receive it. It is simply ours to give as it was given to us. Closing PrayerFather, as we do your work, it is hard for us not to get engaged too deeply in our own ego and our own needs and wants. Bless us with the freedom to be true instruments of sharing a gifts that we have received. And we ask this in Jesus' name, Amen.
Pastoral Reflections Finding God In Ourselves by Msgr. Don Fischer
GospelMatthew 10:1-7 Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the Twelve Apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus. Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'”ReflectionIt's easy to see in this passage the beginning of the church. 12 men were disciples. Now they become apostles and they're sent forth to proclaim the Kingdom of Heaven. And you see in Jesus a great concern for those who are most in need of the message that He longs to share with them. He asked them to go to the house of Israel. His family, His people that had not been fed by the temple. Closing PrayerFather, awaken in us a role that we have as apostles, teachers, those that open others to the truth of the gospel. We all proclaim the Kingdom of God, give us courage and give us the understanding we need to accomplish this task. And we ask this in Jesus' name, Amen.
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary TimeMt 10:1-7Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
When you rely on a church community for support and direction in life, what happens when your church gets sick? When the community is unsettled?On this episode Walkley award-winning journalist Marc Fennell (Mastermind, Stuff the British Stole) talks about his new documentary 'The Kingdom'. It looks at the impact of Australian mega-church Hillsong's changing status on the Pentecostal movement, who inherits the church members who've left and what should they do differently. Marc also opens up about his own history with Christianity, and how someone like him who's been in and outside of the church interprets the tipping point the "Hillsong scandals" have triggered. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2's app, Facebook or Instagram.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Marc Fennell joins Jonesy & Amanda ahead of the new SBS documentary 'The Kingdom'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sunday Morning 4th June 2023 - Pastor Kendal Davies
Pastors Matthew & Christi Baum open up a new RelatABLE with a message on Parenting Faith. Broadcast from TheKingdom.Center in Louisville, KY USA
Pastors Matthew & Christi Baum open up a new RelatABLE with a message on Parenting Faith. Broadcast from TheKingdom.Center in Louisville, KY USA
'As Bestas', 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever', 'The Crown', 'Los hombres del SAS', 'The Kingdom Exodus' i 'El abismo del infierno'
Indiana Artefacts, episode four of four!Rick joins us as a special host to help us conclude our Indiana Jones series by talking about the real world history and stories surrounding Crystal Skulls as featured in the third Indiana Jones film; 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'. Area 51, Nuclear Fridges, El Dorado, Ray Winstone, and more!--Rick's Links:Ancient Aliens: The Crystal Computer (Season 12), from HISTORY (clip used on episode)How Did Indiana Jones Survive a Nuclear Blast in a Fridge?, from DCODE by DiscoveryThe 13 Crystal Skulls Legend Debunked, from Chris White5D optical data storageThe HP articleDan Aykroyd discusses crystal skullsArchaeology.org debunk articleYour Horoscope for Today, from Weird Al Yankovic--Outro music this week:Dr. Jones, by Aquaalso featured Indiana Jones Main Theme, by John Williams--Contact us at - wtatupod@gmail.com and visit the website at - weirdtalesandtheunexplainable.comBuy bonus episodes at https://bobshoy.bandcamp.com/Support editing time at https://www.patreon.com/bobshoy-Part of The Bob Shoy Podcast Network-Visit http://www.bobshoy.com to discover other podcasts you may enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Matthew 5:33-42 – How Will People Know We Follow Jesus?Oaths33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill tothe Lord the vows you have made.' 34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it isGod's throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the GreatKing. 36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 All you needto say is simply ‘Yes' or ‘No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. [a]Eye for Eye38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' [b] 39 But I tell you, do not resist anevil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyonewants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile,go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wantsto borrow from you.“I say to you” – divine authority and Kingdom ethics+ Jesus is again drawing out the real significance of the Old Testament law33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill tothe Lord the vows you have made.' “Do not break your oath” – alludes to:Leviticus 19:122 “‘Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.Numbers 30:22 When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must notbreak his word but must do everything he said.- Do not perjure yourself…don't lie+ “…to swear” does not mean to curse or use bad words, but to affirm the truth of a statement whilecalling on God to judge oneself if it is in fact untrue.+ Jesus is basically saying “don't swear at all”+ TO CLARIFY: There are oaths that are consistent with God's character and demands even in the NewTestament2 Corinthians 1:1818 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”Galatians 1:2020 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.+ Given the elaborate hierarchy of laws of first century Judaism on oaths, Jesus declares that it would bebest to avoid them altogether…not because of the commandment, but because of their traditions.+ The Lord's name was not to be used falsely, so the Jews developed a “theology of oaths”34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; 35 or by the earth, forit is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by your head,for you cannot make even one hair white or black. + Basically, Jewish leaders viewed swearing by “heaven', “earth”, “Jerusalem” or one's head asless binding than swearing “by God” – they weren't swearing by God, so they were releasingthemselves from the promise they were making- Jesus responds by stressing that each of these items belongs to God in an importantway, so that the conventional Jewish distinctions are not genuine.Isaiah 66:166 This is what the LORD says:“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?- Heaven is God's throne – earth is His footstool – Jerusalem is His city and He numbersthe hairs of our heads and chooses their color.Matthew 23:16-2216 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyonewho swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.' 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: thegold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it meansnothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.' 19 You blind men! Whichis greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 Therefore, anyone who swears by the altarswears by it and by everything on it. 21 And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by theone who dwells in it. 22 And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one whosits on it.+ The Jews apparently reasoned that, because a lien could not be put on the temple or altar,then oaths invoking those objects were meaningless. Jesus maintains that the temple, gold, altarand gifts all point to God and remain equally sacred – so oaths taken in their name remainequally binding.+ All that being said, No promise can ever be made, no word ever spoken without it being done in thepresence of God+ Jesus is pointing out their deep-seated dishonesty – their lies masquerading as theology (whoa)THE POINT IS: Let your YES mean YES and your NO mean NO. We should not have to call on God towitness what we say because God is watching us and present as we speak, knowing our hearts throughand through. Jesus' followers should be people whose words are so characterized by integrity thatothers need no formal assurance of their truthfulness in order to trust them.37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes' or ‘No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. [a]+ Jesus said that anything beyond straightforward honesty comes ‘from the evil one''+ Do you start sentences with “to be honest”, or “honestly” to drive home your point? Whatdoes that say about the rest of the time?We know now what this is saying…what is this NOT saying?1. This is NOT talking about oaths in a court of law. It's highly unlikely that this is what Jesus was talkingabout. He was obviously prepared to speak under oath during His trial:Matthew 26:63-6463 But Jesus remained silent.The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, theSon of God.”64 “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Mansitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” [a]+ When He was under oath, Jesus broke the silence He had maintained in the earlier part of theproceedings as though recognizing the binding nature of being put under oath.2. This is NOT talking about being “brutally honest” letting your venting, attitude, irritation, jealousy andarrogance masquerade as actual honesty.+ “I just call it like it is. That's the way I am”. “The truth hurts”… Don't confuse honesty withbeing a unkind. Christians can be really good at this. Our arrogant frankness masquerading ashonesty38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' [b] “Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth…” – Jesus is alluding to:Exodus 21:23-2423 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,foot for foot,Deuteronomy 19:20-2120 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be doneamong you. 21 Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.+ These were speaking of justice, not retaliation. In fact, it was done to limit, and if necessary, restrainretaliation.+ Christian kindness should transcend even straightforward retribution3. In light of prevailing ethical thought, Jesus contrasts radically with most others of His day in stressingthe need to decisively break the natural chain of evil action and reaction that characterizes humanrelationships.39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them theother cheek also. + “resist” often used in a legal context+ Jesus' teaching similar to 1 Corinthians 6:7 against not taking fellow believers to court, thoughit could be translated “do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you”+ But we are to resist evil:James 4:77 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Striking a person on the right cheek suggests a backhanded slap from a typically right-handed aggressorand was a characteristic Jewish form of insult.+ The only legal recourse against this insult is to take someone to court…similar to libel ordefamation of character+ Jesus teaches us not to trade such insults, even if it means receiving more( In NO way does it require Christians to subject themselves or others to physical danger orabuse)+ Don't make your “rights” the basis for your relationships with others. Jesus is teaching us thatstanding on OUR rights and seeking to have OUR dignity reaffirmed is not the Christian responseto an insult.+ Will anyone be won for the Kingdom by your retaliation?...by standing for your rights?40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. + Clearly limited to a legal context. If a coat was taken as a financial pledge, it had to be returnedby nightfall, because for some, it served as both clothing and bedding.- One must be willing to give as collateral an outer garment – more than what the law couldrequire, which was just an inner garment (Exodus 22:26-27)Exodus 22:2626 If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset, 27 because that cloak is the onlycovering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I amcompassionate.+ Coat and shirt are contemporary parallels to cloak and tunic+ Jesus' point is this: when His followers meet with opposition and persecution, they should not standon their legal rights. Instead, where the sin of others abounds, grace in them should abound much more.In that, we will be like Him.41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. + Referring to the Roman conscription of private citizens to help carry military equipment for RomansoldiersThe soldiers didn't have the right to make someone go more than a mile. Jesus is saying to do itvoluntarily.+ Simon of Cyrene – forced to carry Jesus' cross+ The Jews hated this practice because it publically illustrated the humiliation of being asubjugated people.+ Jesus' point here is that the Christian does the unexpected, because grace makes him or herseek to win others by love rather than retaliate on the basis of rights.4. Each of these commands require Jesus followers to act more generously than what the letter of thelaw demanded – sometimes literally “going the extra mile”+ Not only are we called to reject and avoid retaliation, but to positively work for the good ofthose with whom we would otherwise be at odds.42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.+ Jesus presumes that the needs are genuine, and commands us not to ignore them.+ This was not a legal dutyRomans 13:1010 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.+Only when we show love, grace and sacrifice for the sake of others, will they see what the God-givenmeaning of the law really is…the “but I tell you”…Then, they will understand that our citizenship is in theKingdom of HeavenBE DIFFERENT than what the world would teach and expectBE SELFLESS (think of your SELF less)BE HONEST without being unkindBE KINDBE OBVIOUS+ The works of the flesh disqualify us for the Kingdom of God because they break God's law, but there isno law against the fruit of the Spirit, those things whose opposites the law forbids.Galatians 5:22-2322 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.Matthew 7:15-2015 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they areferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes fromthornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad treebears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear goodfruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, bytheir fruit you will recognize them.+ Way too many Christians who are not demonstrating the fruit of the SpiritBy our fruit, people will know us. - They can trust us when we speak.Matthew 5:33-42 – How will people know we follow Jesus? 07/24/22Matthew 5:33-42Matthew 5:33Leviticus 19:12Numbers 30:22 Corinthians 1:18Galatians 1:20Matthew 5:34-36Isaiah 66:1Matthew 23:16-22Matthew 5:37Matthew 26:63-64Matthew 5:38Exodus 21:23-24Deuteronomy 19:20-21Matthew 5:39James 4:7Matthew 5:40Exodus 22:26Matthew 5:41Matthew 5:42Romans 13:10Galatians 5:22-23Matthew 7:15-20
Matthew 5:33-42 – How Will People Know We Follow Jesus?Oaths33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill tothe Lord the vows you have made.' 34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it isGod's throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the GreatKing. 36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 All you needto say is simply ‘Yes' or ‘No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. [a]Eye for Eye38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' [b] 39 But I tell you, do not resist anevil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyonewants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile,go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wantsto borrow from you.“I say to you” – divine authority and Kingdom ethics+ Jesus is again drawing out the real significance of the Old Testament law33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill tothe Lord the vows you have made.' “Do not break your oath” – alludes to:Leviticus 19:122 “‘Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.Numbers 30:22 When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must notbreak his word but must do everything he said.- Do not perjure yourself…don't lie+ “…to swear” does not mean to curse or use bad words, but to affirm the truth of a statement whilecalling on God to judge oneself if it is in fact untrue.+ Jesus is basically saying “don't swear at all”+ TO CLARIFY: There are oaths that are consistent with God's character and demands even in the NewTestament2 Corinthians 1:1818 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”Galatians 1:2020 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.+ Given the elaborate hierarchy of laws of first century Judaism on oaths, Jesus declares that it would bebest to avoid them altogether…not because of the commandment, but because of their traditions.+ The Lord's name was not to be used falsely, so the Jews developed a “theology of oaths”34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; 35 or by the earth, forit is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by your head,for you cannot make even one hair white or black. + Basically, Jewish leaders viewed swearing by “heaven', “earth”, “Jerusalem” or one's head asless binding than swearing “by God” – they weren't swearing by God, so they were releasingthemselves from the promise they were making- Jesus responds by stressing that each of these items belongs to God in an importantway, so that the conventional Jewish distinctions are not genuine.Isaiah 66:166 This is what the LORD says:“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?- Heaven is God's throne – earth is His footstool – Jerusalem is His city and He numbersthe hairs of our heads and chooses their color.Matthew 23:16-2216 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyonewho swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.' 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: thegold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it meansnothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.' 19 You blind men! Whichis greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 Therefore, anyone who swears by the altarswears by it and by everything on it. 21 And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by theone who dwells in it. 22 And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one whosits on it.+ The Jews apparently reasoned that, because a lien could not be put on the temple or altar,then oaths invoking those objects were meaningless. Jesus maintains that the temple, gold, altarand gifts all point to God and remain equally sacred – so oaths taken in their name remainequally binding.+ All that being said, No promise can ever be made, no word ever spoken without it being done in thepresence of God+ Jesus is pointing out their deep-seated dishonesty – their lies masquerading as theology (whoa)THE POINT IS: Let your YES mean YES and your NO mean NO. We should not have to call on God towitness what we say because God is watching us and present as we speak, knowing our hearts throughand through. Jesus' followers should be people whose words are so characterized by integrity thatothers need no formal assurance of their truthfulness in order to trust them.37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes' or ‘No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. [a]+ Jesus said that anything beyond straightforward honesty comes ‘from the evil one''+ Do you start sentences with “to be honest”, or “honestly” to drive home your point? Whatdoes that say about the rest of the time?We know now what this is saying…what is this NOT saying?1. This is NOT talking about oaths in a court of law. It's highly unlikely that this is what Jesus was talkingabout. He was obviously prepared to speak under oath during His trial:Matthew 26:63-6463 But Jesus remained silent.The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, theSon of God.”64 “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Mansitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” [a]+ When He was under oath, Jesus broke the silence He had maintained in the earlier part of theproceedings as though recognizing the binding nature of being put under oath.2. This is NOT talking about being “brutally honest” letting your venting, attitude, irritation, jealousy andarrogance masquerade as actual honesty.+ “I just call it like it is. That's the way I am”. “The truth hurts”… Don't confuse honesty withbeing a unkind. Christians can be really good at this. Our arrogant frankness masquerading ashonesty38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' [b] “Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth…” – Jesus is alluding to:Exodus 21:23-2423 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,foot for foot,Deuteronomy 19:20-2120 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be doneamong you. 21 Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.+ These were speaking of justice, not retaliation. In fact, it was done to limit, and if necessary, restrainretaliation.+ Christian kindness should transcend even straightforward retribution3. In light of prevailing ethical thought, Jesus contrasts radically with most others of His day in stressingthe need to decisively break the natural chain of evil action and reaction that characterizes humanrelationships.39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them theother cheek also. + “resist” often used in a legal context+ Jesus' teaching similar to 1 Corinthians 6:7 against not taking fellow believers to court, thoughit could be translated “do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you”+ But we are to resist evil:James 4:77 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Striking a person on the right cheek suggests a backhanded slap from a typically right-handed aggressorand was a characteristic Jewish form of insult.+ The only legal recourse against this insult is to take someone to court…similar to libel ordefamation of character+ Jesus teaches us not to trade such insults, even if it means receiving more( In NO way does it require Christians to subject themselves or others to physical danger orabuse)+ Don't make your “rights” the basis for your relationships with others. Jesus is teaching us thatstanding on OUR rights and seeking to have OUR dignity reaffirmed is not the Christian responseto an insult.+ Will anyone be won for the Kingdom by your retaliation?...by standing for your rights?40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. + Clearly limited to a legal context. If a coat was taken as a financial pledge, it had to be returnedby nightfall, because for some, it served as both clothing and bedding.- One must be willing to give as collateral an outer garment – more than what the law couldrequire, which was just an inner garment (Exodus 22:26-27)Exodus 22:2626 If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset, 27 because that cloak is the onlycovering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I amcompassionate.+ Coat and shirt are contemporary parallels to cloak and tunic+ Jesus' point is this: when His followers meet with opposition and persecution, they should not standon their legal rights. Instead, where the sin of others abounds, grace in them should abound much more.In that, we will be like Him.41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. + Referring to the Roman conscription of private citizens to help carry military equipment for RomansoldiersThe soldiers didn't have the right to make someone go more than a mile. Jesus is saying to do itvoluntarily.+ Simon of Cyrene – forced to carry Jesus' cross+ The Jews hated this practice because it publically illustrated the humiliation of being asubjugated people.+ Jesus' point here is that the Christian does the unexpected, because grace makes him or herseek to win others by love rather than retaliate on the basis of rights.4. Each of these commands require Jesus followers to act more generously than what the letter of thelaw demanded – sometimes literally “going the extra mile”+ Not only are we called to reject and avoid retaliation, but to positively work for the good ofthose with whom we would otherwise be at odds.42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.+ Jesus presumes that the needs are genuine, and commands us not to ignore them.+ This was not a legal dutyRomans 13:1010 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.+Only when we show love, grace and sacrifice for the sake of others, will they see what the God-givenmeaning of the law really is…the “but I tell you”…Then, they will understand that our citizenship is in theKingdom of HeavenBE DIFFERENT than what the world would teach and expectBE SELFLESS (think of your SELF less)BE HONEST without being unkindBE KINDBE OBVIOUS+ The works of the flesh disqualify us for the Kingdom of God because they break God's law, but there isno law against the fruit of the Spirit, those things whose opposites the law forbids.Galatians 5:22-2322 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.Matthew 7:15-2015 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they areferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes fromthornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad treebears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear goodfruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, bytheir fruit you will recognize them.+ Way too many Christians who are not demonstrating the fruit of the SpiritBy our fruit, people will know us. - They can trust us when we speak.Matthew 5:33-42 – How will people know we follow Jesus? 07/24/22Matthew 5:33-42Matthew 5:33Leviticus 19:12Numbers 30:22 Corinthians 1:18Galatians 1:20Matthew 5:34-36Isaiah 66:1Matthew 23:16-22Matthew 5:37Matthew 26:63-64Matthew 5:38Exodus 21:23-24Deuteronomy 19:20-21Matthew 5:39James 4:7Matthew 5:40Exodus 22:26Matthew 5:41Matthew 5:42Romans 13:10Galatians 5:22-23Matthew 7:15-20
HOS 11:1-4, 8E-9 (1:45) Who is Ephraim and why is he important? MT 10:7-15 What does 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand' mean? Letters (22:13) Fr. Mike writes to Fr. Simon about a priest who would hold the Book of the Gospels who would 'proclaim' the Gospel Will the Catholic Church be standing at the Second Coming of Jesus Word of the Day: Religion (36:35) Callers (39:48) What is Screwtape Letters About? (43:52) Should a priest bring his dog to mass? (47:50) Why didn't the Israelites eat their sacrifices during the Exodus?
The catechesis of the day of Tiziana, Apostle of the Interior Life
- Press the PLAY button to listen to the catechesis of the day and share if you like - + A reading from the holy Gospel, according to Matthew + Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the Twelve Apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus. Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'" The Gospel of the Lord.
I BELLISSIMITorna la rubrica dedicata ai nostri fumetti preferiti e lo fa con un episodio dedicato ad una delle più grandi avventure della storia della Justice League: Kingdom Come.Gradito ospite di puntata Andrea Gagliardi, editor e supervisor per Panini DC, che ci aiuta ad analizzare questa grande opera degli anni '90. Sceneggiatore: Mark Waid Artista: Alex Ross Letterista: Todd KleinEditor: Don RasplerLINK UTILI:Scheda Tecnica: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comics/series/104556/kingdom-comeSupereroi Le Leggende DC #52: https://store.gazzetta.it/KINGDOM-COME-PARTE-1/KKUKEgLVbnQAAAF_AsghlVBF/pc?CatalogCategoryID=zDisEWcVW5gAAAF4I8gNsKbOSupereroi Le Leggende #53: https://store.gazzetta.it/KINGDOM-COME-PARTE-2/MeAKEgLVdnUAAAF_6s8hlVBF/pc?CatalogCategoryID=zDisEWcVW5gAAAF4I8gNsKbOPanini Store: https://www.panini.it/shp_ita_it/kingdom-come-m1blmh010isbn-it08.htmlContatti:Linktree: https://linktr.ee/fumettocraziaSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/fumettocraziaTwitter: https://twitter.com/fumettocraziaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fumettocrazia/Gmail: fumettocraziapodcast@gmail.comSigla e musica: Uncharted Planet - FormantXUn podcast di: Giorgio Ceragioli, Filippo Torta, Alessandro Negri e Giorgio Crico.
A word to the wise, stay the hell out of 'The Kingdom of Tonga' - and please help us help Brent Johnson and his friends get out of that hell hole too. Contact the Consul General of Tonga in San Francisco and tell them to immediately authorize the release our American people! http://tongaconsul.com/contact TEL : 1 (650) 685-1001 FAX: 1 (650) 685-1003 EMAIL : consulategeneraloftonga@gmail.com The Consul General - Hon. Sela Tukia The Secretary - Lisa Kupu
This week Associate Pastor Matt Willis launches a series called 'The Kingdom of Heaven is Like...' This series explores the parables Jesus taught which explain the Kingdom of Heaven, recorded for us in Matthew's Gospel. Matt unpacks the term "Kingdom of Heaven", covers why Jesus taught in Parables and then narrows in on the Parable of the Sower sometimes know as Soils, looking at the soils we have in our own lives.Matt has encouraged us to consider the state of the soil of our hearts, to pray about it and to remove any rocks and weeds, chase away any birds and cultivate good soil. We pray that you were challenged, inspired and encouraged and that God used this message to draw you closer to Him, to increase your faith and make you more like Jesus. God bless you today.We'd love for you to join us for one of our services this weekend. For more information on upcoming services please visit www.gymeabaptist.org.auAlso, be sure to follow us on Facebook or Instagram to keep up with all we are doing.
Hear now the word of the Lord from Matthew 4:1-11. 4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'” 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you,' and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'” 7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'” 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'” 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him. Matthew 4:1-11, ESV The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God endures forever. Well, in the year 1608, the French King Henry the Fourth opened the doors of a palace in Paris to up and coming artists. The arrangement was that artists would come and would live in this palace, which had a collection of some of the greatest works in the history of art. These artists would then be able to spend their days living in residence at this palace and copy these paintings. Painstakingly reproducing these paintings stroke by stroke, day by day, week by week, year by year. By this process of reproducing these paintings if they were given an apprenticeship where they were being trained by the old masters. Not because those masters were there, many of those masters had been dead for many years. They were being apprentice by studying how the Old Masters had produced the old masterpieces. Well, over 400 years later, that same palace, although it's no longer a palace, is a place where artists are still doing this. What was formerly the Louvre Palace is now a museum in Paris containing some of the greatest artworks in history, and the collection has certainly expanded. It's where up and coming artists can come in and set up their canvases and start to paint, copying the old works of the masterpieces stroke by stroke, day after day, week after week. When I was in high school, I remember them as set up all over the Louvre, painting these old masterpieces. Well, a few weeks ago, we went through this same story. When I preached on this passage, I was trying to show what Christ accomplished in this temptation story that we cannot replicate on our own. One of the main things I was trying to get across is that our salvation is not a do it yourself kind of a project. You can't watch a YouTube video, pick up a quick tutorial, you can't even read this passage and take away principles that then you can use to do it yourself, to work out your salvation on your own, apart from Christ. Rather, what we are seeing here is that Christ accomplish something real for us that we have failed to accomplish on our own. Christ obeyed perfectly where we have all fallen woefully short of the glory of God. So this morning, as we studied this passage again, we're not trying to learn how to work out our salvation on our own apart from Christ. Rather, we are studying this passage to be apprenticed by Christ. To study what the master has done, as he's gone ahead of us. Not to replicate it, but again to become his apprentices, to become his disciples, learning from him. Every move he is making in this passage, especially as we face the relentless, vicious attacks of Satan. Jesus, our master is teaching us not to paint, but to persevere in faith and obedience in the face of Satan's fiercest temptations. So our big idea today is we keep both of these ideas in mind. First of all, what Christ is accomplished that we could never do for ourselves and that we must receive from him by faith alone. But also as we see the pattern that Christ has given us; our big idea is this the Jesus gives us a pattern for walking by faith.. As we see our lord, our master working and responding to Satan with every turn of his temptations, we're seeing that Jesus is essentially responding to three questions that Satan is raising. First of all, is God good? That's the first essence of the temptation. The second temptation, its essence is this question, how do we know that God is good? Then the third temptation is getting at this question, is there any good apart from God? 1. Is God Good? 2. How do we Know That God is Good? 3. Is There any Good Apart From God? Is God Good? So in the first temptation where Satan is raising the question, is God good, we begin in verse one where we see that Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He was led by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil. Now this is very explicitly written to be in parallel. Because what we are seeing here is Matthew bringing out the two sides of what's happening in this story. First of all, that God is sovereign over this. Satan did not ambush Jesus in a dark alley in an unexpected way. The Holy Spirit led Jesus in the wilderness precisely so that this temptation could happen. God is sovereign over this temptation, but yet God did not tempt Jesus towards sin. God never tempts us towards sin. The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness, but yet he was tempted by the devil. It is Satan who tempts us to sin, not God. God never tempts us and yet he is sovereign over everything we experience. What this first verse also brings out is the way that Jesus willingly submitted, in dependence upon the Holy Spirit, to what was going to happen to him. This will set a lifelong pattern that Jesus will be constantly following, even when it isn't explicitly stated in this way. That Jesus is always following the lead of the Holy Spirit. Jesus regularly telling us that he has come to do the will of his Father, but here we are seeing the often unseen, invisible role of the Holy Spirit. As the Holy Spirit leads Jesus through everything, he must accomplish to fulfill all righteousness for his people. Here it's the Holy Spirit leading Jesus in the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Our salvation was accomplished by Christ, but as a trinitarian work, by the Father's sending the Son into this world, by the Holy Spirit's empowering and leading Jesus through his life. In verse two, then we see the prelude or the preface to this temptation. What happens before the actual temptation. That Jesus fasts for 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry. Now Jesus is doing a couple of things. A few weeks ago, when we looked at this passage, the first time we talked about the fact that part of the reason that Jesus is in the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights is to symbolically re-enact the 40 years that the Israelites languished in the wilderness. They failed that scene. They failed their temptation, whereas Jesus succeeds. Jesus spends 40 days and 40 nights, and at the end of this, he is very hungry. So functionally what we are also seeing here, Matthew didn't have to state it, but Jesus is hungry after these 40 days of fasting, which sets up the actual temptation that Satan is going to bring. Where the Israelites, failed, Jesus, we will see, succeeded after he was so hungry after all of this time. So in verse three, we read the Tempter, the Devil, Satan, the one who tempts came and said to Jesus, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." Now, by saying it this way, if you are the Son of God, what Satan is doing is picking up on what happened at Jesus's baptism in the preceding passage. You remember there, when Jesus was baptized, a voice came from heaven, declaring, "This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased." The father identified Jesus as his son. Well, Satan picks up on that, and Satan twists that and says, well, if you are the Son of God. Brendan Crowe, a New Testament scholar says, "Maybe not "If you are the Son of God", but, "Since you are the Son of God." Satan isn't so much questioning the fact of Jesus's sonship, that'd be too direct, it's more subtle than that. He's testing the mode or the implications of Jesus's son ship. Since you are the Son of God, we all heard the voice, since you are the Son of God, well, why don't you go ahead and turn those stones into bread? He's saying, look, if you're the Son of God, and I'm not disputing that at the moment, can't you fix the problem? Can't you take matters into your own hands? Can't you meet your needs here. God created human beings to eat, can't you turn these stones into bread to feed yourself? What he's doing here is to raise a question that's designed to drive a wedge between Jesus and his father. He's trying to lead Jesus to distrust his father. He's leading in the same kind of question that Satan asked to Adam and Eve so many years earlier, when he said, "Did God really say you can't eat of any of the trees of the garden?" Well, the fact of the matter was God hadn't said anything of the sort. God had said, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, except the one tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Of that one, you shall not eat, for the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." But Satan was raising this question to get them to doubt, well, maybe God isn't good. Maybe God won't meet my needs. Maybe I can't trust God. Maybe I'm in a situation where if my needs are to be met, I have to take matters into my own hands, even if it will mean fudging the details of God's law just a little bit. Maybe I need to take this into my own hands. What Satan is doing here is to drive a wedge of distrust between Jesus and his father. Well, Jesus responds by citing the word of God. We read in verse four, "but he answered, It is written", and then he quotes Deuteronomy 8:3, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." Now, obviously, the Bible doesn't fill our stomach. We are hearing the word of God now, but trust me, there will be a fellowship meal afterwards where you can eat physical food, and that's a good thing, we want to do that. God loves to feed his people. Food is very important. What Jesus is saying here is that if it comes down to it, if I have to choose between eating and disobeying God, well, then I'm absolutely going to give up eating. If I have to choose between that and obeying God, I'm always going to choose obeying God instead of eating even what I think will be my needs. We should also see again as we're trying to study the strokes of this masterpiece, as we apprentice under Jesus. We should note the way that Jesus responds to the devil. He only speaks words of scripture. He doesn't embellish. He doesn't debate. He doesn't dialogue with Satan. He only quotes scripture. Whereas Eve entered into a debate she dialogued with Satan. She asked questions, she responded to question, We shouldn't do that because when we do that, we give up the upper ground. Because our enemy, as we will see in this passage, is a relentless liar. If we give him an inch, he will take a mile. He will keep coming if we debate with him. Because to debate with Satan, to enter into a dialogue, should I or shouldn't I, means that we are giving false legitimacy to something that is absolutely illegitimate. God has spoken, nothing more needs to be said. That's the way that Jesus responded, "It is written man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." This is the only Godly posture to take. Before I was in full time pastoral work, I spent a significant amount of time working in sales. I had to make a lot of cold calls. I had from those cold calls to try to set up meetings to try to pitch what we were doing to potential new customers. I spent a lot of time trying to perfect the scripts that I would use to be the most effective with people. So I would say the right words and the right way that hopefully would get the right results. In fact, I had scripts for every objection I faced. If they said they were busy, I had a response to that. If they asked me just to send them more information, well I knew that was just a way to put me off and I had a response to that. If they said they didn't need it, I had a response to that. The one thing I never had a response for because there's no way to respond to it, is if someone just says no and says nothing more. If they just say no, there's no way to negotiate, there's no way to build entry. There's no way to offer something. If they just say no, there's really nothing you can do except to hang up and dial the next phone number. Now, to be very clear, I'm a little bit comparing myself to Satan. However, what I was doing was to sell something that was legitimate. But what Satan is doing here is to sell something that is illegitimate. But in both cases, the same principle stands. The easiest way to say no is to say no and nothing more. Watch the way your master works here. He simply shuts down this temptation and doesn't give it any room for negotiation, for debate, for dialogue. Jesus actually warns us against doing that very thing later on at the end of the gospel of Matthew, in Matthew, 26:41, where he tells Peter, "Watch and pray that you might not enter into temptation." Now to enter into temptation is something more than, something beyond, something worse than simply being tempted. Because to enter into temptation is to enter into a dialogue about it in your soul. Try to think about it, to try to work on ways that maybe you can rationalize this. Maybe it's not as bad as you think. Maybe I can make room for this and obedience to God. So when you enter into them temptation, you are already playing right into the devil's hand and Jesus says, don't fall for it, watch and pray that you might not be deceived, that you might not enter into temptation. Don't enter into it, flatly refuse it and move on. Jesus is showing us here, our master is modeling for us, his apprentices, his disciples, how to trust God when we are at our weakest. What Jesus is reminding us here is that God is good, even when God leads us into places of suffering. For Jesus, it was 40 days in the wilderness for you it may be a health situation or a job situation or a family situation, something going on where you are suffering. Jesus reminding us here is that it is far worse to sin than to suffer faithfully and obediently. Most importantly, what Jesus models here and throughout this story is that we should not enter into the debate. Don't enter into the temptation. How do we Know that God is Good? We also must be prepared because our enemy will not relent when we refuse to entertain the fact that God might not be good. When we refuse to give up after the first volley of temptations, Satan will come again and his next move is often to attack the foundations of our certainty in the goodness of God. So if the first question was, is God good. Now we come to the second temptation, which raises the second question, well, how do we know God is good? How do we know God is good? That's in verses five through seven. So in verse five, we read, "Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple." Now the holy city is Jerusalem. When it talks about the pinnacle of the temple, the word here for temple is not the word that refers to the sanctuary where the Holy Places were, where the Altar of Incense was and stuff like that. This word for temple refers to the whole temple complex. So one of the buildings in the whole temple complex, Jesus was taken to the pinnacle of that building. Satan said to him in verse six, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you and, on their hands, they will bear you up lest you strike your foot against your stone against the stone.'" Now, Satan is again here attacking this idea of Jesus's sonship. Not necessarily questioning whether it's true, but here he's questioning prove that you are a true son of your father, prove that you trust your father, prove that you trust him by testing these commandments. These promises that God has given in scripture, that he will command his angels concerning you on their hands they will bear you up lest you strike your foot against a stone. Jesus, do you really believe Psalm 91:11-12? What he is asking is, how could you know that you can really trust God? When push comes to shove, when the rubber hits the road, when things get tough, how do you know that God will come through for you in this situation? What Satan is pushing Jesus to do is to put God to a test. To create a controlled environment, not to control because he's falling here, but a controlled environment where he is controlling the terms of the way the test comes. By this he's testing, will God be there for me at some uncertainty of the future of which I cannot predict. What Satan is tempting Jesus is to grasp for certainty and control over a situation by knowing whether he can trust in God. Now, Jesus sees through this once again and once again, he flatly quotes scripture and says nothing more. Verse seven, "Again, it is written You shall not put the Lord your God to the test." He's quoting Deuteronomy 6:16. There is a difference here between trusting God when we must, trusting God when we enter into these situations that we didn't plan and ask for, but we find ourselves in the middle of. There's a difference between trusting God when we must and stress testing God. You see the desire to stress test God, to know can I trust him in this or that situation, is an attempt to try to shift our confidence from God, from his promises and his power, and instead of trust in probabilities. I want to increase my level of certainty that God will come through for me when I need it. It's to approach God like a lawyer would trying to evaluate an insurance policy. Am I covered and all of these various angles? It's to ask, well, what if this happened? What if that happened? Rather than trusting God by saying, even if these things happen, I know my Savior and I know that he will take care of me. You've probably seen those mayhem commercials about where that crazy guy who personifies mayhem brings people through every random, inconceivable possibility for horrible things that might happen. The whole point of the commercial is, are you covered for this? Does your cut rate insurance cover you for that? Well, that's the kind of question that Satan is asking here. Do you have certainty that you're covered for this situation? Do you have control with it when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death God will be there? Or will your insurance policy lapse? The only way to be truly happy to be truly free is to make sure that you are covered, that's a stress test of God. When we stress test God, what we're doing is to take our eyes off of his promises and his power and to reduce our loving, Heavenly Father to an actuarial table of disaster probabilities. Do you treat God like an actuarial table? How much can I trust you, in what circumstances, to what degree? But once again, Jesus doesn't respond, except to quote the word of God and to flatly say no and move on. The question is for you, do you believe that God is good? And if so, how do you know that you can trust him? Because you've put him through a battery of stress tests or because you know his person, his promises and his power? Is There any Good Apart From God? Well, Jesus our master after walking masterfully through these two temptations, faces yet another temptation. Satan comes after him again from another angle. No longer does he bring up the question of if you are the Son of God, this time Satan drops the veil and goes right after what he wants from Jesus, and he offers Jesus the world in exchange for worship. The world in exchange for worship. So this brings us to the third temptation is there any good apart from God? Is there any good apart from God? The first question was, is God good? The second question is how do we know that God is good? The third question is what are my backup options? Is there good apart from God? In verse eight, we read, "Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain", we're not told which mountain, "and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, and he said to him, 'All these I will give to you if you will fall down and worship me.'" Now we have to stop there and be very clear about something. This was the precise purpose for which Jesus Christ came into the world. To bring all the nations and all the kingdoms of the world under his dominion and under his authority. That's very clear through the rest of the scripture. Jesus came to be the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Revelation 11:15 celebrates this fact that, "When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, 'The Kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever.'" That was the purpose our Lord came into this world, To bring all the kingdoms of the world under his dominion and his authority. The temptation is not for Jesus to claim the kingdoms of the world. The temptation is how Jesus would claim the kingdoms of the world. Because Jesus came into the world to claim the kingdoms of the world by going to the cross. That was the plan. That was the decree that was set before the foundations of the Earth was laid. That was the eternal covenant made between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Father would send the Son into this world so the Son would die to purchase for himself a people, a kingdom that can never be shaken. Satan here is offering a pain free way to accomplish this mission. This is the temptation of pragmatism or the temptation of expediency. Will you sell your soul to gain your goal? It's very simple. It's an easy exchange. You get what you want, it'll only cost you your soul. Only at this point does Jesus speak extra words above and beyond the scripture. It's not to debate, not to consider this for a moment. It's rather to express horror and indignation at what Satan has suggested. "Be gone Satan, for it is written, you shall worship the Lord, your God and him only shall you serve." He tells Satan to be gone and then quotes Deuteronomy 6:13, there is no good outside of God. There's a very old saying that you can't con an honest man. Some people find that a little bit controversial because it happens all the time. The very honest people are taken advantage of because of their honesty. If you go to really important websites like Quora.com, where just random people from the internet debate these things, you can find a really interesting discussion. Is it true that you can't con an honest man? That's a saying I heard and was thinking about it a little bit. Someone named Michael Norton, I have no idea who this person is, but he made a very good point. He says certainly honest people can be scammed, but honest people can't be conned. He says a scam is one thing. It's when you offer someone x in exchange for y, they pay the y. It's an honest business transaction, so it seems. Then you never give them X. You never give them what you bargained for, that's a scam, and certainly honest people can be taken advantage of that way. Here's what he writes, I have no idea who this person is, but it was a really helpful point for understanding the nature of a con, a con artist. He says, "A con is more subtle. You see a chance to get X and all you have to do to get x to put up a small amount of money. It's not a fair business transaction. You put up a little in order to get a lot." So you get $10 million from a Nigerian prince in exchange for just $500 in bank fees. How many of us have gotten that offer in our email spam folder? Or you have the opportunity to split a wallet that was discovered and there's $1000 in it, and you just have to pay $100 of earnest money rather than doing what you should have done and turning it into the police to get back to the rightful owner. Here's what he writes, "The power of a con is that it relies on the victim believing that he's the one taking advantage of the situation. Anyone can get scammed, but you need to be dishonest to be conned." What Satan is doing here is offering a shortcut, a shady shortcut. He's saying, Jesus, I can give you this and all it's going to cost you is this. It's not a fair transaction. Jesus knows the price of redemption of his people, and it will cost the Lord of Glory nothing less than his life as he bleeds out on a cross. Satan is offering this shortcut, and Jesus sees right through it. He recognizes that if he goes this way, if he thinks that he can take control of this situation and find a shortcut around the cross to gain the goal of gaining all the kingdoms of the world, then he won't have won the victory. Even though he might have the kingdom of the world, he will still be under the authority of Satan, having offered his worship to the enemy of God. So Jesus absolutely refuses to do this, he's horrified by this opportunity. So Satan is cast away. We read in verse 11, "then the devil left him." Last time we talked about this passage, we talked about the fact that Jesus isn't just dodging a bullet that might reoccur at any point. Jesus is accomplishing something real here. By resisting temptation, succeeding where Adam and Eve had failed, Jesus is binding and casting away Satan so that he can continue forward with this phase of his public ministry. Jesus talks later about if you want to plunder someone's house, you have to first bind the strong man. That's what Jesus is doing here. Jesus is not coming as a thief, he is coming as the liberator who is coming to free captives from the filth of their dungeon of sin under the captivity of Satan, who now offers Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in exchange for worship. Your goal in exchange for your soul. Jesus resists this, and by this, he binds Satan. Now, the very next thing we are going to read about is that the doors have been opened. The barriers have been removed and our Lord, the conquering king, is going to move forward in the public ministry rescuing captives, as he goes all the way to the cross to purchase their final redemption. Here we read that after Jesus succeeds, after the devil leaves him, angels come and were ministering to him. Application Well, we've spent time studying the master strokes of this masterwork, where our master teaches us apprentices, us disciples, us about how to resist the temptations of Devil. What do we do with this then? Well, the application is this trust God's promises of good for you in Christ, through the Holy Spirit. Trust God's promises and even his power of good for you in Christ through the Holy Spirit. Remember all of these temptations dealt with good. Is God good? How do you know God is good? Is there any good outside of God? Ultimately, all of us are looking for what is good. The Puritan John Owen writing in the 17th century in his book Indwelling Sin, really articulates this well. He says that "Our will (the faculty of our soul that makes choices) never chooses to do anything except what has an appearance of good, some present good. We will never do something that we think to be evil or wrong, we will only do what we think to be good. However, we can be very deceived about what we believe to be good, what we believe to be evil." We're always seeking, we're always searching, we're always choosing for good, what we think to be good. This has been true from the beginning. From the very beginning, the test revolved around whether Adam and Eve would obey God and what God had said to be good, or whether they would take matters into their own hands. Whether they would seek a good apart from God, trying to be like God by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I want to discern good and evil for myself. I don't want God. That was their attitude. That's where they failed. Ever since the beginning, the insidious, relentless, persistent suggestion of Satan has been this. Go ahead, find what's good for you. Seek good apart from God. If God doesn't meet your needs, go meet them another way. Even if it requires transgressing God's boundaries and God's law, find your own good. Make your own truth. Take a shortcut. If you need something, take it. If you lack confidence about God, test him. If God leads you through sacrifice and suffering, find that shady way around it. We need to learn with our mind, and we need to feel from our desires and affections that God alone is good. This is why the word of God is so important and this is why Jesus never fails to cite the word of God because it lays bare the goodness of God in front of our eyes. It shows us God's character. Where we always see God lavishing upon his people far more abundantly good than they could ask or think. We see God's reliability actually in our call to worship this morning. We had Psalm 34:8 to remind us that we must taste and see that the Lord is good. To test whether God is good is very different thing than to taste and see that he is good. One arises from skepticism. I don't know if I can really trust him. Let me put him to the test. Let me susus this out on my own. The other arises from a sense of childlike wonder. God, I know that you are so good. I want to taste the goodness that you have promised to me. Taste and see that God is good. Don't put him to the test. Now, sometimes this is this is described as a blind leap of faith into the utterly unknown. I'm sure it'll be good. I promise you to be good, but you have to just jump into the unknown and not know where it's going to lead you. Now it's true, we don't know where the Lord will lead us. We don't know the winding path of the course that our lives will take under the leading of the Holy Spirit, just like Jesus here. What God does assure us is that the end point, we may not know the path that we will take, but we know where this will end. God has given us a guarantee, a confirmation of his goodness in Jesus Christ. If you doubt that your Lord is leading you in paths of goodness, remember, the same God did not spare his only Son, but gave him up for us all. If you are suspicious of his power, remember that he raised Christ Jesus from the dead. What test could you design that would be greater than what God proved through that? If you suspect that you can find a better deal elsewhere, remember King Jesus is coming again. When he comes again on the clouds and every eye will see him, he comes to judge the living and the dead. There is no good outside of him. Trust God's promises of good for you in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is here setting for us a pattern of how to walk by faith rather than by sight. It's to live according to the settled assurance that God's word is true. Satan is going to try a thousand ways to move us from that confidence, to move us away from that assurance. But Christ shows us, look to him alone. Remind yourself, strengthen yourself, bolster yourself in the truth that Christ has died, Christ has risen and Christ will come again. Trust in God's goodness toward you in Christ. To bring this full circle, I want to remind you, Jesus is accomplishing two things here. First of all is he is cleaning up our mess. He is accomplishing something for us that we could never accomplish for ourselves. He is the perfectly obedient son who is winning salvation, not so that we could follow in his footsteps and win the same salvation from him in the way that he has done it, but so that we might receive it from him as a gift by faith. Jesus is the single champion going out to battle on our behalf, and we need do nothing but to be silent and to look to him and be saved. That's the way our salvation comes. Jesus is also setting a pattern for his people. To show us what it looks like to follow the Lord in faith and in obedience. We are called to trust in Christ alone for our salvation. To be counted righteous to the righteousness that he gives us, that he earned as our Lord Jesus did everything to fulfill all righteousness necessary in his life. Then he calls us to follow after him to grow in the holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. Our master takes us as his apprentices, as his disciples, to teach us to obey everything that he has commanded him. Not so that by that, we may be saved. It's the fruit of what he's accomplished for our salvation. Look to Christ and be saved even this morning, oh sinner, look to Jesus Christ, turn from your sin and look to him and be saved. Then follow in his footsteps as you grow to learn to love the Lord, to trust in his goodness and to follow him in the obedience of faith. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, I pray that you would teach us to love Jesus Christ. I pray that you would lead us to walk with him all the days of our lives. Father to receive his righteousness and to follow him as he works in us holiness. Father, we pray that we would do all of this, looking at Christ in faith and receiving his righteousness and following him in the footsteps of faith, all for the glory of Christ. All for our good that we have in Jesus Christ, that we might more and more taste and see that our savior is truly good. In his name we pray. Amen.
"'The Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field' (Mt. 13:44)...That field, it seems to me, is the scripture, planted with what has become clear in the words and other thoughts of the histories, law and prophets (for the planting of these words in the whole of scripture is great and varied). But the treasure hidden in the field consists of the concealed thoughts (underlying what is manifest) of wisdom hidden 'in mystery' (1 Cor. 2:7) and in Christ, 'in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge' (Col. 2:3)." -Origen Spirit and Fire, 98 -"Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12) "For I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek. For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith; as it is written, 'The one who is righteous by faith will live.'" (Romans 1:16-17) -"If a book should be put into the hands of a man who cannot read to be read, he would say, 'I cannot read'; if it should be put into the hands of a man who can read, he would say, 'it is sealed.' Whence it is shown that we must not only employ zeal to learn the sacred literature, but we must also pray to the Lord and entreat 'day and night' that the lamb of the 'tribe of Judah' may come and himself taking 'the sealed book' and deign to open it." -Origen, Exodus Homily XII, pg. 373 -"I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sat on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a mighty angel who proclaimed in a loud voice, 'Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?' But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to examine it. I shed many tears because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to examine it." (Revelations 5:1-4) -And the main thing I want to say to you today, brothers and sisters, it that God's word in the Scriptures, in the Bible, was not written for someone else. It was not written for people in a different time. It was not written just as a fact book, it's not a car manual, it's not even a narrative. It is a narrative, but it's so much more. The Scripture is God's word specifically to your life in 2022. -Fr. Brian -"He said to them, 'Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.'" (Luke 4:21) -"And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced..." (Romans 13:11-14) -"Some people God has designated in the church to be, first, apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then, mighty deeds; then, gifts of healing, assistance, administration, and varieties of tongues." (1 Corinthians 12:28) -"Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails." (1 Corinthians 13:4–8) -"When I had looked upon the mystical body of the Church, I recognized myself in none of the members which Saint Paul described, and what is more, I desired to distinguish myself more favorably within the whole body... " -from St. Therese of Lisieux's diary
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 1: 26-38 - 'I am the handmaid of the Lord.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 64 (in 'God forms his people Israel') - 148 (in 'Blessed is she who believed') - 269 (in 'He does whatever he pleases') - 273 (in 'The Mystery of God's apparent powerlessness') - 276 (in 'The Almighty') - 332 (in 'Christ with all his angels') - 430 (in 'Jesus') - 437 (in 'Christ') - 484 (in 'Who was Conceived by the Holy Spirit') - 486 (in 'Who was Conceived by the Holy Spirit') - 488 (in 'Mary's Predestination') - 490-491 (in 'The Immaculate Conception') - 494 (in 'Let it be done to me according to your word') - 497 (in 'Mary's Virginity') - 505 (Mary's virginal motherhood in God's plan) - 510 (in 'Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary') - 559 (in 'Jesus' Messianic Entrance into Jerusalem') - 697 (in 'Symbols of the Holy Spirit') - 706 (in 'The Spirit of the Promise') - 709 (in 'The Kingdom in the Exile') - 723 (in 'Rejoice, you who are full of Grace') - 2571 (in 'God's Promise & the Prayer of Faith') - 2617 (in 'The Prayer of the Virgin Mary') - 2677 (in 'Communion with the Holy Mother of God') - 2812 (in 'Hallowed be thy name') - 2827 (in 'Thy Will be Done on earth as it is in Heaven') - 2856 (in 'The Final Doxology') Got a Bible question? Send an email to logicalbiblestudy@gmail.com, and it will be answered in an upcoming episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daily-gospel-exegesis/message
The Rev'd Dr. Sarah Coakley and the Rev'd Dr. Richard Hays discuss 'The Kingdom and the Church in the New Testament'. This is the first of five sessions of "What is the Good of the Church?, where Sarah Coakley examines afresh the fundamental question of how we should think of, imagine, and hope for the life of the Church today. The focus is on the effects of the global pandemic and of intensified political and ecclesiastical divisions in the Anglican Communion and within the Episcopal Church itself. For more information on this series, or to access the handouts, please visit www.sarahcoakley.com.
In this video I quoted the well known Dispensationalist teacher Clarence Larkin and I used his own words from his book and this is what he said: “The word "Gospel" means "Good News," and is so familiar that its application is supposed to be uniform. When, therefore, we read of The Gospel of the KINGDOM, The Gospel of the GRACE OF GOD, The GLORIOUS GOSPEL, and The EVERLASTING GOSPEL, It is taken for granted that they all refer to one and the same thing. But this is not true.” In the video I made it very clear that there is only ONE Gospel of Jesus Christ and that is the “gospel of the Kingdom” that he preached and which he declared would be preached as a witness to all nations before the END would come. Mr Clarence Larkin stated otherwise. He went on to say the following: 1. THE GOSPEL OF "THE KINGDOM." Matt. 24:14. “This is the "Good News" that God purposes to set up a Kingdom on this earth over which David's Son, JESUS, shall reign, as prophesied in Luke 1:32-33. Two preachings of this Gospel are mentioned, one past, beginning with the ministry of John the Baptist, and preached by Jesus and His Disciples, but it ended with the rejection of Jesus as King. This Gospel is to be preached again after the Church is taken out. It will be the fulfillment of Matt. 24:14, where it says "This Gospel of 'THE KINGDOM' shall be preached in all the world for a WITNESS unto all nations; and then shall the end come." This has no reference to the Gospel that is now being preached to the nations. It is the Gospel of SALVATION, but the "Gospel of the Kingdom" is not for "Salvation" but for a WITNESS, that is, it is the announcement that the time has come to SET UP THE KINGDOM. It will be preached first by Elijah the forerunner (Mal. 4:5-6), and by others who shall be commissioned to bear the news to all nations as a proclamation of the coming of Christ as King to occupy the "Throne of David," and for the purpose of regathering Israel to the Promised Land.” Jesus Christ told his followers that the Gospel of the kingdom would be preached until the END of the world. There was not even an inkling that there were different versions of the gospel in his statement to his followers. Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Mr Clarence Larkin the author of Dispensationalist Truth made a clear difference between the “Gospel of the Kingdom” which Jesus Christ the creator of all things declared would be preached until the end and the Gospel that is being preached NOW which is the Gospel of SALVATION. Mr Larkin went on to say that the Gospel of the Kingdom STOPPED after Israel rejected Jesus as King. He went on to say that this gospel (Kingdom gospel) would begin again AFTER the church is taken out. (obviously the rapture). That was the point that I was making in these videos. I was pointing out the heresy of HIS Dispensational teaching.
Skiing and theKingdom seem to be counterintuitive.
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