41) Jesus
questioned about Fasting - Matthew 9:14-17 -
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a) Matthew
9:14 - Why
Jesus Disciples Not Fast -
It was custom of the land for
Jews to fast, and it is that
reason that John's
disciples that it was strange that Jesus Christ
disciples were not fasting.
Especially since they were
fasting as a expression
of sorrow that John the Baptist was placed in prison.
What is Biblical Fasting? - Nelson's Bible Dictionary - FAST, FASTING Going without food
or drink voluntarily, generally forreligious purposes. Fasting, however, could also be
done for other reasons. It was sometimes
done as a sign of distress, grief,or repentance. The law
of Moses specifically required fasting for only one occasion-the DAY
OF ATONEMENT.
This customresulted in
calling this day "the day
of fasting"
(Jeremiah
36:6) or "the Fast" (Acts 27:9).....................More >
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without food or water was not automatically effective in accomplishing the desires of those
who fasted.In the prophet Isaiah's time, people complained that they had fasted and that God had not responded favorably (Isaiah
58:3-4).
The prophet declared
that the external show was futile. The fast that
the Lord requires is to loose the bonds of
wickedness,
undo the heavy burdens, feed the hungry, shelter the poor, and clothe the naked (Isaiah
58:5-7)..............More
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Easton's Bible Dictionary <.........More - Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was
that of the great Day ofAtonement (q.v.), Leviticus
23:26-32.
It is called "the fast"
(Acts
27:9).
The only other mention of
a periodical fast
in the Old
Testament is in Zechariah 7:1-7; 8:19,
from which it appears that during their captivity the Jews observed four annual fasts.
(1.) The fast
of the fourth month,
kept on the
seventeenth day of Tammuz, the anniversary of the
capture of Jerusalem by theChaldeans; to commemorate also the
incident recorded Exodus
32:19.
(Comp. Jeremiah 52:6,7.)
(2.) The fast
of the fifth month,
kept on the
ninth of Ab (comp. Numbers 14:27),
to commemorate the burning of the city andtemple (Jeremiah 52:12,13).
(3.) The fast
of the seventh month,
kept on the third of Tisri (comp. 2
Kings 25),
the anniversary of the murder of Gedaliah(Jeremiah
41:1,2).
(4.) The fast
of the tenth
month (comp. Jeremiah
52:4; Ezekiel 33:21; 2 Kings
25:1), to commemorate the beginning
of thesiege of the holy city by Nebuchadnezzar.
There was in addition to these the fast appointed by
Esther (4:16).
Public national fasts
on account of sin or to
supplicate divine favour
were sometimes held. (1.) 1
Samuel 7:6;
(2.) 2 Chronicles 20:3;
(3.) Jeremiah 36:6-10;
(4.) Nehemiah 9:1.
There were also local fasts.
(1.) Judges 20:26; (2.) 2
Samuel 1:12;
(3.) 1 Samuel 31:13;
(4.) 1 Kings 21:9-12;
(5.) Ezra 8:21-23: (6.) Jonah
3:5-9.
There are many instances of private occasional fasting (1
Samuel 1:7; 20:34; 2 Samuel
3:35; 12:16; 1 Kings 21:27; Ezra
10:6; Nehemiah 1:4; Daniel
10:2,3). Moses fasted forty
days
(Exodus
24:18; 34:28),
and so also did Elijah (1
Kings 19:8).
Our Lord fasted forty
days in the wilderness (Matthew
4:2).
In the
lapse of time the
practice of fasting was
lamentably abused (Isaiah
58:4; Jeremiah 14:12; Zechariah
7:5). Our Lordrebuked
the Pharisees for their hypocritical pretences in fasting (Matthew
6:16). He himself appointed no
fast.
The early Christians, however, observed the ordinary fasts according to the law
of their fathers
(Acts
13:3; 14:23; 2 Corinthians 6:5).
b) Matthew
9:15 - Fasting
to be done When Jesus Is
Crucified -
Jesus was letting John's
disciples know that Jesus
disciples
will fast after Jesus is taken up to heaven, to
be away from his disciples. But
once his disciples (& we) are to
be with our
Lord Jesus Christ once again we will no longer fast to which is a
distress, being away from Jesus
physically, but instead we will
forever more rejoice!
c) Matthew
9:16-17 - Old
Covenant & New Can Not be Joined -
The Old Covenant, can not remain
in effect so that the New
Covenant of Jesus Christ can take its place, as
the new way of salvation for
all, the Jew and the Gentile (Galatians
3:26-29).
If the Old Covenant remains then there could be no new covenant, a
new contract between God and
Mankind! The Old covenant is
passing away (Glory
of the New Covenant 2Corinthians 3:7:18)! So then now we glory to Jesus Christ to which
saved us from our selves, our
own wickedness! AMEN
42) Jesus raises dead girl/heals woman -Matthew 9:18 26 - To
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a) Matthew
9:18-19 - A
Synagogue Leaders Faith -
A Synagogue Leader came to Jesus
in respect, possibly fell to the
ground in worship of Jesus and with his great
faith that Jesus would bring his
daughter back from the dead,
from being
asleep, he told Jesus his daughter has died.
b) Matthew
9:20-22 - A
Women's Faith -
This women had such Great Faith
that she said to her self "If
only I may touch His
garment, I shall be made well". She was afraid
because of her unclean sickness,
that she might offend Jesus
since the
Jews weren't allowed to have anything to do with the unclean (Leviticus
5:3, 12:1-2, Isaiah 52:11).
c) Matthew
9:23-24 - The
Girl Was "Asleep (Mt 9:24)"
(Dead) - When Jesus mentioned the girl is sleeping, this was meant
to mean that her body
& soul is in a deep sleep,
that she
is dead.
She is not in heaven nor is she
in hell, she is in a deep sleep,
unaware of anything, as someday
we all will be asleep in the
grave (Mt 9:24) until either Judgment Day for the unsaved or
the rapture for the saved! The
crowd misunderstood this as
meaning "asleep" like we do when
we go to bed at night, and that
is why they criticized Jesus.
See Greek/Hebrew Interlinear Bible - 2518 - NT:2518 NT:2518 kaqeu/dw katheudo (kath-yoo'-do);
from NT:2596 and
heudo (to sleep);
to lie down
to rest, i.e. (by implication)
to fall asleep (literally or figuratively):
d) Matthew
9:25-26 - The
Girl Raised From The Dead -
Because of Jarius Great Faith
that in Jesus Christ that Jesus
can bring
her back to life, Jesus went to the girl grabbed her hand and
brought her back to life from
her deep sleep.
e) Scriptures
Asleep (Dead) in the Grave - Mt 9:24, Acts 7:60, 1CO !5:6, 15:18, 1Th 4:13,
4:15, 2Pe 3:4.
43) Jesus heals the blind & the mute - Matthew
9:27-34 -
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a) Matthew
9:27 - 2 Blind
Men Confessed Jesus as Messiah -
By calling Jesus Christ "Son of
David" the two blind Jewish
men meant "Messiah" to which the Messiah
genealogy line would come from,
the throne of David (Mt
1:6-16).
Jesus
Christ automatically inherit David's Throne as royalty, as Jesus is
the son of God, God in the
Flesh!
Faucet's Bible Dictionary; THRONE (1) Of
a king;
(2) of a judge or a priest (Psalms 122:5). Solomon's throne (1
Kings 10:19)
was a chair of ivory with circular back and arms,
overlaid with gold, raised on
six steps; on each side
of each step was a
lion of gold,
and there was "a
footstool of gold fastened to the throne" (2 Chronicles 9:18).
Usually set on a dais
and under a canopy(so the
"rainbow
about the throne" of the Almighty, Revelation
4:3). For "seats"
translated, thrones in Revelation 4:4 andRevelation 11:16. So in Revelation
2:13 Satan mimics Christ's "throne." "Thrones" in Colossians 1:16 are a princely order
of angels,
higher than "dominions" or lordships.
Reclining or sitting on the ground being
the usual postures, a
chair marked
dignity (2
Kings 4:10; Proverbs 9:14).
To expressroyalty "throne
of the kingdom"
was the phrase (1
Kings 1:46).
Elevation marked the king's throne, from whence Jehovah'sthrone is "high and lifted up" (Isaiah 6:1).
"The throne of the governor" in Nehemiah 3:7 is his official house where his thronewas, on
or near the city
wall.
b) Matthew
9:28 - The 2
Blind Men's Great Faith -
When the two blind men
approached Jesus he questioned
them to see if
they had Faith in him, and they without
hesitation said yes knowing that
Jesus Christ is the "Son of
David" "The Messiah",
the savior of the world.
c) Matthew
9:29 - 2 Blind
Men Healed According to their
Faith -
Jesus did heal these two men,
but only according to their
Faith in Jesus Christ, that they have in him. If
their faith was little Faith
then only a little would be done
to them or if they
have great faith then great healings would have be done to them.
Jesus was very firm on this (Lack of Faith, Mt 13:58).
d) Matthew
9:30-31 - Jesus
Wanted to Keep this Miracle a
Secret -
Jesus firmly warned the two men
to not tell anyone, this
is so that Jesus can walk openly in the cities
with out anyone wanting to stone
him and such. But these two men
went
bout through out telling others of this miracle that Jesus Christ
has done for them.
e) Matthew
9:32-33 - The
Mute & Demon Possessed Man
Healed -
Thank God that here Jesus Christ
drove out the demons,
and finally had a peace of mind to where he could finally speak!
Miracles in those days were so
rare, especially since for 400
years God did not send any
prophets and such to Israel that
the Jews were completely amazed
to what they have just
witnessed!
f) Matthew
9:34 - Pharisees
Accused Jesus of being Evil -
The Pharisees (Church Leaders)
accuses Jesus Christ of being
evil
by saying that he cast out demons by Satan, to which you and I know
that is not true. Jesus Christ
cast out demons by the power of
God.
Definition of Pharisee From Hebrew/Greek
Interlinear Bible -
NT:5330 - NT:5330 Farisai=o$ Pharisaios (far-is-ah'-yos); of
Hebrew origin [compare OT:6567]; a separatist,
i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary:
44) The workers are few - Matthew
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a) Matthew
9:35 - Jesus
Taught, Preached & Healed -
It seems in those days that
there were many people that was
very
sick and diseased. so Jesus Christ mot only
healed them to show that he is
from God with Gods power but he
also used
that to draw people unto himself in order to preach to them the
"Good News" of his KINGDOM!
b) Matthew
9:36 - Jesus
Compassion For the People -
Jesus Christ not only had
compassion on the people because
of their
sickness and diseases, but ESPECIALLY on their
lost souls, their bondages of
sin. He was very concerned
about their
souls for there was no one to preach the good news to them until
now, until Jesus Christ has come
unto them!
c) Matthew
9:37-38 - Teachers
are Few -
There are plenty of people to be (harvested,
Saved) in
order to be gathered up and
brought into the Barn (Kingdom of Heaven),
but there is not enough
preachers & teachers to usher
them in, to preach the
good news to the people. So Jesus Christ tells us to pray that the
Lord (God) of the Harvest send
out teachers to gather up the
harvest, to bring them into the
Barn.
45) Jesus sends out the twelve - Matthew
10:1-42
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a) Matthew
10:1 - Disciples
Receives Power -
The disciples, "THE WORKERS" (Mt 9:35-38) even Judas the betrayer received
power from Jesus Christ to cast out demons, and
to heal people of their
sicknesses and disease. Now we
must note that
the power that Jesus Christ gave them was not
used for their personal and
selfish reasons, nor for
financial profit or for
their own glory, but it was used for GODS GLORY!
Easton's Bible Dictionary Definition
of Disciple — a scholar, sometimes applied to the followers of John the
Baptist
(Matthew 9:14), and of the Pharisees (22:16)
but principally to the followers
of Christ.
A disciple of Christ is one who
(1) believes his doctrine, (2)
rests on his sacrifice, (3) imbibes his
spirit, and (4) imitates his example (Matthew 10:24;
Luke 14:26,27,33; John 6:69).
MSN Works Dictionary, Definition of Imbibe --- (See Definition of Disciple #3
-- 2. vt take in something
mentally: to take in
and assimilate something such as an idea or experience (literary)
3. vti absorb something: to
absorb moisture, gas, light, or
heat (formal)
b) Matthew
10:2-4 - The 12 Apostles Names - Notice that even the betrayer Judas was called a Apostle of
Jesus Chris, but he
betrayed his Lord Jesus Christ! Later Judas was
replaced with Mathias (Acts 1:23-26). And notice that the 12 are now
called Apostles to which is a higher calling,
position than a regular
disciple is. The Disciples; 1) Peter 2) Andrew 3) James
4) John 5) Philip 6) Bartholomew 7) Thomas 8) Matthew 9) James 10) Thaddaeus 11) Simon 12) Judas.
Easton's Bible Dictionary: Definition of Apostle — a person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive
designation of Jesus Christ, the
Sent of the Father (Hebrews
3:1; John 20:21).
It is, however, generally used
as designating the body
of disciples to whom he entrusted
the organization of his church
and the dissemination of his
gospel,
"the twelve," as they are called (Matthew
10:1-5; Mark 3:14; 6:7; Luke
6:13; 9:1). We have four lists of the apostles, one by each of the synoptic
evangelists (Matthew
10:2-4; Mark 3:16; Luke 6:14), and one in the Acts
(1:13).
No two of these lists, however,
perfectly coincide.
c) Matthew
10:5-6 - Go
Only to the Jews -
Jesus Christ our Lord was giving
the 12 disciples final
instructions before sending
them out by sending them to the lost sheep of
Israel, meaning unsaved Jews. It
is written to the Jew first and
then to the
gentile (Romans 1:16), also meaning if it be salvation or judgments. He forbid them
from Going to the Gentiles & the
Samaritans. The Samaritans tried
to mix a little Judaism and
Idolatry into their religious
practices.
d) Matthew
10:7-8 - What
the Disciples Should Preach & Do -
Jesus Christ tells them to
"Preach" the kingdom of heaven
is
at hand, that is the reign, that is God draws us
near through Jesus Chris for
salvation. Jesus told the 12
disciples to heal
people and cast out demons, to show they through
God has the power, in order to
draw people to listen to them
regarding
the Good News of Salvation and believe it,
believe in Jesus Chris., When
Jesus Christ said as your freely
received, you
freely give, that is they are NOT to take any money, for healing people and casting our devils.
These disciples are as if in
a probation period to prove them selves worthy for this calling!
e) Matthew
10:9-10 - Disciples
are Not to take anything Extra
with them -
Their needs will be provided for
by the people to who
they heal, but only their needs, their bare
essentials, and they wont be out
there very long before they end
up returning back
to Jesus Christ! This is why they are not to
take anything with them. The
peoples hearts will open up to
the disciples needs.
This is by way of food and water, not money!
f) Matthew
10:11-13 - Inquire
in the Town Who is Worthy -
Here Jesus Christ wants his
disciples to search for a worthy
person (one who will accept them as Jesus
disciples and listen to them
regarding the good news).
If they find the worthy
person they are to stay in the house of that
person until they finish
preaching in that town and leave
it. They are to bless
that home "IF" it is deserving, worthy of Jesus Christ!
g) Matthew
10-14-15 - The House
or Town Will Receive Severe
Judgment -
Jesus Christ lets the disciple
know that if the
home or town does not welcome them, or listen to
them then they are to NOT bless
them, and shake the dust (the
smell,
the disgust etc) off of their feet for as Jesus
Christ has said they are dogs,
they are pigs (Matthew 7:6)! It will be more
bearable on judgment day for Sodom and Gomorrah than it will be for
those that rejects the Good News
of Jesus Christ!
NOTE: Jesus Christ DID NOT tell them to pray for
them, nor continuing to try and
convince them of the good news
after
they rejected Jesus Christ and his Holy Message of Salvation!
h) Matthew
10:16 - Sheep
Among the Wolves -
Jesus sends the disciples out as
innocent and harmless to the
people, but he
sends them out into a unfriendly and cruel world, especially to
those of the world that hates
truth, that hates GOD AND HIS
SON Jesus Christ, those that are
under the devils control. And
the devil wants to destroy Jesus
Christ and his message of the
Good News, as well the devil
wants to destroy Jesus
disciples, all of his servants,
by the devil using his own
servants for his evil bidding (Rev 12:4-5, 12:13, Mt
5:11, Lk 11:49, 21:12, Jn 15:20)
So in all of that Jesus is tell
them all to be very sly, very
smart, in preaching the good
news so that they may not be
captured, etc by the devils
servants, and yet they are to be
guiltless of sin.
i) Matthew
10:17-18 - The
Disciples Will be Delivered to
the Councils -
Jesus is telling them to be on
their guard, to not place
their selves in danger, to be cautious of the people that they come
across, and Jesus tells them
that they will be brought before
government and religious
councils because of their
preaching the Good News, The
Gospel of Jesus Christ. But the
reason for this is so that they
can be a testimony to the cities
and the nations. Jesus also
tells them that they will be
whipped as well as other abuses
that they will receive by the
devils servants, those that are
anti-Christ, the Jews and the
gentiles that are against Christ
and his teachings!.
j) Matthew
10:19-20
- The
Holy Spirit Will Speak through
them -
Since most people of their days
regarded Kings, Governors
etc close to deity as far as authority goes,
Jesus comforts the disciples by
telling them don't be anxious
what to say,
because it will be the Spirit of God that will
speak through them for it is not
our selves that guides us,
teaches us counsel us,
it the Holy Spirit that does all of that (John 14:16, 14:25-27),
through us as we are servants of
Jesus Christ!
k) Matthew
10:21-22 - The
Disciples Will Be hated By All -
We would normally think that our
parents, our children, and even
our brothers or sisters would never do us any
harm to us. But Jesus was
telling the Disciples that is
not so. He was
confirming that because of religious differences (evil fighting
good) that this will be. Those
who are servants of the devil
hates the servants of Jesus
Christ! As Jesus said before
that your enemies will be that
of your own household. He told
them that everyone, including
their own children and even
spouses will hate them and even
have them put to death. To which
is what did happen and through
out history has happened. Jesus
tells them that if they stand
firm (endure) in their faith in
him, until their death, they
will be saved.
l) Matthew
10:23 - Flee From
the Unworthy City -
Jesus Christ tells the disciples
that if they are persecuted in a
city, not
listened to or they are treat them rudely they are to flee to
another city for that city is
not worthy to hear the good news
(Mt
10:11)
for Jesus said that we should
not throw our pearls (Good News) to pigs (Mt 7:6), and to be thrown out into hell (Mt 10:15)! Jesus said before, the city is not
worthy to hear his Gospel nor
are they worthy to receive the
opportunity of Salvation, that
the disciples should leave that
unworthy city and go to another
city to see if they are worthy
to receive the opportunity of
Salvation through the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. Not go through the
cities until the son of man
comes, most likely means the
destruction of Jerusalem and
their temple to which Israel was
just about totally wiped out by
the Roman
Empire in 70AD!
m) Matthew
10:24-25 - A Disciple
is to Be Like Jesus Christ -
Jesus is letting them know that
they not being above their
master is that they will receive the exact same
treatment that Jesus got, the
same kind of abuses and
persecutions that
Jesus Christ got. They will receive mockery,
beatings, and complete abuse
from the people, and even
death. For true
disciples of Jesus Christ we are to expect the same treatment as
Jesus and the disciple have
gotten. The world will always
hate us because of our Lord
Jesus Christ!!
n) Matthew
10:26 - Be Come
Holy, Be Perfect,, Be Christ
Like -
He reminds them not to be afraid
(Mt
10:28)
of the unsaved
people because God sees and knows all things, no
one can hide anything from him!
Jesus Christ is letting the
disciples know that they will
suffer the same sufferings that
he has suffered (Ro
5:3, 8:17, 2Co 1:5, Php 3:10,
1Pe 4:13, 5:9). That suffering that we suffer is following Jesus Christ being
Christ Like (Col 3:10), does carry a heavy cost to their very lives in the ways of being
mocked, of being called bad
names. of being put into prison,
hated by all nations on the
account of Jesus Christ
(Mt 24:9,Jn 1:18,.15:24-25, 17:14),
They will even be killed as well (Mt
21:35, 22:6, Mk 12:5-8, Acts
7:52). This is why we must give up, all, and deny our selves(die to self, throw out who we once were and what
goals we once had), Since now
our goals are new, to be
servants of Christ, so carry
your crosses as Jesus carried his to share
in the SUFFERINGS of Jesus Christ, and now we
are to follow him,
be perfect (Mt
19:21), be Holy (Mt
5:48) Christ Like (Mt 10:24-25, 24:46, Jn 14:20),
study and learn the actual meaning of his teachings and then do
them! AMEN
o) Matthew
10:27 - Proclaim
The Teachings of Jesus Christ -
Our Lord Jesus Christ teaches
the disciples privately, he
tells
them to proclaim them for all to hear, for all to witness. And this
is so the Kingdom of God may be
proclaimed in the hope that
others may come to Gods saving
grace through Jesus Christ.
p) Matthew
10:28 - Fear God &
No Other -
Jesus is comforting the
disciples with the thought that
mankind can only kill the
body, but not the soul. But
Jesus confirms that we are to
fear God that can destroy our
body & our soul in
Hell forever more. The Soul is our conscience, our thoughts & our feelings. Our Body is
that which contains (holds) our
conscience, thoughts, and
feelings, the soul. If
anyone does not fear God, then
they have no reverence or
concept of his perfect Holiness,
or his
power, his authority or who he even is!
Definition of Soul - From MSN
Works 9 Dictionary - 1) nonphysical
aspect of person: the
complex of human attributes
that manifests as consciousness,
thought, feeling, and will,
regarded as distinct from the
physical body - 2) feelings: a person's emotional and moral nature,
where the most private thoughts
and feelings are hidden - 3) spirit
surviving death: in some systems of religious belief, the spiritual part of a human being that is believed to continue to exist after the
body dies. The soul is sometimes regarded as subject to future reward
and punishment, and sometimes as
able to take a form that
allows it to remain on or return to earth.
q) Matthew
10:29-31 - We are
very Important to God -
Jesus let's us know that we are
not worthless because each and
everyone of us are very important to God! He does not want anyone
to oerish in hell (2Pe
3:9)!
!God takes care of the sparrows
the least valuable of creatures
on earth, and God considers us
much more valuable than them.
That he is with us even if
mankind tries to hurt or kill
us.
r) Matthew
10:32-33 - Confess
Jesus Before Men -
If we are living the Christian
life, in all that we do and say
to our neighbors,
bosses, relatives and so on, that they will know that we are
disciples of Jesus Christ!. We
will bear good fruit (Mt
3:10, 7:17-19).But
if we do not bear good fruit or
if we deny Jesus Christ before
men then will be cast out into
outer darkness with the
hypocrites, the murderer's the
adultery's and so on where there
is gnashing (Mt 13:40-43) of teeth (and if we love one another others will know that we are
he disciples of Christ. So in
that we are confessing Jesus
Christ as our Lord.
s) Matthew
10:34-36 - Jesus
Christ did not Come to Bring
Peace -
The meaning here that our Lord
Jesus Christ is referring to
s that when a family members that converts to
Christianity, will cause
hostility between them and the
rest of the family members that
are not saved! Evil hates truth
and those that represent truth!
Those that opposes Jesus Christ
they will
oppose you as well!. So the disruption of peace does not come from
the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
instead it comes from the
wickedness of the unconverted
family members, your unconverted
friends, your bosses, your
relatives and so one!. And
because of that our enemies will
be those with-in our ranks that
is our own family members.
t) Matthew
10:37 - We Must
Love Christ More than Family -
If we love anyone, including our
children, our parents, our
relatives
or our friends and so on more than Jesus Christ, then we are not worthy of him,
that is we will not have salvation over that
alone because then we would be committing
Idolatry worshiping others
instead of our God in Jesus
Christ name, that is are
treating others as our God
rather than Jesus Christ. The 2
Greatest Commandments is #1 Love
God #2 Love your neighbor,
for all of the laws and prophets hang on those two Great
Commandments (Mt 22:37-40)
u) Matthew
10:38-39 - Share
in the Persecutions of Jesus
Christ -
This is those who do not pick up
their crosses, that is share
in the sufferings (Ro
8:17-18, 2Co 1:5-7, Php 3:10,
1Pe 4:13,5:9) and
persecutions that Jesus Christ
has suffered is not
worthy of Jesus Christ, that is, they will not
have salvation. We shall suffer
many things including and not
limited to being mocked,
receiving exclusion from people,
called names. kept from jobs,
and so on (Lk
11:49, 2Ti 3:12)). Jesus also says
who so ever does not take up his cross and follow
him is not worthy of him (Mt 16:24-28) The doors of heaven will be
closed to him or her that loves their own life
more than Jesus Christ! They do
not remain in Christ so Christ
will not remain
in them (Mt 15:4-17)!
w) Matthew
10:40 - Those That
Receives Us -
If anyone receives us because we
are of God, that is followers of
Jesus Christ,
with acceptance and kindness and hospitality also
receives Jesus Christ, and God
his Father at the same time, But
those
that don't receive us, and listen to what we say
regarding the good news, they
will be looked at as if they
were dogs, but
even worse as pigs (Mt 7:6, Rev 22:15)!
y) Matthew
10:41 - They
Will Receive a Reward -
Those that receives a righteous
man, or a prophet because they
are of God
and accept them as they have been called by God will receive the
reward of a righteous man or a
prophet, that is the blessings
of God shall be given to those
who has received the children,
the servants of God through his
son Jesus Christ!
z) Matthew
10:42 - Being Good
to a Disciple -
The words "little Ones" here
does not refer to children, but
instead refers to Gods
children, that is the disciples of Jesus Christ, namely us. So
there isn't not many who would
show kindness to a Disciple of
Jesus Christ, for the slight few
that would will receive a reward
from God, that is blessings from
God in one form or another.
46) Jesus & John the Baptist..
- Matthew 11:1-19 - To
Top^
a) Matthew
11:1 - Jesus Preached
in the Cities -
Now as soon as Jesus finished
his instructions to the 12
disciples & sent
them out to proclaim his Gospel, Jesus went by him self to preach
and teach in the cities of the
region.
b) Matthew
11:2-3 - Is
Jesus Christ The Messiah? -
While John the Baptist was in
prison he heard about what Jesus
was doing
his miracles & preaching the Kingdom of God is at
hand, so John sent his disciples
to Jesus to ask him is he the
one, that is the Messiah, is
Jesus the one that John had
baptized and said John 1:29 "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin
of the world!, Or
shall they look for some one
else.
c) Matthew
11:4-6 - Jesus
Confirms Who He is To John -
After the disciples ask Jesus is
he the Messiah, Jesus confirms
that
he is by telling Johns disciples to tell John about the miracles
that they see, & the poor has
the good news preached to them.
This is Jesus showing the
fulfillment of Prophecy
concerning the Messiah (Isaiah
61:1).
d) Matthew
11:7-11 - No
Man Greater Than John The
Baptist -
Jesus begin to speak to the
crowds concerning John as a
prophet, but not a ordinary prophet, this is mainly because John
prepares the way for the coming
of by giving the people
instructions to receive Jesus
Christ. And there is not greater
honor and importance in all of
the history of mankind than to
prepare the way for the coming
Messiah, Jesus the Christ.
e) Matthew
11:12 - The
People Take the Kingdom of God
By Force -
That they pressed around John
and Jesus Christ to hear
the good news preached because they are in a desperate need for
salvation, a desperate need to
repent and be forgiven.
f) Matthew
11:13-15 - Let
Them Hear, & Receive It -
From times of old, the laws (1st
five books of bible) & the
prophets (the
other OT books of Bible) has prophesied until John came to prepare
the way. So in that John is the
Elijah because John is similar
in spirit & power of Elijah, to
which is totally different from
what the Jews expected.
g) Matthew
11:16-19 - Nothing
Pleases Them -
Here Jesus Christ our Lord is
telling the people that nothing
pleases, them such
as John came and hardly drunk or ate nothing, and Jesus came eating
and drinking, and yet the Jews
would criticized both of them.
It seems the Jews didn't know
what they wanted. Or if they
hear music they would not dance,
that is they hear the kingdom
preached and they would not
apply it.
47) Woe on unrepentant Towns - Matthew
11:20-24 -
a) Matthew
11:20 - Jesus
Christ Rejects Unrepentant
People -
The reason that our Lord Jesus
Christ rejects the people
(Jews) of those certain cities by denouncing them is that they rejected him by refusing to believe in him
and refusing to
repent of their wickedness even though that Jesus had did many
miracles and wonderful things
before their eyes.
b) Dictionary
Definition of Denounce - From
MSN Works Dictionary 9 -
(Denounce) 1. criticize
something publicly: to
criticize or condemn something publicly and harshly. - (NOTE: This
is Righteous Anger)
c) Matthew
11:21 - The
Towns Will Suffer -
Jesus Christ in his righteous
anger and disappointment in the
cities, he tells
them WOE to you, to the cities. Jesus is letting them know that grief,
affliction and misfortune will
come upon them. And the meaning
of that is Jesus is threatening
them, that is warning them of
the coming Judgments of God..
d) Dictionary
Definition of Woe - From
MSN Works 9 Dictionary - (Woe) 1. unfortunate happening: a serious affliction or
misfortune 2. grief: grief or distress resulting from a serious
affliction or misfortune [ Old
English wā <
Germanic < Indo-European] woe betide somebody used as a threat to indicate that
somebody is going to regret
something or be punished in some
way Woe betide
him if he turns up late for work
again.
e) Matthew
11:22-24 - Judgment
Day will be Extreme For them -
And our Lord Jesus Christ is
warning them that Judgment
day will be more bearable for Tyre, Sidon and
Sodom than for them even though
those cities were very wicked
(Gentile)
cities, but if they had seen the working of Jesus Christ they would
have repented and the cities
would still be here today.
48) The Father revealed in the son - Matthew
11:25-30 - To
Top^
a) Matthew
11:25-26 - Hidden
From the Wise & Prudent - The things of God has always been hidden form
the worldly so
called wise and prudent people,
but has been revealed to the
humble, the simple, the poor and
the simple people. This is
because God himself seen that
this was good to do so that he
can confound the wise and shame
the strong, to bring them
down from their arrogant and prideful ways.
b) MSN
Works 9 Dictionary Definition -
Prudent -
. 1. having
good sense:
having good sense in dealing
with practical
matters 2. carefully considering consequences:
using good judgment to consider
likely consequences and act
accordingly 3. careful in managing resources:
careful in managing resources so
as to provide for the future
c) Matthew
11:27 - God
Reveals Jesus to those who he
Chooses -
All things delivered to Jesus,
meaning all authority, that
he is the mediator between us and God our Father
that intercedes on our behalf.
So it is that no man nor angel
can truly comprehend the divine
nature of the Father nor his son
Jesus Christ, nor their divine
characters. And the only we can
even
begin to comprehend our Lord Jesus Christ is if God reveals him to
us.
d) Matthew
11:28-30 - Jesus
Gives Rest for the Soul
(Conscience) -
This is to give the people rest
from the heavy burdens
of the ceremonial laws, the traditions of the
church, but mainly rest from
their sins, and the guilt of
breaking Gods Holy
Laws, (10 Commandments) and rest from the fears of eternal
damnation.
49) Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath - Matthew
12:1-14 -
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Top^
Study Resources Used; NIV Software & Hardback, PC Study Bible Deluxe V5, Barnes
Commentary, Adams Clarkes
Commentary, Other Biblical
Resources
a) Matthew
12:1-2 - The
Pharisees Accuses Jesus,
Disciples of Breaking the
Sabbath Law -
It seems here that the
Pharisees does not understand the Sabbath for the
Law was written for the Jews to
take one day off from their
daily work
(Job). God who worked through Moses did not mean
for his people to go hungry.
The disciples were not working a
job for
money or such, they were Just merely hungry. And
on another Note is as (Matthew 12:8) that the son of Man (Jesus) is
Lord of the Sabbath meaning Jesus can give
permission for a person, or
people to break the Sabbath
since he (Jesus) is
God and was there and have created the Sabbath
Law! And on another Note that
the Sabbath was made for man
kinds
benefit in the first place (Matthew 2:27-28)!
b) Matthew
12:3-4 - Jesus
Tells them (Pharisees) David ate
the Consecrated Bread (1Sa 21:1-6) - Jesus shows the
Pharisees the same example of King David also did
what was not lawful for them to
do, by him and his companions
eating the showbread. Jesus shows the Pharisees
with that in the case of
necessity that Jesus being Lord
of the
Sabbath did allow David and his companions as
well as his disciples to break
the Sabbath Law in order to meet
their
basic need of food so their lives maybe sub
stained! The further proof is
Jesus did say The Sabbath was
made for man
(Matthew 2:27-28).
c) Matthew
12:5 - The Priest
Desecrated The Sabbath -
Jesus shows the Priest did
profaned the Sabbath by lighting
a fire
for the burnt sacrifices on the Sabbath (Numbers
28:9-10)
to which is strictly forbidden
for them to do on the Sabbath
(Exodus 35:3).. Yet the Pharisees act as if they are
Innocent them selves. They
evidently did that out of
necessity as
the disciples picked grain on the Sabbath. NOTE; This
shows that out of Necessity the
laws can be broken as only
according to Gods intent of the Law to which always deals with Love
and concern for us!
d) Matthew
12:6-8 - Jesus
Christ is Greater than the
Temple, w/all authority -
Jesus Christ at this point was
telling the
Pharisees that he is here and is greater than the temple, as it is
written concerning Jesus Christ;
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God
in thebeginning. 3 Through him all things
were made; without him nothing was made that has
been made. 4 In him was life,
and thatlife was the light
of men. 5 The light
shines in the darkness, but the darkness
has
not understooda it.
So in that the words of God through John the
Baptist confirms Jesus Christ
authority as to Jesus has the
complete
authority to direct the observances and the
meanings of the laws, in this
case especially the Sabbath!
And that is what
Jesus Christ meant when he said he is Lord of the
Sabbath! No one can change Gods
Laws except God and his son
them selves! Jesus Christ is showing the Pharisees and the people
that he desires the act of
righteousness with the heart
rather than the outward
appearance or the observance of
a ceremonial Law!
e) Matthew
12:9-10 - Pharisees
Again Tries to accuse Jesus -
The Pharisees in their
hypocritical ways as usual their
unloving
ways tries to find reasons to accuse Jesus of
breaking the Sabbath even before
he did anything on the Sabbath
such as
healing a person on that day.
f) Matthew
12:11-12 - It
is Lawful to do good on the
Sabbath -
The Pharisees was so concerned
about Jesus healing a human
in need on the Sabbath, yet Jesus shows them that
if their sheep fell in a pit on
the Sabbath they would do good
to it and help
it out of the pit on the Sabbath! The Pharisees
act as though a sheep is more
valuable than a human! So Jesus
told them
it is lawful to do good, to help those in "NEED"
on the Sabbath, and in doing so
fulfills the law of Christ (Galatians
6:1-3).
This is Loving your neighbor to which the Pharisees seems to over
look!
g) Matthew
12:13-14 - The
Pharisees Plotted to kill Jesus -
Now Jesus has showed two
acceptable reasons for breaking
the
Sabbath is #1 (Mt 12:3-4) out of Necessity and #2 (Mt 12:12-14) out of Mercy! Even though Jesus Christ was so
right
about the Sabbath Law, the Pharisees has such
extreme hatred towards Jesus
Christ that they started to plot
of how
to kill him!
50) Gods chosen servant - Matthew
12:15-21 -
Study Resources Used; PC Study Bible Deluxe V5, NIV Software & Hardback, Barnes
Commentary, Adam Clarkes
Commentary,
a) Matthew
12:15 - Jesus
Christ was always one step ahead
of them -
Jesus Christ always seem to know
ahead of time
regarding the Pharisees wicked Plots to try and
kill him (Mt
12:14).
Some Pharisees were a tool of
the devil that has always seemed
to try to destroy Gods plans,
and Gods people, to rebel
against Gods ways.. In this
case the reason why the
Pharisees wanted to Kill Jesus
was because more people were
following and listening to Jesus
Christ, instead of the
Pharisees. They were losing
their influence over the people
because of Jesus Christ. They
were highly Jealous of Jesus
Christ!
b) Matthew
12:16-21, Isaiah 42:1-7 - Jesus
Warns the People to Keep Silent -
AS stated in Isaiah 42:1 and Matthew 3:16-17,
Jesus Christ son is Gods Chosen Servant to be
born to be crucified for our
sins, the punishment that you
and I both deserve.
He warned them to say nothing about his miracles because that would
endanger his life even more. It
is not yet his time to be
captured and crucified. He had
to declare justice, that is
hope, good news salvation has
come to the gentiles (The
Nations) as well as to the
Jews. The gentiles had to hear
the message of hope! |