Homerton Baptist Church
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      • Matthew 12:38–45ESV

  • Hymn 453 - When I survey the wondrous cross

      • Psalms 78:1-3ESV

      • Psalms 78:4ESV

      • Hebrews 11:1ESV

  • Hymn 1275 - WHAT GIFT OF GRACE IS JESUS, MY REDEEMER

      • 1 John 5:9–12ESV

      • Acts 2:42ESV

      • Deuteronomy 31:1–29ESV

      • Deuteronomy 31:6ESV

  • Hymn 726 - As the deer pants for the water

      • Matthew 12:38–45ESV

      • Matthew 12:38-39ESV

      • Matthew 12:40-41ESV

      • Matthew 12:42-43ESV

      • Matthew 12:44-45ESV

  • Order of Service

    Welcome

    Hymn -

    Psalm Reading

    Psalm 78:1–4 “Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.”

    Prayer

    Teen Talk

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    Reading

    Matthew 12:38–45 ESV
    Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”

    Sermon

    Parrallel Passages: Luke 11:24-26; Luke 11:29-36;

    Context

    Demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute
    Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
    A Tree in Known by its Fruit

    The Sign of Jonah

    Matthew 12:38 ESV
    Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
    They were saying that the miracles of Jesus weren’t enough to prove the work of the Holy Spirit
    It was insulting and impudent
    Jesus teaching has been affirmed by miracles
    Accompanied by sympathy, love, grace for lost sinners
    So often people, like the pharasees, demand a sign from God
    Matthew 12:39–40 ESV
    But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
    They wanted to curb Jesus’ influence among the people
    They had failed to destroy him with their prior attempt, and were humiliated
    Idiomatic Interpretation - 3rd day
    Matthew 12:41 ESV
    The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
    Less enlighted people obeyed less enlightened preaching
    Matthew 12:42 ESV
    The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
    Queen of Sheba (South)
    She had traveled a difficult journey (1200 miles)
    She gave treasures of enormous wealth
    she had merely heard reports of Solomon’s wisdom
    she hadn’t had an invite
    Jesus’ wisdom was greater than Solomon’s
    they had easy access, and he was not far off
    he had provided an invite
    She came yet they refuse

    Return of an Unclean Spirit

    Matthew 12:43–45 ESV
    “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”
    Jesus is not focusing a lesson on demonology
    He is speaking about “this wicked generation”
    God demands the entire devotion of the heart (Deuteronomy)
    The Pharasees charge Jesus with belink linked with Satan
    Jesus answer that they, and their followers, resemble a man who is repossessed by no less than 8 demons
    their doctrine leaves people in a state worse than they started with
    What is clear from what Jesus speaks of is the need for repentance
    and to be filled with the Holy Spirit

    Hymn -

    Closing Prayer

    Doxology

      • Matthew 12:38ESV

      • Matthew 12:39–40ESV

      • Matthew 12:41ESV

      • Matthew 12:42ESV

      • Matthew 12:43–45ESV

  • Hymn 1280 - O My Soul
  • Doxology 223 v6

      • 2 Corinthians 13:14HLYBBLOTNT1895

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