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Matthew 23 Woes To Scribes And Pharisees The section of Matthew 23 that we will be going over today records part of Jesus' final public warning of the scribes and Pharisees during the last week before His crucifixion. In a series of eight "woes," Jesus exposes their religious hypocrisy for all to see.…

Matthew 23 Part 1: Jesus Speaks to the Multitudes So we left off at the end of chapter 22 where Jesus was approached by one of the Pharisees. This man was a "lawyer," meaning he was an expert in the Old Testament and its traditional interpretations. He tests Jesus by asking a simple question that was…

Matthew Chapter 22 Part 2 (The Living Word) We closed the first half of Chapter 22 with Christ preaching the 3rd parable to the Pharisees and the Herodian’s about the wedding banquet and we saw the verse from Christ, “ For many are called, but few are chosen” This is Matthew 22 verse 14, very powerful…

Matthew Chapter 22 (The Called and the Chosen) Intro: We ended a couple of Sunday’s ago with the last half of Matthew Chapter 21, and we saw the Pharisees and the Chief priests of the temple questioning who gave Jesus His authority? They were upset over Jesus taking authority in the temple, but they…

Matthew 21:23-46 (Christ’s Authority) Intro: So we left off in the first half of Matthew chapter 21 with Christ coming into Jerusalem, and lodging in Bethany, We closed with Christ giving the parable of “the barren Fig tree” and we saw how Christ came up to the tree because He was hungered and the tree…

The Need For Rest Rest is not laziness. God created humans with the need for physical, emotional, and spiritual rest. Throughout Scripture we see: God establishing and commanding rest. We see Jesus practicing rest, and God restoring weary people. This study will examine what the Bible says about healthy…

Matthew Chapter 21:1-22 (The Entering into Jerusalem) INTRO: So just to recap of chapter 20, we saw Christ and the disciples headed to Jerusalem, and remember we learned the parable of the vineyard workers, we are starting off with Christ and His disciples furthering their journey to Jerusalem. and in…

Matthew 20 : The Last Shall Be First The Parable of the Vineyard Workers For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. Jesus often uses parables to describe the kingdom of heaven, using everyday experiences…

Matthew Chapter 19 (Everlasting Life Through Christ) Intro: So we are picking back up with the book of Matthew in chapter 19, Remember on our last Bible study lesson, we closed with Christ teaching about the servent who owed an unimaginable debt to the King, and the king forgave it but the servent later…

Matthew 18 : A Heart of Forgiveness In the last chapter (17) we saw Jesus’ divine glory revealed through the Transfiguration, where Peter, James, and John see Him with Moses and Elijah and hear the Heavenly Father affirm Him as His Son. Coming down the mountain, Jesus heals a demon-possessed boy and…