Making Much of His Mission

God commands us to remember and respond to those believers undergoing persecution

The resurrection of Jesus according to Matthew with great commission

We must deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him

Peter identifies Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God. We must deny ourselves and follow Him

Jesus warned the disciples to avoid the false teachings of the Pharisees (hypocrisy) and Sadducees (unbelief)

Jesus healed the daughter of a Canaanite woman after she no longer prayed to him as the Son of David but as Lord and showed great faith

Jesus said that a man is not defiled by what he eats but by what he says when his heart is unclean

The Pharisees complained that Jesus' disciples did not hold the ceremonial law of washing hands, but Jesus poiinted out that the Pharisees actually changed Gpd's laws by their traditions.

Jesus walks on the sea of Galilea to the boat struggling in the storm. Peter walks briefly and begins to sink when he doubts. 

Jesus fed a crown of 5000 men plus women and children with 5 loaves and 2 fishes

John the Baptist told Herod that his marriage to his brother's wife was adultery. On his birthday, Herodius' daughter danced & the king promised to give her what she wished. She asked for John the Baptist's head on a platter, and John was executed. 

The Jews from Narareth were astonished at Jesus' teaching and miraccles but were upset at his prominence. He did only a few miracles because of his unbelief

A picture of the last times is a net dragged through the sea (the gentiles). The good are kept; the worthless are discarded by the angels into hell

After the parable of the treasure in the field, which refers to Israel being put aside for the moment, Jesus relates the parable of the goodly pearl, describing the church age started by Jesus' crucifixion. 

Liberty of conscience gives us accountability before God for our deeds, but also access to God and we become available to him for the advancement of the gospel

A man finds a treasure in the field, hides it again, and using all his money buys the field. Meaning: Jesus has already bought the field, which is the world, by creation and redemption. He will return again as King of Kings and set up his kingdom on earth.

After sowing good seed, an enemy. Satan, sowed false wheat (tares) in the midst of the good wheat. They would wait until the harvest and the harvesters would separate them and burn them. Meaning: in the future, Jesus will return, the angels will separate out the unsaved and throw them into hell and the saved will shine forth. 

A woman placed leaven in 3 measures of flour to leaven an entire loaf. So false teaching spreads secretly throughout the entire group of "Christians."

Jesus teaches the parable of the sower and 4 types of soil with various yields.

The kingdom of heaven is like the unnatural growth of the mustard plant trying to be a tree

Jesus begins using parables, explains a bit of why to the disciples and gives the parable of the sower

When Jesus' mother and brothers came to speak with him, he showed the crowd that his disciples were his family, those who were doing the Father's will, and that is true for us as well.

Jesus describes an evil spirit, after being removed from a person, wanting to return to "his house." If it is empty, he gets 7 worse spirits to join him. We need to actively seek Christ after freedom from evil spirits

Jonah and the men of Nineveh will witness against the Pharisees and so will the Queen of Sheba

Jesus healed a blind and dumb man. The Pharisees attribute his power to Satan. 

He heals a man; this demonstrates the truth of the suffering servant passages in Isaiah.

The Pharisees challenge Jesus about healing on the sabbath. He says that a man would lift a sheep out of a pit on the sabbath; a man is worth more than a sheep. He then heals the man's hand

The Pharisees accuse the disciples of breaking the sabbath by plucking grain. Jesus defends them with two Biblical examples

We are free to serve Christ, not our old sin-nature

We are called to cast our burdens on Christ and work together yoked with Him. His manner is meek, and his burden is light

They thought John the Baptist was demonically controlled and tooascetic; Jesus was a man who enjoyed food and drink too much. But if the O.T. cities had seen what Jesus did in Galilea, they would have repented long ago.

John in prison questions about Jesus as the messiah. Jesus demonstrates his power and praises John the Baptist. 

Don't seek temporary pleasure but eternal rewards from Christ for serving Him

Jesus gives them warnings about persecution and leaving one location for another

Jesus gives initial instructions to the 12 disciples going out to minister in Israel

Jesus shows compassion to the lost of Israel and sends out his 12 disciples, here named, to minister to them

When we receive Christ as savior, we are justified (declared righteous). The Holy Spirit comes to live in us and gives us the power to live a godly life showing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives.

Jesus healed 2 blind men followed by a man who was unable to speak. But the Pharisees attriobuted the healing to working together with Satan

En route to healing Jairus' daughter, Jesus healed a woman with 12 years of vaginal bleeding who trusted in him. He removed all the men from the house, took Peter, James and John and the parents and raised the daughter from the dead. 

Jesus called Matthew who immediately folloowed him. Matthew calls his friends and eats with Jesus and his disciples.

Jesus heals a paralytic let down through the roof. He forgave sins and proved it by having him stand and walk home

Demons recognize Jesus and are terrified; he permits their request to go into pigs, who all die in water. 

Jesus calms a storm and tells his disciples to believe and trust him

Two men offered to follow Jesus, but not immediately  with their hard hearts. Jesus moved on without them after giving them the need of total commitment

The Old Testament brought concemnation and death because it showed the will of God but did not give the individual the ability to keep the law of God. The Old Testament was glorious, and even Moses' face glowed after meeting with God. But that glory faded away and he covered his face with a veil. The New Testament is more glorious, because Jesus Christ paid our sin debt and enabled us to become freed from sin; the veil separating us from God was taken away.

Jesus healed all sorts of sickness and demonic affliction

A Roman centurion asked Jesus for healing, but when Jesus said that he would come to heal the servant who was sick, the centurion said that he could just say the word and the man would be healed. Jesus wodered at his faith, which was greater than anyone in Israel, and said that some gentiles would join the patriarchs in the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus touched a leper and healed him

The wise man built his house upon the rock; the foolish man built on sand