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What Did You Expect?
Pastor Alex Sands, Kingdom Life Church
Series: The King and His Kingdom (Gospel of Matthew)
July 4, 2021
Matthew 8:14–22 ESV
14 And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. 16 That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.” 18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19 And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22 And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
Peter’s mother-in-law’s healing coincides with the theme of Matthew 8:1-15: The Kingdom of God is accessible to society’s outsiders and outcasts .
Mark 1:33 ESV
33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door.
Luke 4:40 ESV
40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.
Don’t fear going to Him, because:
1. No problem is too hard for the Lord to solve.
2. No individual is too broken for the Lord to heal.
Hebrews 4:16 ESV
16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
The scribe’s intent to follow Jesus meant he decided to become His disciple: someone committed to being with Jesus, learning from Him, and doing the things He did.
Jesus says His disciples must come with:
1. No preconditions .
2. No rivals .
Matthew 16:24 ESV
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Luke 14:26 ESV
26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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What Did You Expect?
Pastor Alex Sands, Kingdom Life Church
Series: The King and His Kingdom (Gospel of Matthew)
July 4, 2021
Matthew 8:14–22 ESV
14 And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. 16 That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.” 18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19 And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22 And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
Peter’s mother-in-law’s healing coincides with the theme of Matthew 8:1-15: The Kingdom of God is accessible to society’s outsiders and outcasts .
Mark 1:33 ESV
33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door.
Luke 4:40 ESV
40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.
Don’t fear going to Him, because:
1. No problem is too hard for the Lord to solve.
2. No individual is too broken for the Lord to heal.
Hebrews 4:16 ESV
16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
The scribe’s intent to follow Jesus meant he decided to become His disciple: someone committed to being with Jesus, learning from Him, and doing the things He did.
Jesus says His disciples must come with:
1. No preconditions .
2. No rivals .
Matthew 16:24 ESV
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Luke 14:26 ESV
26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.