3. Saved from certain judgment (vv. 30-32)

Several questions come up from these verses and most we cannot answer with certainty. 

Why do the demons want to stay?  Why do they beg to go into pigs?  Why does Jesus grant their request? 

Matthew 8:30...

3. Saved from certain judgment (vv. 30-32) Several questions come up from these verses and most we cannot answer with certainty.  Why do the demons want to stay?  Why do they beg to go into pigs?  Why does Jesus grant their request?  Matthew 8:30 says the pigs were in sight, “at some distance from them”...

Matthew 8:28-34 – “Saved from Satan”

Intro:  Every Christian, new or old should memorize this promise. 

ESV  1 John 4:4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for ahe who is in you is greater than bhe who is in the...

Matthew 8:28-34 – “Saved from Satan” Intro:  Every Christian, new or old should memorize this promise.  ESV  1 John 4:4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for ahe who is in you is greater than bhe who is in the world. “…greater is he who is in you than he who...

Intro:  JC Ryle is one of my favorite puritan from church history.    

Lived, 1816 to 1900.

Oxford graduate, 38 years pastoring in rural England, the Bishop of Liverpool.

“An iron fist in a velvet glove.”

“Let us mark well this lesson. ...

Intro:  JC Ryle is one of my favorite puritan from church history.     Lived, 1816 to 1900. Oxford graduate, 38 years pastoring in rural England, the Bishop of Liverpool. “An iron fist in a velvet glove.” “Let us mark well this lesson.  If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our...

Intro: We have been learning about the healing miracles of Jesus.

A Leper, Centurion’s slave, Peter’s mother-in-law, and the masses.

But let us take into account the miracle of conversion.

Every conversion is a miracle, a supernatural act of...

Intro: We have been learning about the healing miracles of Jesus. A Leper, Centurion’s slave, Peter’s mother-in-law, and the masses. But let us take into account the miracle of conversion. Every conversion is a miracle, a supernatural act of God. For some, this miracle is more evident than others.   Matthew’s conversion could be listed...

“Heaven’s Home” - Matthew 8:14-17

Intro: To catch us back up, Matthew offers a series of healings (cf. Mt. 8). 

There are reasons for that.

 

We are learning more and more about Jesus.

Verses 1-4, Jesus heals a man with leprosy.

Verses...

“Heaven’s Home” – Matthew 8:14-17 Intro: To catch us back up, Matthew offers a series of healings (cf. Mt. 8).  There are reasons for that.   We are learning more and more about Jesus. Verses 1-4, Jesus heals a man with leprosy. Verses 5-13, Jesus heals the Centurion’s servant.   Now in our text, Jesus...