A new MP3 sermon from Bread of Life Fellowship is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:
Title: A Mixed Reception
Subtitle: Messiah in Matthew
Speaker: Pastor Joseph LoSardo
Broadcaster: Bread of Life Fellowship
Event: Sunday Service
Date: 9/17/2017
Bible: Matthew 13:53-14:36
Length: 56 min.
Overview: Having concluded the parabolic discourse of chapter 13, now the parables become history as we will look at five narratives - Jesus- rejection at Nazareth -13-53-58-, the beheading of John -14-1-12-, the feeding of the 5000 -14-13-21-, walking on water -14-22-33-, and healing in Gennesaret -14-34-36-. In these narratives we will find a mixed reception on the part of different people which occurs any time a people are confronted with Jesus Christ. As the parable of the sower has just illustrated -13-1-9-, some people despise and reject the gospel -the seed that falls on the path-, and some embrace and believe -the fourth, fertile soil-. ----Matthew introduces this section by contrasting the people-s rejection of Jesus and John the Baptist, based upon mistaken assessments as to their identity -13-53-14-12-. While the responses of Herod-s beheading of John and Jesus- rejection by his hometown can be likened to the seed that falls on the path, it is the surprising response of those -outsiders- of Gennesaret of absolute acceptance, that provides an historic fulfillment of the receptive fertile soil of the parable. Those who despise and reject Christ usually do so based on a misunderstanding of the nature of His Person and work -an incorrect Christology-- alternatively, when people receive Christ, it is because He has revealed His true nature to them.