To combat spiritual forgetfulness, the LORD commands the people to establish a memorial to commemorate their deliverance into the Promised Land. This was so they might: I. II. Remember where, III. Remember when, and IV. Remember why. 

I. The deliverance of Jesus through death. II. The delight of Jesus in his people. III. The delight of his people in Jesus.

I. The Privilege of Discipline, vv5-8. III. The Purpose of Discipline, vv9-10. The Product of Discipline, v11. 

Jesus proclaims “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness." I. His approach. II. His affirmation. III. His rebuke. IV. His illustration.

I. The Christian life is like running a marathon race, vv1-2. II. The Christian life is like fighting in a cage fight, vv3-4. III. The Christian life is like being raised in a disciplinarian's home, vv5-6.

Jesus rebukes the scribes and Pharisees for playing fast and loose with God’s word, and leading others to do the same. 

I. Jesus reveals their faulty reasoning, vv16 and 18. II. Jesus rebukes their faulty reasoning, vv17 and 19. III. Jesus reorients their reasoning, vv20-22

If Jesus is raised from the dead then: I. He shows his power in our weakness II. He is our hope when we despair III. He reveals the eternal in light of the temporal.

This text summarizes both the extraordinary and ordinary ways that the Lord was at work in His church. The Lord at work: I. A persistent presence II. The reputation of the redeemed III. The supernatural work of the Spirit.

I. They haven’t entered the kingdom of heaven, v13. II. They hinder others from entering the kingdom of heaven, v13. III. They make hellish disciples, v15

I. The uncommon successes of faith in the Messiah, vv32-35a. II. The unvarnished sufferings of faith in the Messiah, vv35b-39. III. The society of faith in the Messiah, vv39-40.