Though it started small, with time and cultural permeation the Kingdom has a promising and enormous Christ-exalting conclusion.

The Kingdom present will include both belief and unbelief; but this will not always be. The end of the age will bring the judgment of all peoples.

The Kingdom purposes of God were not and will not be thwarted by rejection and false belief toward Jesus, though these will be a part of the church until He returns.

Blessed are those with eyes that see, ears that hear, and hearts that understand!

Everyone relates to Jesus...everyone.

Character, not environment, drives our conduct. Jesus is concerned with the inside–the heart of man–for He knows that from the heart the mouth speaks.

God sovereignly accomplishes His gracious plans.

To be ignorant of Jesus is to reject Jesus, but to know His fullness and deny Him is to be rejected by Jesus!

Christ's death is not only the ultimate example of humility, but also the ultimate cause for humility.

Conflict is the constant theme in Matthew 12, but there is a glorious hope in this Sabbath conflict–Jesus Christ.