Matthew Chapter 26 (Fulfillment Around the Corner) Part 1 James wrapped up Matthew chapter 25 last Sunday which closed out Jesus’s teachings to the disciples on the Mount of Olives from chapters 24 and 25, James did a great job explaining Jesus’s teachings over how we can’t work our way into heaven,…

Matthew 25 : The Sheep and The Goats Matthew 25:31–46 is the conclusion of Christ's Olivet Discourse. The beginning of this section, “When the Son of man shall come in his glory”, connect this passage to His teaching about His return. The discourse began when the disciples asked Jesus: And as he sat…

Matthew 25 : The Parable of the Ten Virgins So what we’ve seen in chapter 24 is that Jesus tells His disciples that the temple will be destroyed and he answers their questions about the future. He warns that before His return there will be deception, wars, disasters, persecution, and a great tribulation,…

Matthew Chapter 24 Part 3 (Be Prepared) Part one of this chapter we saw Jesus explaining to the disciples of what NOT to look for as signs of the end times, Part two we saw what TO look for as signs of the end times, and even the true signs of the second return of the Messiah, The importance is that…

Matthew Chapter 24 Part 2 (The Signs of the End Times) Intro: We are going to be starting off this chapter right where we left off last Sunday, we went over the first part of this chapter with just one section, but in those 8 verses, I wanted us to really build the foundation and understanding of this…

Matthew Chapter 24 Part 1 (The Sorrows of the Time) Intro : We left off chapter 23 with Jesus leaving the temple after confronting the Pharisees as hypocrites, again, that meaning they were stage actors, portraying themselves as something they are not, They looked good on the outside, but inside they…

Matthew 23 : Part 3 - The Final Woes Matthew 23:27–39 concludes Jesus's condemnation of the scribes and Pharisees. He continues to exposes the difference between outward appearance and inward reality. He then mourns over Jerusalem's rejection of God's messengers, and explains that there is a coming judgment…

Matthew 23 Woes To Scribes And Pharisees The section of Matthew 23 that we will be going over today records part of Jesus' final public warning of the scribes and Pharisees during the last week before His crucifixion. In a series of eight "woes," Jesus exposes their religious hypocrisy for all to see.…

Matthew 23 Part 1: Jesus Speaks to the Multitudes So we left off at the end of chapter 22 where Jesus was approached by one of the Pharisees. This man was a "lawyer," meaning he was an expert in the Old Testament and its traditional interpretations. He tests Jesus by asking a simple question that was…

Matthew Chapter 22 Part 2 (The Living Word) We closed the first half of Chapter 22 with Christ preaching the 3rd parable to the Pharisees and the Herodian’s about the wedding banquet and we saw the verse from Christ, “ For many are called, but few are chosen” This is Matthew 22 verse 14, very powerful…