Matthew Chapter 12 (A House Divided) Intro: We saw in the first half of chapter 12 how the Pharisees were so caught up in the law that they completely are missing the fact that God in the flesh, Christ is right in front of them. I thought James did an awesome explanation on why it’s important at not…

OPENING PRAYER BY BROTHER TIM DIXON “Rescue Story” by Zach Williams The Ordination of Zachary Earl Cox As many of you know, over the past year Zach has been regularly teaching in our church, he has been helping to run our bible study and discussion group, and has been stepping up to assist with whatever…

Matthew 12 Part 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. The Sabbath—called shabbat in Hebrew—is the seventh day of the week, designated as the day God rested in the Genesis. Israelites were prohibited…

Matthew Chapter 11 (Christ’s Affirmation) Intro James covered at the end of last chapter Christ giving His disciples the great mission, the mission we should still hold too to this day. Pay attention to the title of this lesson. There are 2 different meanings of the word affirm. 1. To state as a fact;…

Matthew 10 So last week we saw Jesus call the 12 disciples to Him and grant them the power and authority to cast out demons and to heal sickness. This was the beginning of the great commission that is still the objective the church has to this day. Now in the first part of chapter 10, the disciples were…

Matthew Chapter 10 (The disciples mission) Intro: We left off last Sunday, James wrapped up chapter 9 here in Matthew, and we saw Jesus and His disciples further spreading the Gospel and Christ performing miracles that could only be described as the powers of God, but yet Pharisees said , “ He casteth…

Matthew 9 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. When this says “his own city” it is referring to Capernaum on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the…

Matthew Chapter 8 (The Living Word) Intro: We’ve been reading through the last couple of chapters in Matthew, studying and learning about Jesus’s sermon on the mount, As James wrapped up our study in chapter 7 last Sunday we saw the importance of the golden rule. Treat others how you want to be treated,…

Matthew 7 : Ask, Seek, Knock So far in the Sermon on the Mount, the themes have been more about the spiritual life (attitudes in giving, prayer, fasting, materialism, and anxiety over material things). Now we will see Jesus touch on the way we should treat others. Remember that Jesus called for a righteousness…

Matthew Chapter 6 (Necessities from God) Intro: A couple of Sunday’s ago James went over the 1st half of Matthew Chapter 6, and we saw the Sermon of Jesus on the Mount, and how Christ was teaching us the instructions on prayer, and fasting and how to approach them, This morning, going over the last half…