By Brice C. Craig
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Discourse: “Causing to Sin”
Reference: Matthew 18:5-9; Mark 9:42-50
Theme: The Awful Seriousness of Sin and a Warning not to be a Stumbling Block to Anyone
Context: Jesus had a Little Child stand among them; concerning who is the Greatest in the Kingdom
Matthew 18:5-9
And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! If your hand or your foot causes you to sin cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.”
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Discourse: “Whoever is not Against Us is for Us”
Reference: Mark 9:38-41; Luke 9:49-50
Theme: Either we are for Jesus or Against Him
Context: Jesus was Instructing His Disciples at a House in Capernaum
Mark 9:38-41
“Teacher,” said John, “we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us. I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward.
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Discourse: “The Greatest in the Kingdom”
Reference: Matthew 18:1-4; Mark 9:33-37; Luke 9:46-48; 22:24-27
Theme: If you want to be Considered Greatest in the Kingdom of God – Be Servant of All
Context: As the Disciples were Partaking of the Last Supper with Jesus a Dispute Broke Out
Luke 22:24-27
Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
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Discourse: “The Temple Tax”
Reference: Matthew 17:24-27
Theme: God is our Source and the Lord is not limited to meet all of our needs – Easy for Him
Context: Shortly after arriving at Capernaum, Peter is asked about Jesus paying the Temple Tax
Mathew 17:24-27
After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” “Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes — from their own sons or from others?” “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”
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Discourse: “Cost of Following Jesus”
Reference: Matthew 16:24-28; Mark 8:34-38; Luke 9:23-27
Theme: Being a Disciple of Jesus Christ is a Total Commitment just as He is Totally Committed to us
Context: Jesus was explaining to His Disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and be Crucified
Mark 8:34-38
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
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Discourse: “The Yeast of the Pharisees”
Reference: Matthew 16:5-12; Mark 8:14-21; Luke 12:1-3
Theme: Sober Warning to be on Guard against the Error of False Teaching and Subtleties of Legalism
Context: Jesus and the Disciples just had an Encounter with the Pharisees and Sadducees
Matthew 16:5-12
When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread. “Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” They discussed this among themselves and said, “It is because we didn’t bring any bread.” Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, “You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread? Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? How is it you don’t understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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Discourse: “The Signs of the Times”
Reference: Matthew 16:1-4; Luke 12:54-56
Theme: It was Already Self-Evident that Jesus was the Messiah by His Ministry
Context: The Religious Leaders looked for Jesus to Test Him as the Messiah with a Demonstration
Luke 12:54-56
He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does. And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?”
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Discourse: “Clean and Unclean”
Reference: Matthew 15:1-20; Mark 7:1-23
Theme: Obeying God’s Word and having a New Heart through Regeneration Makes a Man Clean
Context: Pharisees came from Jerusalem to Scrutinize Jesus in the Vicinity of Capernaum
Mark 7:1-5
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were “unclean,” that is, unwashed. (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.) So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with ‘unclean’ hands?”
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Discourse: “A Prophet without Honor”
Reference: Matthew 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6
Theme: We Limit God with our Lack of Faith from Performing His Perfect Will in our Lives
Context: Jesus Returned to Minister to His Hometown of Nazareth
Mark 6:1-6
Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him, that he even does miracles! Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their lack of faith.
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Discourse: “The Sign of Jonah”
Reference: Matthew 12:38-42; Luke 11:29-32
Theme: The Greatest Sign for Mankind is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead
Context: Jesus was at a Synagogue on the Sabbath Teaching the People
Matthew 12:38-42
Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you.” He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here. The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here.”
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