Matthew 2:12-18, Matthew 8:5-13 – weeping and gnashing of teeth
Matthew 13:36-43
II Peter 3:9-12 – Our obedience brings the end
Colossians 1:20-29 – Never leave the position of faith
Mark 14:22
Matthew 2:12-18, Matthew 8:5-13 – weeping and gnashing of teeth
Matthew 13:36-43
II Peter 3:9-12 – Our obedience brings the end
Colossians 1:20-29 – Never leave the position of faith
Mark 14:22
The narrow gate – it’s narrow because it runs counter to human inclinations
Matthew 7:13-14, Matthew 25:10-13
Isaiah 55:6-9, Habb. 1:12, Isaiah 59:1-2, 5
Luke 13:22-30, Luke 9, Luke 18:9-14
The tree is a metaphor for the human race
Matthew 3:8-10 – The human race is dead.
Matthew 7:15-17, Jude 10-12 , Revelation 7:1-3, Rev. 9:4
Fowls lodge in the branches – spirit world, evil/ demonic spirits
vs. 20-21 – leavens the whole lump
I Cor. 5:1-7, Galatians 4:8-5:16 – Re: Leaven
More on Parable of the Mustard Seed
Matthew 13:31-32, Matthew 17:14-21
The mustard seed knows it’s a mustard seed. We experience our identity as Christ when we lose self-awareness.
Luke 17:20-21, I Cor. 15:34-38
Mustard seed grows rapidly
Acts 6:1-7 – increased=grew
I Cor. 3:5-6 – God gave the increase (same word)
II Cor. 10:12-15 – Faith increased
Col. 2:4-19 – increase
Parable of the Mustard Seed
Matthew 13:24-33
1. Kingdom of heaven vs kingdom of earth
2. has seed
3. has growth
4. presence of evil
5. field or arena
6. has person of Christ
Mark 1:14-15 Kingdom of God is here now
Exekiel 17:22-24 Daniel 4
Mark 8:31-33 – Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. – He was speaking to and about Peter’s mind
Matthew 4:1-10 – vs. 4 was the mind of Christ. Satan appeared as his mind.
Acts 5:1-9 – their minds = SatanMatthew 6:9-13 – Lead us n0ot into temptation (i.e. inward, into our own minds)
Matthew 13:24-30 – Parable of the tares
Luke 13:15 – The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
watering – to infuse, satisfy either by water or being fed
I Cor. 3:1-2, 3-13 – fed is same word as watered in Luke
I Cor. 12:1-3, Revelation 14:6-13 – Contrast being soaked with the Word vs. the whore of Babylon
Healed – also means “made whole”
Isaiah 65:1-5 – hypocrisy
Exekiel 33:30-33 – To hear but not do
Romans 10:1-4 – includes establishing our own righteousness
Luke 18:9-14, John 8:1-11, II Peter 2:1-3, 9-22