[Matthew 13:44-46] “The Kingdom of heaven is like treasure in a field, which a man has found and covered up. Then in joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field” Matthew 13:44 In Matthew 13 we find Jesus teaching privately to His disciples. He has spent time preaching to the crowds […]
Category: Kingdom
Kingdom: Family
{Matthew 12:46-50} “For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother” Matthew 12:50 While Jesus is talking to the crowds his mother and brothers arrive to see Him. There’s a large crowd present. Jesus is inside speaking and the size of the crowd prevents Mary and the brothers of […]
Kingdom: Words
{Matthew 12:34-37} “For by your words you will be justified, and by your words will be condemned” Matthew 12:37 Jesus gives a firm warning about the power of our words. He is addressing the Pharisees who, in their evil opposition to the Kingdom, are now trying to discredit Jesus and claim He is only able to do […]
Kingdom: Rest
{Matthew 11:28-30} “Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” Matthew 11:28 Jesus spends more time preaching to the crowds that have started to follow His every move. And He gives them a call. He urges them to come to Him. It is a call that we as Kingdom […]
Kingdom:Witness
[Matthew 10:16-20,27-28] “What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops” Matthew 10:27 Jesus takes time to commission His disciples for the harvest labour of declaring the message of the Kingdom to all. They have spent time with Him, learning from Him, and now He is […]
Kingdom: Work
“The harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few” Matthew 9:37 Jesus begins moving through the region, preaching in synagogues along the way in all the surrounding cities and villages. The message of the Kingdom was spreading. And Jesus knew His time was limited. He knew the need was great. He knew where He was headed […]
Kingdom: Focus
{Matthew 9:9-13} “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick” Matthew 9:12 Jesus calls a tax collector Matthew to join Him in the Kingdom life. As a tax collector Matthew would have been ostracised. He was Jewish but collected money for the hated Roman Empire. And tax collectors were typically […]
Kingdom: Authority
{Matthew 8:23-27} “And the men marvelled, saying “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”” Matthew 8:27. The disciples and Jesus were on a boat crossing the Sea of Galilee when in the middle of the night a “great storm” hits. The disciples are petrified. They think this is it. And remember, […]
Kingdom: Sacrifice
[Matthew 8:18-27, 10:38-39] “And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” Matthew 10:38-39 After unpacking His Kingdom vision through the Sermon on the Mount and bringing Kingdom healing to many Jesus starts building […]
Kingdom: Healing
{Matthew 8:1-17, 9:1-8,18-34} “And he said to him, “I will come and heal him”” Matthew 8:7 We have made it past the Sermon on the Mount, and as Matthew continues his Gospel account of the life of Jesus and the establishment of the Kingdom he now takes time to share with us some of the things Jesus does. […]