What is Jesus worth?
Pastor Jim Fikkert
When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.” | 1-2 As we enter back into Matthew we are doing it at the point when His teaching ministry has been […]
Sheep and Goats
Pastor Jim Fikkert
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ 25.40 Jesus ends his fourth major section of teaching on the end of the age with a sobering description of final judgment. At His first coming, […]
Being Prepared
Pastor Jim Fikkert
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 25.21 Jesus teaches another parable about the end of the age. The emphasis of the story is on the long journey of a landowner. […]
A Thief in the Night
Pastor Jim Fikkert
But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 24.36 Every few years a well-meaning Christian leader claims to have ‘seen the signs’ and makes a declaration of Jesus’ return. Every time, the date and time passes, the followers are bewildered, and […]
Abomnation and Desolation
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. Matthew 24:21-22 Much of chapter 24 […]
It will happen
Pastor Jim Fikkert
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. 24.13-14 False prophets, some even claiming to be the Savior, international conflict, violent persecution of Christians, natural and economic disasters will constantly be present […]
God’s plan unfolding
Pastor Jim Fikkert
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 23.27 In contrast to the woes earlier in the chapter, Jesus laments over Jerusalem—the city […]
Discipleship and Church-Planting
Derek Fekkes
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And […]
The Law of love
Brian MacSwan
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 22.37-39 The verbal challenges seeking trap Jesus in controversy continue. The […]
The Problem of Pharisees
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. 23.27 Jesus’ woes are the angry laments of wounded love, incited by compassion for those whom religious leaders have led astray (see 23:37). Second-century rabbis, probably passing […]
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