Matthew's Gospel

Go Learn What This Means Approaching, Appreciating, and Applying the Message and Mission of God 1. Observation — What did God say? 2. Interpretation — What did God mean? 3. Application — How must this change me? 4. Communication — How do I share and show it faithfully? 5. Edification — How does this build up the body? 6. Evangelization — How does this point lost people to Jesus? 7. Glorification —...

With Him — Not Just Around Him Teaching Summary This message centers on the transformative power of faith rooted in the unshakable promises of God, drawing from 1 Peter 1:3–9 and key passages in Matthew to emphasize that genuine faith, though tested by trials, produces a joy that is inexpressible and full of glory. It underscores that true discipleship involves being not merely present with Christ...

Beware of Little Faith and Leaven Guarding the Heart from Legalism, Liberalism, and Loose Living This sermon centers on Jesus' warning to His disciples about the 'leaven' of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herod—symbolizing hypocrisy, legalism, liberalism, and worldly compromise—each representing spiritual influences that distort truth and hinder genuine faith. Drawing from Matthew 16 and related pa...

See — I've Told You Beforehand The word centers on the imperative of prioritizing a personal relationship with Jesus above all else, emphasizing that true blessing and clarity come not from seeking God's will apart from His presence, but from abiding in Him through faith, obedience, and continual pursuit of His face. Drawing from Matthew 25 and Romans 8:28–30, it teaches that God works all things...

The Sign of The Son of Man The sermon centers on the biblical promise of Christ's return, emphasizing that His second coming—foreshadowed in Daniel's vision of the Son of Man—will be sudden, visible, and triumphant, fulfilling the redemptive work He began in His life, death, resurrection, and ascension. Drawing from Matthew 24 and Daniel 7, it underscores that Jesus, as the Son of Man, is the divi...

Who's Writing Your Story? The message unfolds a profound theological narrative centered on God's redemptive sovereignty, illustrated through the story of Ruth and the broader biblical arc from Lot to the Messiah. It emphasizes God's perfect, permissive, providential, and prescriptive will, showing how He sovereignly has written, reorders, and orchestrates even human failure and foreign origins—suc...

"What is Truth?" The setting can be found in Matthew 27 and John 18-19. In this teaching we used John's account to unfold the profound truth that Jesus is the ultimate embodiment of divine truth, whose kingdom operates not through earthly power but through sacrificial love and divine sovereignty. Drawing from John 18, it emphasizes that Pilate's question, 'What is truth?' reveals humanity's inabil...

WHAT HE SAID VS. WHAT GOD SAID The insight found in John's message helps us crossover to Matthew 26 and center on the paradox of divine purpose revealed through human ignorance, exemplified by Caiaphas's unwitting prophecy that Jesus would die for the nation—misunderstood by him as a political sacrifice to preserve Jewish autonomy, yet fulfilled by God as a redemptive act for all believers, both J...

HE WILL GATHER, WHO HE GAVE The clear insights found in John's gospel can be clearly seen in both John and Matthew message (Matthew 25 and 26). This message centers on the divine orchestration of salvation, emphasizing God's sovereign act of giving—both the Father giving people to the Son and the Son giving eternal life to them—throughout Scripture, particularly in John 17. It highlights how this...

Why We Often Fail to See Him The message centers on the spiritual danger of allowing worldly influences—symbolized by the 'leaven' of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herod—to shape one's thinking, even among those who have witnessed miracles. Drawing from Matthew 16, it emphasizes that Jesus' warning was not about physical bread but about the corrupting influence of religious hypocrisy, legalism, an...

Glory, glory. All right, well, let's jump in the word then. We are up to what, chapter 14 in Matthew, but we can be anywhere. Anywhere. I tell you, when you read these things and you follow up and you go read them somewhere else in another gospel or another place, it brings up Jonah and Nineveh and different things. You go look and you look at this and look at that. You start piling up. or writing...

Moved With Compassion The sermon centers on Jesus as the compassionate Shepherd who came not only to save His people from their sins but to govern, guide, and guard them through His presence, teachings, and healing power. Drawing from Matthew 1:21, 2:6, and 9:35–36, it emphasizes that Jesus' mission was to bring the gospel of the kingdom, heal every sickness, and move with deep compassion toward t...

Christ's Cost of Followship The message centers on the radical cost of followship, emphasizing that true followship requires total allegiance, not merely nominal belief. It highlights Jesus' repeated insistence that no one can be His disciple without hating family, self, and worldly attachments—not out of hatred, but as a call to supreme loyalty, illustrated through His demand to 'take up the cros...

Unprepared and Uprooted The teaching centers on the enduring contrast between the righteous and the wicked, rooted in divine planting and spiritual foundation, drawing from Proverbs 12 and Jesus' teaching in Matthew 15. It emphasizes that true stability and life come only from being planted by God, as opposed to self-reliant or worldly foundations, which will ultimately be uprooted. The message un...

"LET GOD BE TRUE" The message centers on the radical followship demanded by Jesus, emphasizing that true followers must take up their cross, die to self, and unashamedly confess Christ, even at the cost of relational or societal conflict. It underscores that Jesus' mission was not to bring earthly peace but a spiritual sword that divides, exposing the world's sin and calling for repentance, as see...

When It Pleased the Father The simple message centers on the sovereign revelation of God, emphasizing that true knowledge of the Father and the Son is not attained through human wisdom or pride but is divinely granted to humble believers—'babes' who are open to divine revelation. It highlights the mutual, exclusive knowledge between the Father and the Son, where the Father reveals the Son to whom...

The Sermon The Sermon on the Mount presents a transformative vision of kingdom living, calling believers to a deeper righteousness that transcends mere external obedience by confronting the heart's intentions. Jesus establishes a pattern of gathering and teaching, emphasizing that true discipleship involves a radical reorientation of thought and behavior, rooted in the grace of God revealed in His...

The Perfect Substitute and Example The sermon centers on the divine providence and eternal faithfulness of God, revealed through the genealogical record of Jesus Christ in Matthew's Gospel, which establishes His rightful lineage as both the promised Messiah and the Son of God. It emphasizes that Jesus' virgin birth, legal adoption through Joseph, and inclusion of morally flawed ancestors—including...

Appreciating His Worth and Cause The sermon centers on the transformative call to discipleship, emphasizing that Jesus Christ is the ultimate revelation of God, through whom all divine communication is now directed. Drawing from Hebrews 1, the Sermon on the Mount, and Luke 11, it establishes that God's final and definitive word is spoken in His Son, who is the eternal expression of divine glory, t...

HIDDEN IN HIM The teaching centers on the profound truth that God is our hiding place, light, strength, and deliverance, drawing from Psalm 27, Zephaniah, and the lineage of Christ in Matthew to emphasize divine refuge amid life's trials. It highlights the necessity of abiding in God's presence, not merely in physical places but in the eternal, spiritual reality of His dwelling, where discernment,...

Everybody's Taking a Stand The sermon centers on the contrasting responses to the birth of Jesus as recorded in Matthew 2, highlighting four distinct groups: the Magi who journeyed from afar in faith, symbolizing those who actively seek and surrender to Christ; King Herod, who opposed Jesus out of fear and self-preservation; the people of Jerusalem, who were disturbed not by spiritual awakening bu...

Rest — In the Work The message emphasizes that true rest isn't found in inactivity, but in a deep intimacy with God, learning from Him, and participating in His agenda. Drawing from Scripture, particularly Matthew 11:28 and Psalm 3, it explores the concept of a yoke, illustrating that partnering with Jesus transforms burdens into blessings and provides a peace that transcends circumstances. The me...

Learn and Love This message centers around Jesus' command in Matthew 9:13 and 12:7 — "Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice." We will emphasizes that God values long-lasting, loyal love and mercy over ritualistic religious acts. This mercy is not only beneficial to others but also glorifies God. It's a "useful goodness" that reveals the heart of the gospel. Using Hosea 6:6...

"Out of Season, Maybe" "Out of Season, Maybe — But We're Not in The Dark" He wants us to know, but what we know doesn't always have to make sense — until it does. He is into the details... and we find it all, just as He said, when we show up to the right place, looking for the right things, among the right people for the right reasons. The God of details... glory! And He rode an unbroken donkey li...

"He Wants YOU To Know…" What He said… Who He said it to… Why He said it… How He said it… When He said it… The way He said it… What He meant when He said what He said… Who, what, how, when, and why to look for Him, this, that, them, and everything else in life. He wants us to know… more than you or I can truly fathom, for several eternal reasons. "See, I have told you beforehand…" Matthew 24:25 Kno...