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God gave His law to water the garden of Israel. The Pharisees turned this law into a blunt instrument with which to beat people, into a whip with which to scourge them, and into poison which turned the garden into a waterless desert. Moses came to bring Sabbath, to break the yoke of burden, and to let the slaves go free. Jesus likewise has come to the weary and heavy laden to offer rest, while the...

For true worship to happen, two things are required; revelation and response. God in his goodness has given everyone the gift of general revelation. The way we see order, beauty, and consistency in the world points to an intelligent and omnipotent Creator whose sovereign hand is orchestrating even the smallest details. Thus, all creation declares his glory and is constantly pointing towards its Ma...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

After several rounds of questioning, Christ now assumes the role of prosecutor. It is time for the Pharisees to dress for action and to give an answer. Their many attacks have been easily answered by Christ, and now He silences them with a single question. Their answer shows that there is a profound difference between being familiar with the content of the Bible and encountering God in the Bible....

A church building should never function like a retirement home for God's people. It should never be a country club or a member's only community center for people leading comfortable lives. A church building and sanctuary should be a point of heavenly attack in the world, a place where God's people are cleaned and fed and strengthened before flooding out into the world like the fulfillment of Ezeki...

The Pharisees were so consumed with arcane debates over the law that they lost focus of what the law is meant to show. Generation after generation had missed the point that Moses so clearly explained to them in the Shema (Deut. 6:4-9); that God is one and that we ought to obey Him with every part of our being. Rather than helping them obey God's law from the heart, their customs had become a thick...

In today's text, the Sadducees attempt to show that levirate marriage makes the idea of resurrection absurd. Christ's opposition to their argument is both abrupt and insightful. The very provision of levirate marriage points to the resurrection itself. If God gave a law which provided hope that life could indeed continue for a dying, childless man, hope that his name would live on, does that not i...

Matthew is committed to showing his readers the significance of Christ's final week in Jerusalem. Everything has come to a boiling point over who Jesus is. While the priests, elders, Pharisees and Herodians link arms in their opposition, Christ has set His face like flint on this city. Christ's claims to authority are total claims. He is not only Lord over Jerusalem; He is Lord over all. Christ is...

It is a great joy for a father to host a feast in honour of his son. The Father sent Jesus Christ to save the world. The reunification of heaven and earth should be cause for the most joyous banquet, yet the people who were to receive their Messiah were too busy with their trivial day-to-day affairs, too caught up in themselves, and too impressed with their self-sufficiency to show up. Others beca...

The vineyard in today's parable is the kingdom of God; everywhere that God's rule and reign is acknowledged. Christ has shown us that He is the legitimate heir to this kingdom, and that all who oppose Him will be cast out and put to a miserable death. These wicked tenants will be replaced by those who see that both their work and the fruit of their work are given by grace, and who cheerfully retur...

In today's text, an encounter that starts as a challenge to Christ's authority ends not only with His complete vindication, but also with the humiliation of His opponents. Jesus does not evade or change subjects, but simply assumes the authority He has been challenged on, and uses it so wisely that His opponents condemn themselves. Jesus's authority comes from heaven, and this is revealed in a pub...

Christ has entered Jerusalem in the final week of His life. The city that should stand ready to receive her Messiah has proven to be His most stubborn opponent. The curse on the fig tree serves as a lasting memorial to what happens to all those who are likewise all show and no substance. Those who profess Christ but do not possess Christ are headed to a similar outcome. Christ is committed to remo...

The worship of the living God is a long war for the cosmos. Every Lord's Day morning the future of the world is being determined by how God's people approach the heavenly city. God continues to shake the earth until His kingdom is all that remains. Every Lord's Day we participate in this shaking by besieging the gates of Hades in song, prayer, and the preaching of God's Word. This is a joyful yet...

To be Baptist is to be invested in the health of the local church. Baptist life is marked by a robust congregationalism as well as an emphasis on believers baptism being grounded in the nature of the new covenant. Neither of these things guarantee perfect outcomes, but congregationalism and believer's baptism are designed to safeguard the peace and purity of the church. Governance at the local chu...

To be Reformed is to take every thought captive to obey Christ the King (2 Cor. 10:5). It is a rock-ribbed commitment to interpret every historical event, every human endeavour, every corporate worship service, every personal experience, and every doctrine through the lens of God's glory. In salvation, we see that God saves us from Himself, for Himself, and by Himself. In redemptive history, we se...