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Matthew 4:18-22 – Come, Follow Me (Part 2)
B. The call to evangelism This brings us to the second part of the transformation of a disciple. First, there is the call to follow Jesus, but when you begin…
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Matthew 4:18-22 – Come, Follow Me (Part 1)
In this passage we see Jesus calling His first disciples: Peter, Andrew, James and John. All four were in the midst of working, Peter and Andrew throwing their nets, James…
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Matthew 4:12-17 – The Light Has Come (Part 2)
III. Jesus’s Message Verse 17 brings us to Jesus’s message. There we read, “From that time Jesus began to preach and say, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at…
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Matthew 4:12-17 – The Light Has Come (Part 1)
I. Jesus’s Movement to Capernaum Capernaum was located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee (technically a lake), the nearest village to the Jordan River on the side…
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Matthew 4:1-11 – Overcoming Temptation with the Truth (Part 3)
III. The Temptation on the Mountain Satan finally comes to Jesus in the last of these three great temptations. He is pouring out his lies upon the Son of God…
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Matthew 4:1-11 – Overcoming Temptation with the Truth (Part 2)
II. The Temptation on the Temple The Lord is next brought into Jerusalem from the desert. Satan takes him into the holy city, into the very center of it, the…
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Matthew 4:1-11 – Overcoming Temptation with the Truth (Part 1)
Jesus now goes to do battle with the devil. The battle is not to be engaged between two equals, but between the Almighty Creator and the devil. He might be…
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Matthew 3:13-17 – The Commencement of Jesus’s Ministry
This passage marks the inauguration of Jesus’s ministry. His baptism was the marker for its commencement because it included the significant occasion of revealing His role as Messiah to the…
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Matthew 3:1-12 – John the Baptist’s Call to Repentance (Part 3)
III. The Actuality of Judgment Understanding the actuality of judgment and its characteristics should cause some different responses. If you have called upon the name of the Lord and been…
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Matthew 3:1-12 – John the Baptist’s Call to Repentance (Part 2)
II. The Authenticity of Repentance There are several characteristics that define authentic repentance in this passage. As we learned in the last section, repentance means literally “to change one’s mind.”…