A lawyer approaches Jesus after various antagonistic factions try their best to humiliate Jesus, but fail. He has seen how well he has dealt with these verbal traps, and asks his own question. His response to Jesus answers is that he is not far from the Kingdom.
Blind beggars begin to cry out, and Jesus will stop a large festive crowd, and ask simply what do you want? The answers is obvious, but there is also a lesson in what do we want, really?
James and John seek the places of greatest honor in what they see as the coming Kingdom, but it is a lesson in humility and understanding just what is discipleship.
Here is a look at the little parable of the vineyard owner who goes into town and continuously heirs more workers. But at the end of the day pay all. Regardless of how long they worked exactly the same. It is a lesson in God’s grace.
Dr. Wyatt look carefully at the story of the rich young ruler, who ask what he must do to gain the Kingdom. Our Lord will ask of him what he sees as most precious. It is a look at what might be our “idols.”
This is an exposition of what our Lord says about marriage, divorce, and what is the ideal. It is what marriage is suppose to be.
Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath? The answer should not be difficult, unless one is only in the business of finding something to accuse some one of. To reject such obvious truth reveals that you don’t know Jesus.
If the judgment on Chorazin and Bethsaida, will make that judgment on Tyre and Sidon more tolerable, what will that make the judgment on us, and our societies when so many abused, denigrated, and dismissed the message of our Lord?
John the Baptist is deep in a dungeon, and obviously begins to doubt that the Messiah is bringing judgment upon his abusers, and on the hypocrisy of the Jewish religious leaders. Is Jesus then the expected one? Jesus’ answer is one for the ages.
Continuing with our Lord’s preparatory preaching on discipleship, we learn that there are “demands” that are often difficult, and are we able to actually be worthy of serving our Lord.