Mysteries of the Kingdom
Dr. John Neufeld unpacks Matthew 11-13 in this 20-message series. These three chapters will give us an insight into one of the great mysteries that every single Christian must understand: how is it possible to believe that Jesus is King when so many other people seem to have authority that don’t submit to Jesus.
By nature, all of us are bad trees producing toxic fruit. And then once being born again our hearts must be constantly pruned until we reach our home.
A sign will never solve the problem with our unbelief. The problem is not the lack of evidence, it is the moral condition of our heart.
You aren’t a Christian because you were born into a Christian home or even that you were baptized. You are a Christian as you bend the knee, call Jesus Christ Lord and God and surrender your life into His hands.
What does all of it mean today? At the very least the message of the gospel continues to go out but have you noticed how varied the results really are?
I think we can honestly say if we refuse grace it is because we have willingly chosen to refuse grace. But If we embrace grace it is because God has willingly chosen to open our eyes
Why do some fall away? His answer; there was something defective from the start. Even though their conversion looked so real to us the hidden underlying cause of their action is that the soil of their heart was unprepared.
Matthew, as an eye witness of Jesus and as a man chosen by Jesus to be one of His ambassadors to the world wrote this book to give compelling evidence that Jesus really is the long anticipated Messiah, who brought the Kingdom of God to earth
Capernaum has now been visited by hundreds of millions of people because Jesus made that place His home town. But the people who lived there and saw Him had no idea that they were standing at ground zero of the most profound moment not in Jewish history but in human history.
Satan knows the power of the church and so it is within the church that he best works. It is one thing to bring persecution from the outside, it is quite another when it arises from within.