matthew-16:19

With great joy this morning we come to the 10th chapter of Matthew. In our ongoing study of this marvelous, thrilling account of our Lord's life and ministry, we find ourselves beginning a new section, a new dimension, as we enter the 10th chapter. This chapter is marked in the first verse by the ca... Read More

Let's open our Bibles to Philippians chapter 3. I call your attention to our text this morning which is in verses 8 through 11...Philippians chapter 3 verses 8 through 11. Here Paul writes: More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord ... Read More

Now we come to the next in our series that we have been studying on the Charismatic movement. Tonight we want to talk about the subject, "What is True Spirituality?" In Romans 12:2 we find a good starting point for our thinking tonight, and that is this statement by the Apostle Paul, "Do not be conf... Read More

One of the great joys in our time of worship together is to study God's Word. How can we worship God unless we know who He is? How can we worship Him fully unless we worship Him in truth? And that truth comes to us through His Word. Let's open our Bibles to the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew's gos... Read More

I invite you again, this morning, to open your Bible, if you will, to the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew. We are again this week going back to what is becoming for us a familiar text, this great sermon of our Lord Jesus Christ on His own Second Coming that occupies chapter 24 and 25 of Matthew's g... Read More

Reading: Matt. 16:13-25; Luke 22:31-34. "Blessed art thou, Simon... My Father (hath revealed it unto thee)" (Matt. 16:17). "He... said unto Peter, Get thee behind Me, Satan" (Matt. 16:23). "Simon... Satan asked to have you... but I made supplication for thee" (Luke 22:31-32; A.S.V.). We have before ... Read More

Reading: Matthew 21:42-44; 1 Peter 2:7-10. These passages refer, as you see, to that very solemn and, in some respects, tragic thing: the truth that all that could and should have been the inheritance and the vocation of Israel was lost by them and to them because of their unbelief, and was transfer... Read More

Marks whereby the Assembly of God and the Table of the Lord were and are to be known. To Mr. J. G. Deck, Motueka, Nelson, N.Z. My Dear Brother, Our Lord searched the heart of Peter (in John 21: 15-17) with three questions, which brought up to Peter's mind the roots of his failure, rather than the ov... Read More

Cross-Bearing Arthur Pink "Jesus said unto His disciples—if any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me." Matthew 16:24 "Then said Jesus unto His disciples, if any man will"; the word "will" here means "desire to" just as in that verse, "If any will live god... Read More

Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles Darryl M. Erkel, 1998 "But you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them" (Jeremiah 45:5) The Lord Jesus, in His condemnation of the Pharisees recorded in Matthew 23, plainly forbids His followers from either giving or receiving honor... Read More