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Verse 22:2
The kingdom of
heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for
his son,
kingdom
(See Scofield "Matthew 3:2")
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Verse 22:7
But
when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth
his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their
city.
burned
Fulfilled as to Jerusalem A.D. 70. Luke
21:20-24.
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Verse 22:9
Go ye
therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid
to the marriage.
go ye
The world-wide call. Matthew
28:16-20; Revelation
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Verse 22:15
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might
entangle him in his talk.
Then went
In the different classes, vs. Matthew
23:15-40. Jesus meets representatives of all Israel,
Pharisees, Sadducees.
Herodians. (See Scofield "Matthew 3:7")
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For them, silenced but unrepentant, no message is left
but "woe." Matthew
23:1-39.
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Verse 22:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of God.
ye do err
Or, ye deceive yourselves, etc. Jesus' answer gives the
three incapacities of the rationalist: self-deception, Romans
1:21,22, ignorance of the spiritual content of
Scripture, Acts
13:27, disbelief in the intervention of divine power, 2 Peter
3:5-9.
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Verse 22:30
For
in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
angels
(See Scofield "Hebrews 1:4")
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Verse 22:35
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question,
tempting him, and saying,
lawyer
(Greek - nomikos [nomiko/v] ," "of the law";
occurs also Luke
7:30; 10:25;
11:45,46,52;
Luke
14:3; Titus
3:13. Except in the last instance, "lawyer" is another
name for "scribe."
(See Scofield "Matthew 2:4")
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3:13 the term has the modern meaning.
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Verse 22:41
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
asked them
Cf. Matthew
21:24; John
19:7 Jesus' question is not personal but doctrinal:
"Whose son is the Messiah?" Cf. ; Acts
2:25-36; Romans
1:3,4.
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Verse 18.
Why Tempt Ye Me?
Temptation. Matthew 26:41.
(Cf. Gen. 3:1; James 1:14.)
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Matthew 22:23
Resurrection
Matthew 23:28-31
Matthew 27:52, 53.
(Job 19:25; 1 Cor. 15:52.)
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Matthew 22:25
Deception
Or, ye deceive yourselves, etc.
Jesus' answer gives the three incapacities of the rationalist:
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Matthew 22:8
Christ as the "stone"
Christ as the "stone" is revealed in a threefold way:
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Matthew 22:7
Matthew 22:7
Fulfilled as to Jerusalem A. D., 70. Luke 21:20-24
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Matthew 22:9
Matthew 22:9
The world-wide call. Matthew 28:16-20; Revelation 22:17.
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Matthew 22:11
Matthew 22:12
"Wedding Garment",
Romans 10:1-3;
contra,
Phil. 3:7-9
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Matthew 22:31-32
Inspiration
Matthew 24:15; Matt 24:31-32;
(Cf. Exodus 4:15; Rev. 22:19.)
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Verse 35-40.
Matthew 22:35-40
Of The Law
Cf. Luke 10:25
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Matthew 22:36
Cf. Luke 10:27
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Matthew 22:36
Law(of Moses)
vs. 36-39;
Luke 1:6. (Exodus 19:1; Gal. 3:1-29.)
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Matthew 22:37, Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
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Matthew 22:37
Lord
Jehovah.
Deut. 6:5
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Matthew 22:39
See Lev. 19:18. Cf. Luke 10:29-37; Romans 7:14-15.
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Matthew 22:41
A Dctrinal Question
Cf. Matthew 21:24; John 19:7.
Jesus' question is not personal but doctrinal: "Whose son is the Messiah?"
Cf. Acts 2:25-36; Romans 1:3-4.
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Matthew 22:43
Literally in the spirit.
Cf. Mark 12:36; Acts 2:30
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Matthew 22:43
Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:19.
(Cf. Matthew 1:18; Acts 2:4.)
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Matthew 22:44; The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
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Matthew 23:10
Cf. Ezra 7:6, 25, 26.
Jesus' disciples were to honour the law, but not the hypocritical teachers of it.
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Matthew 23:2
Matthew 17:10
Four Scriptures, Four Specifics
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Matthew 11:14
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
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Mark 9:11-13
11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
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Luke 1:17
17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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Malachi 3
1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Malachi 4:5-6
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
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Are your bags packed?
Are you ready to Go? Think about it! Bob C
John 3:16
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(1) Christ confirms the specific and still unfulfilled prophecy of Malachi 4:5, 6.
"Elias shall truly first come and restore all things." Here, as in Malachi,
the prediction fulfilled in John the Baptist, and that yet to be fulfilled in Elijah,
are kept distinct.
(2) But John the Baptist had come already, and with a ministry so completely in
the spirit and power of Elijah's future ministry (Luke 1:17) that in an adumbrative
and typical sense it could be said. "Elias is come already."
Matthew 10:40 -- here the same thought of identification, while yet preserving personal
distinction, occurs (cf. John 1:27).
CHRIST'S RETURN AND OUR WORLD
"For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end” (Daniel 6:26).
There is an inscription on the dome of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. which few people know about. It reads, "One far-off divine event towards which the whole creation moves." A visitor once saw that inscription and asked one of the guides what it means. The guide hesitated for a minute and then replied, "I think it refers to the second coming of Jesus Christ!"
The Bible says very plainly that Jesus Christ will one day return, to put an end to evil and to take over the reigns of world government. That belief goes back to the day when Jesus Christ ascended into heaven. Luke, Paul's companion and the author of the Book of Acts, describes how that belief began. He tells how Jesus walked with the disciples for 40 days and then on that memorable day literally ascended into heaven. He says, "They [meaning the followers of Jesus] were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ‘Men of Galilee,' they said, 'why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.'"
(Acts 1:10,11).
This belief--that Jesus Christ would return and physically come again, just as He came the first time--was held by all the writers of the New Testament. The author of Hebrews wrote, "He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him"
(Hebrews 9:28). The Apostle Paul wrote that we are to "...wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own..."
(Titus 2:13, 14).
Jude, the half brother of Jesus Christ, believed that the Lord would return. Convinced by the resurrection that Jesus was no mere mortal, he wrote, "...See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done..."
(Jude 14,15).
John, the venerable old apostle, exiled on the island of Patmos, wrote, "Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him..."
(Revelation 1:7).
Down through the centuries of time, believers in Jesus Christ have held to that simple promise that He would return, and the literature of Christianity, from the early Church fathers to the present, has spoken of that hope. Check out the hymn books going as far back as we have them, and you will discover that there have always been hymns and songs about the return of Jesus Christ.
This belief has been especially meaningful to people during times of intense suffering and times of persecution. It is the hope that life will someday be better than the present, and that the distress and affliction of the present is not permanent--something that many of us have never grasped in a world of affluence and miracle medicines.
On numerous occasions, I have been privileged to break bread and minister to believers who have known what persecution is all about, and as someone translated their hymns and songs, I couldn't help but notice how they spoke of the great hope in the return of Jesus Christ as something which gave them a reason for living and enduring pain and suffering. May God help us to recapture the hope which may have dimmed with the affluence of our age.
Resource reading: Acts 1.
THE SIN AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT
Holy Spirit
Introduction:
You are constantly making decisions. When you make
those decisions you are not just saying "yes" or "no," you sometimes
say, "Absolutely," "this will make me popular," "this will make me
rich," or "this could really be a disaster." Here we discuss
the worst disaster imaginable in a decision. We are discussing how we
can choose to commit the "unpardonable sin." Is such a thing
possible?
I. Can a Sin Be Unpardonable?
If the worst of sinners can be forgiven, that precludes an "unforgivable sin," right? If there was a "worse" sin, one
that was unforgivable," then Paul (the writer) would not be the worst sinner, right?
- Or, is Paul just teasing us about being the worst sinner?
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What sin does Jesus say cannot be forgiven? (Speaking against the Holy Spirit.)
- This text shows
us that we can speak against Jesus and be forgiven, but we cannot speak
against the Holy Spirit and be forgiven. Since they are both God, since they are both part of the Trinity, how can this make
any sense? (Logically, the problem cannot be with the nature or status of Jesus or the Holy Spirit. They are the same in
importance. This suggests that we are not in trouble for speaking against the Holy Spirit because He is God. Instead, it
must be some other quality of the Holy Spirit that creates the problem.)
II. The Unpardonable Sin
A. Let's look at the context Consider the context of Jesus' statement to figure out this "other
quality" of the Holy Spirit which creates the problem. Read
Matthew 12:22-23.
What are the people suggesting when they say, "Could this be the Son of David?" (They are suggesting that Jesus
could be the long-awaited Messiah.)
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What answer did the Pharisees have to this question about whether Jesus could be the Messiah? (He could not be the Messiah
because he uses the power of Satan and his demons.)
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What logical argument is Jesus making? What is the point of His argument? (How can Satan get ahead by harming his own work?
This is unlikely and illogical. Thus, the logical answer is that I am the Messiah.)
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Who is the "strong man?" Who is the "robber?" (Satan is the strong man and Jesus is the "robber!")
- What is Jesus "robbing?" (He is stealing souls from Satan. You probably never thought of
it that way. Notice that in order to defeat Satan, you have to bind him ("tie [him] up"). Have you ever asked God to bind the
power of Satan?)
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The only words that I read were against Jesus. Did you read any attack on the Holy Spirit? What is Jesus talking about?
How does Mark's account make clear the attack upon the Holy Spirit? (Mark explains to us that Jesus' discussion about the
unpardonable sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit was caused by the Jewish leaders attributing the power of the Holy Spirit
to Satan.)
- Do you think that the Jewish leaders
in this story had committed the unpardonable sin? Was
Jesus announcing their eternal damnation?
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III. The Logic of the Unpardonable Sin
A. If you decided that the Jewish leaders had committed the unpardonable sin by saying
(Matthew 12:24)or even thinking
(Matthew 12:25) "It is only by Beelzebub,
the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons" - then you need to carefully guard your words and your thoughts.
Is that the way it is? You slip into the wrong thought and, boom, you have committed a thought sin which cannot be
forgiven? One wrong word and you are toast?
B. Let's take this out of the context of the story in
Matthew 12. In a Christian book,
"
Boundaries," one of the interesting suggestions in the book is that we can have a conscience that is "mis-formed" in
such a way that our conscience causes us to think things are sins that are not really sins. Is this possible? Or, is our
conscience the Holy Spirit speaking to us? If it is the Holy Spirit, then it could hardly be "mis-formed."
1. Read Romans 14:22-23.
The entire chapter of Romans 14 is devoted
to a discussion of what we should do if our conscience does not bother us about something that bothers the conscience of someone
else. Remarkably, Paul calls the one whose conscience bothers him "weak" in faith and the one whose conscience does not bother
him strong in faith. Who or what do you think is troubling the conscience of the "weak" in faith Christian? The Holy Spirit or
Satan?
2. Read Romans 14:1. What kind of
matters is Paul speaking about in Romans 14?
(This is a point that is not to be missed: Paul is writing about "disputable matters." I think the "Boundaries" book has it
right – we can have a conscience which is something other than the Holy Spirit speaking to us.)
3. If the Holy Spirit is not speaking to us, then logically this lends support to the conclusion that some demon is
whispering in our ear to tell us not to do something that God allows. Read Romans 14:5-7. Does it seem to you that the "weak faith"
(Romans 14:1) Christian is being led by a
demon? (It hardly seems that if demons were leading the weak in faith, Paul would write that the weak faith person "does so
to the Lord and gives thanks to God." This gets back to Jesus'
Matthew 12 argument that Satan will not
undercut his own work.)
4. Consider the discussion we have just had. Consider your thoughts. Have you not just been treading on the same
ground as the Jewish leaders in Matthew 12?
Have you not just been debating in your mind if the actions of the Holy Spirit could be the actions of Satan and his demons?
This is a
review of what we have studied in earlier lessons in this series. What is one of the primary works of the Holy Spirit? (To
convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgment.)
If a person cannot distinguish between their "natural instincts" and the conviction of the Holy Spirit, what kind of spiritual
future do they have?
E. What does this suggest about the nature of the unpardonable sin: is it a single act? Or, is it a
gradual process of refusing to listen to the Holy Spirit until you cannot distinguish between natural instincts and the
prompting of the Holy Spirit?
1. Is it possible that at some point the Holy Spirit will simply stop working with a person?
2. Read Genesis 6:3 because I know
these words are going to pop into your mind as an answer to the previous question. This text seems to say that the Holy Spirit
will not "contend forever" with a person. What is the length of the time of this contention? (The person's entire life! This
text seems to say that the Holy Spirit leaves the field of battle for an individual when that person dies. On close
examination, the text does not seem to say what you thought it said, right?)
Recall the previous lesson concerning our discussion of Romans 7:14-24? How do you reconcile these two Bible passages?
(Paul says that he finds himself doing the things he does not want to do. Hebrews says that if you keep on sinning you are toast
– no sacrifice for sins is left. The key to this apparent conflict is found in
Hebrews 10:26 "if we deliberately keep on
sinning." Paul clearly did not want to keep on sinning. It is hard to describe his sin as "deliberate.")
1. Do you have any deliberate sins?
2. Notice in Hebrews 10:29 the
phrase "who has insulted the Spirit of grace?" What does this mean? (The picture in Hebrews is of a person who has refused
to listen to the Holy Spirit to the degree that it is insulting. This person deliberately keeps on sinning after knowing the
truth. The conclusion is that the unpardonable sin is a gradual, deliberate matter. The person comes to the point where they no longer listen or want to listen to the Holy Spirit. At that point, they have made the decision to cross over into eternal death.)
G. Friend, will you pray to be open to the Holy Spirit? Will you determine to have a "soft heart" which
seeks God's will and desires to do His will?
IV. Next: The Holy Spirit in the Last Days.
Series on The Holy Spirit
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Scofield, C. I. "Scofield
Reference Notes on Matthew 22". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917
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<http://www.studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mt&chapter=022>.
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