SERMONS

Seek and you shall find

  • By Michael Upshaw
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  • 01 Mar, 2021
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Theme

Matthew presents Jesus as the Jewish Messiah sent by God to fulfill OT prophecy.

Overview

The NIV Quest Study Bible  says the Gospel of Matthew serves as a transition that connects the story of the Old Testament with the story of the New Testament, helping us understand how the life and teaching of Jesus built on what had come before. According to the NIV Study Bible , many elements in Matthew’s Gospel point to a Jewish or Jewish-Christian readership; for example, Matthew has more quotations from and allusions to the Old Testament than any other New Testament author. This does not mean, however, that Matthew restricts his Gospel to Jews. He records the coming of the Magi (non-Jews) to worship the infant Jesus, as well as Jesus’ statement that the “field is the world” (13:38). These and other passages show that, although Matthew’s Gospel is Jewish, it has a universal outlook.

Kingdom Community

By Michael Upshaw • March 9, 2021
Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. 2 And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? 4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”