Sermons on Matthew

Jesus Identifies with Us, Matthew 3:13-17

This Sunday, on our communion Sunday, we continue our series in the gospel of Matthew, looking at chapter 3 verses 13-17.  In this passage we see Jesus come on the scene in His first public appearing, and His first time meeting, John the Baptist.  It’s interesting that the text makes clear that Jesus comes to John for…

Sound the Alarm, Matthew 3:7-12

This Sunday we continue our series in the gospel of Matthew, looking at chapter 3 verses 7-12. In this passage we find that some Pharisees and Sadducees come to John the Baptist’s baptism, presumedly to be baptized! Here John sees their hypocrisy and fake faith and calls them out on it. He had to call…

Hope Deferred in Witnessing, Matthew 19:16-26

This Sunday, we continue again our topical series on the scripture: Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”  This “Hope Deferred” series helps us with Biblical guidance when our hopes, dreams, plans, become deferred, that is delayed for a period of time, or even…

Being Involved in his Story,

This Sunday, because it’s Christmas Sunday we step away from our series to do a message on the incarnation and the characters (Zacharius & Elizabeth, Mary & Joseph, the shepherds, the wise men) involved with that story.  Using several key texts in the Christmas story, we will be looking at several passages from Matthew 1…