Gospels: Week 9 — Christ’s authority and coming judgment Photo: Jack Sharp via Unsplash Matthew 18:15 –20 (NASB95) 15 “If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. 16 “But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. 17 “If he refuses to listen to them Dig Deeper This passage is simply known as the 'Matthew 18 Principle'.

Matthew 12:36-37 (NIV) 36  But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment For all those who died before that time will be raised from the earth, their spirits being joined and justified (acquitted), and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved (Romans 10 :9-10). Today: Revelation 14

Gospels: Week 7 - The cost of discipleship Matthew 19:16–30 (NASB95) 16 And someone came to Jesus and 17 And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” 18 Then he commit murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; 19

Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity John Calvin explains, "Since the Holy Spirit dwells in us, every part of our souls and bodies ought to Today: John 9

Matthew 14:22–33 (NASB95) 22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him

Gospels: Week 3 - Jesus' authority to call, heal, forgive, and welcome sinners Faithlife.com Matthew 9:9–13 And he got up and followed Him. 10 Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house , behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11 When 12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13 “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I

Bible.com Ecclesiastes 12 (NIV) 12 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs. 10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd. 12 Be warned, my son, of anything Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. 13 Now all has been heard; here

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and Look at the background that 1 Maccabees paints for us on why the Jews hated their occupiers so much. It tells the story of what happened in Israel approximately 170 years before Jesus. 1 Maccabees 1:41– who sided with the God hating and infant murdering occupiers - without reading accounts like this in 1 Today: Acts 15

Job has been given many unhelpful lectures from his so-called friends, and Job 19 records one of his Job 19:23–29 (NIV) 23 “Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, 24 that they Summary In Job 19, we find Job at his absolute all-time low. breath (v. 17), and even his own body is "nothing but skin and bones” (v. 20). In Job’s “dim hope” within chapter 19, we can see the brightness of our “living hope.”

Acts 20:7-12 (NIV) 7  On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. 10  Paul 11  Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. 12  The people took the young man home alive and were greatly Moreover, though the sacraments and thing signified are joined together, not all receive both of them