Matthew Chapter 12 Part 2 “The Crowd” This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?" The Religious Leaders "This man casts out demons by Evil One.."
Paul Wallace
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Matthew Chapter 12 Part 2
“The Crowd” This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?" The Religious Leaders "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."
Foundation
We are now in Chapter 12, and I pray The HOLY SPIRIT has opened our eyes to the crystal-clear fact that the Religious Leadership are the ones left blinded are indeed the ones supposed to be leading Israel, and yet are completely blind just as Today!
The Crowd, is calling out the “Son of David, eyes clearly opened to the true Messiah, and when they suggest it, how does the Religious Leadership reply?
You are correct, they started spewing all kinds of vile accusations, even calling Jesus the son of the Devil.
As this Lesson is presented, we have just finished Celebrating Reformation Day, and should recall the Nasty Charges Roman Catholic Leaders hurled at Luther, and Yes, Luther returned fire at the Rome.
We can see this pattern just won’t stop as I was actually screamed at to my face, just for fellowshipping with Methodist in Town, “You are fellowshipping with Vipers!!”, oh yes, This happened, to which I replied, “You of all people know that is not true” So, Yes mean spirited false charges are STILL thrown around!
It is also a help to remind us, that this all started with walking through a field picking grain to eat on the Sabbath simply because they were hungry, and instead of offering a meal to these hungry brothers, the Religious Leaders Charged them with breaking the Law!!
As we will see in our lesson, this is not uncommon as Religions and Denominations say this about each other ALL the time.
As we have noticed the crescendo of Hate riled by the Religious Leaders toward Jesus will indeed continue to billed toward the collision at the Cross.
Let’s run to Worship
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Call To Worship
Habakkuk?2:20 "But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him."
(NAS95)
Processional
A Mighty Fortress Is Our GOD
Manchester United Methodist Church
Passing Of The Peace Of Christ
May the Peace of Christ Be With You
ALL: And Also With You!!
Please take a minute to pass the peace of Christ
Hymn
All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name
Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California
First Reading
Leviticus 10:1 ? Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.
?2 And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.
?3 ? Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying, 'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.
?4 Moses called also to Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel, and said to them, "Come forward, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to the outside of the camp."
?5 So they came forward and carried them still in their tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had said.
?6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which the LORD has brought about.
?7 "You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for the LORD'S anointing oil is upon you." So they did according to the word of Moses.
?8 ? The LORD then spoke to Aaron, saying,
?9 "Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die--it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations--
?10 and so as to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean,
?11 and so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has spoken to them through Moses."
?12 ? Then Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, "Take the grain offering that is left over from the LORD'S offerings by fire and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.
This Is The Word Of The LORD
Response By All: Thanks Be To GOD
The LORD’S Prayer & Apostles Creed Read By All
Matthew 6:9 ? And Jesus said "In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
?10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
?11 Give us this day our daily bread.
?12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
?13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Christian What Do You Believe?
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried:
He descended into hell;
The third day he rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
The Holy Catholic Church;
The Communion of Saints;
The Forgiveness of sins;
The Resurrection of the body,
And the Life everlasting.
Amen.
The Doxology
Praise GOD From Whom All Blessings Flow: Tune All Creatures of Our God and King
Faith Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, Washington, Organist Mr. Ron Bechtel
Second Reading
Mt 12:1 ? At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat.
?2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath."
?3 But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,
?4 how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?
?5 "Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
?6 "But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.
?7 "But if you had known what this means, 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
?8 "For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
?9 Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.
?10 And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" --so that they might accuse Him.
?11 And He said to them, "What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
?12 "How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
?13 Then He *said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.
?14 ? But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.
?15 But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all,
?16 and warned them not to tell who He was.
?17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
?18 "BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
?19 "HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.
?20 "A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.
?21 "AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE."
?22 ? Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.
?23 All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, "This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?"
?24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."
?25 And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.
?26 "If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
?27 "If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
?28 "But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
?29 "Or how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
?30 "He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
?31 "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
?32 "Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
?33 "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
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?34 "You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
?35 "The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.
?36 "But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.
?37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
?38 ? Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You."
?39 But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;
?40 for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
?41 "The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
?42 "The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
?43 "Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.
?44 "Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came'; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
?45 "Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation."
?46 ? While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.
?47 Someone said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You."
?48 But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?"
?49 And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers!
?50 "For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."
(NAS95)
The Holy Gospel Of Our LORD Jesus Christ
Response: All Glory To YOU LORD Christ
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Lesson “The Crowd” This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?" The Religious Leaders "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."
1 Recurring Theme, Yes, It Is, And It Is Our Natural Heart
2 Why Do We Go For The Jugular Against Our Fellow Believers?
3 Looking To Love, And Not Judge Is The Heart Of Christ
12 "How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
?13 Then He *said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.
?14 ? But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.
?15 But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all,
?16 and warned them not to tell who He was.
?17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
?18 "BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
?19 "HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.
?20 "A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.
?21 "AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE."
?22 ? Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.
?23 All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, "This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?"
?24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."
?25 And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.
?26 "If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
?27 "If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
?28 "But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
?29 "Or how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
Lesson “The Crowd” This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?" The Religious Leaders "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."
HOLY SPIRIT, By Our FATHER’S Will, please open our eyes to this beautiful and revealing passage, through Christ our LORD.
1 Recurring Theme, Yes, It Is, And It Is Our Natural Heart
I am sure by now in the series we are aware that the Religious Leadership are the ones who are blinded by self-righteousness and legalism, while the poor and downtrodden have their eyes opened to the “SON of David” who can only be the True Messiah.
The dripping hatred is again shown in the confrontation between Jesus and the “Teachers” on whether or not it was, Now Think about this for a second, please….. “It was Legal to heal this poor guy on the Sabbath” or in the Religious Leaders screwed up legalistic pea sized brains, should the cripple suffer another day, and be healed on the next day!
This is pure mean-spirited legalism, and the same legalism perpetrated on today’s Church, Synagogue, Mosque and you insert Your faith practice as it is all the same mean-spirited Self-deceiving Righteousness that deceives the followers to be fooled into self-ability to change, when Romans, and Jesus HIMSELF Screams, (Paul) Romans 3:10 as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;
?11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
(Jesus) Joh 15:16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
As you are aware, nearly 80% (though our sample actually yielded closer to 95% coast to coast) of third point sermons summarize with our need to change, even though the Bible Cover to Cover tells us we cannot change PERIOD, and that the TRIUNE GOD Alone changes us!!!
Yet let’s stick to the mean-spirited Legalist parading as Pastor, Priest, Rabbi, or Iman, as the finger wag at you for somehow breaking the Sabbath, by working in a Hospital, Fire/EMS, Police, Hospitality, Retail, or any other Service industry that the Public needs 7 days a week 24hrs a day.
I won’t bore you with the personal story I witnessed again, but enough to say these hacks who pack 90% of their work week into their Sabbath Service, and then tend the prize winning Garden most of the rest of the week, while these same “saps” (actually the ones most likely enlightened) work a full 5 to 6 days a week, and then go to these days of “Rest” to that Start with Say Sunday School at 9:30 AM, Service and 10:30AM finishing at 12:00 Noon,?rush home to a “restful” lunch, while needing to be back at say Choir Practice at 5:00PM, PM Service at 6:00PM ending at 7:10PM thus the parishioners day of “Rest” after an 11 to 12 hour day of commitments.
But rest assured the Pastor will rest on Monday, and get pissed off if you dare ask Him or Her for their Schedule, and NO this is not just one Church Specific, but and observation of true events at many.
In our final thought I will address the need to recapture the Day Of Rest, and for the Congregation especially as they have been as the Bible clearly tells us abused.
Let’s move on.
2 Why Do We Go For The Jugular Against Our Fellow Believers?
In our first Sin, Satan tempted us NOT with money, but with the Lie “We would Be Like GOD knowing Good & Evil” and as the full Cannon of Scripture has made clear, and had our eyes been awake to the truth, we could NEVER become like, nor NEVER be GOD, and Yet that lie has lived with us since, as we constantly put ourselves in our sin, in the position of Judge, GOD’S position.
In other words, our normal nature is to default to be a god, judging others, and using our perverted standard of Self-Righteousness as the “Measuring” Stick, and of course NOT GOD’S.
This helps us to understand why each side is quick to condemn each side to Hell, as that is how the father of Hell trained us!
Do you see it?
Think again of the Roman Catholic V Luther Confrontation as just how did each side react?
Yes, Again, they condemned each other to Hell, even though Jesus alone is to be the JUDGE of Who exactly By the Will of the FATHER will be Cast into Hell.
We actually hear this all the time, and I fear it is the result of piss poor (and sadly the vast majority) teaching, people suggesting this one or that “belongs in Hell” as that great Sin of Genesis 3 can’t seem to be shaken, and we substitute the Standard of Righteous that our Pastors have perpetrated on us, as GOD Standard tells us Bluntly WE ALL BELONG IN HELL PERIOD!
Though my Fellow Presbyterians MUST swear by it, they still predominantly preach a message whose last point is the “Application” or How one betters themselves (Listen each week if you think I am wrong) and yet the swear to know, Romans 3:10 as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;
?11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
We will finish this point with a sad and yet blunt observation, and yet, It IS our Natural Heart Save the HOLY SPIRIT by the Will of the FATHER awakening us to the Truth of Jesus Christ, Just How did the Pharisees and Sadducees react to Jesus HEALING this poor soul on the Sabbath?
Were the Trilled???
No, The Plotted on How they could Destroy HIM!
Let’s look at our third point,??
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3 Looking To Love, And Not Judge Is The Heart Of Christ
Our reading has been Long and our other two points lengthy so I will get right to it.
As the HOLY SPIRIT walks us to be more Christ like, the fruit of such a change will truly be to be less Judgmental, more Forgiving, Kind and Loving and YES Even of our enemies, and more so our Murderers, after All, isn’t that a mark of Christ to forgive the ones who Killed HIM (Us!!).
Doesn’t the HOLY SPIRIT (For sure NOT Us) Conform us more and more to be Christ like????
Of Course, HE Does, and the Fruits will become more and more evident, the Grace & Mercy!!!!?
Yes, it is Also true that the absence of such Fruit and Change in one’s Life is truly the cause for concern, as it would give the appearance of one not awaken to Salvation, and remember Jesus found more of them in the Pulpits and NOT in the Streets.
Still, we too MUST be Cautious as Christ alone will be the Judge, as the HOLY SPIRIT Leads us our Job by HIS Mercy is to be walked to the Day of Loving and Praying for such Souls.
In Christ Alone
Pastor Paul
Hymn
Rejoice The LORD Is KING
Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee, Arg by Mr. Samuel Metzger
The LORD’S Feast
We Sit and Use Raised Bread and A Full Cup of Grape Juice (not wine do to the amount) as Christ has Completed the Work, and has called us NOT to Stand shoes on, staff in our hand ready to flee, but in HIS finished work, HE commands us to Have a Seat, take your shoes off, relax, no need to rush, let the bread dough rise.
1Co 11:23 ? For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;
?24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
?25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
?26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
?27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
?28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
?29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.
When I serve Communion I serve a Raised Roll on Purpose, and a Cup of Grape Juice (4 oz) can you guess why?
Yes, The Lord’s Table we are to have a Seat, take your shoes off, no need the rush, Jesus has indeed Finished the Work.
Hymn During The Meal
Praise To LORD The Almighty The KING Of Creation
Covenant Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Arg by Mr. Samuel Metzger
The LORD’S Benediction
Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,
?25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
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Let Us Go Forth As Those Who Love And Proclaim Our Risen LORD And Savior Jesus Christ
Response By All: Thanks Be To GOD, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, AMEN
Recessional
Crown HIM With Many Crowns
?St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, New York City, New York?