Go and Make “Disciples”
Message Series: Matthew 2023-24
The Resurrection
Jesus’ Death and Burial
Jesus’ Crucifixion
We discuss Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate and the final hours of Judas Iscariot’s life after he betrayed Jesus to the Jewish authorities.
Passover and Peter’s Denial
Institution of The Lord’s Supper (Communion)
In this familiar story, we see a devoted woman anoint Jesus’ feet with oil and wipe them with her hair. Judas Iscariot was incensed by what he viewed as a waste of a precious resource. But Jesus rebuked him saying that she was anointing Him in preparation for His burial. We then see that Judas made up his mind to betray Jesus into the hands of the Jewish authorities.
In this passage we find Jesus’ familiar parable in which He likens God’s final judgment to a herdsman separating His sheep from His goats – the sheep being those who followed Him and will inherit eternal life with Him while the goats are those who rejected His Gospel and are therefore condemned for all eternity to be separated from God in what Jesus called “the outer darkness.”
In this passage, we review two of Jesus’ so-called “kindom” parables in which He likens the coming Kingdom of God to some familiar earthly things. In the parable of the ten virgins, He warns us to always be prepared for His return because no one knows when He will come again. In the parable of the ten talents, He warns us not to squander the spiritual gifts He has bestowed upon us, but to use them faithfully in the work of His Kingdom.
