Matthew (parallels in Luke & Mark)

Pastor Eric H.H. Chang · 69

  1. The Sign of Jonah — The Son of Man as Sign; Resurrection Power Visible in the Church1977-04-10 · Mt 12:38-42
  2. The Qualification for Following Christ — Counting the Cost: This World Is Not Our Home1977-06-19 · Lk 9:57-62
  3. Fear Not — Faith Is the Exact Opposite of Fear: Three Kinds of Fear the Lord Jesus Addresses1977-07-24 · Mt 10:26-33
  4. Our Union with Christ — Receiving Christ's Representatives; the Principle of Reward1977-08-21 · Mt 10:40-42
  5. The Greatness of John the Baptist — John's Confusion, Jesus' Answer, and the Puzzle of True Greatness1977-08-28 · Mt 11:1-11
  6. Take Up Your Cross — Loving as Christ Has Loved: The New Commandment and Seven Ways Christ Loved1977-10-23 · Mt 11:12
  7. Give, to Be the Light of the World — Stars and Black Holes: God Is a Giver, and So Must We Be1977-11-20 · Mt 11:28
  8. Being Yoked to Christ — The Yoke of Marriage as a Picture of Union with Christ1977-11-27 · Mt 11:30-12.1-8
  9. The Spirit of God Overcomes Satanic Affliction — Satan's Reality and Power; the Casting Out of Demons1977-12-11 · Mt 12:22-29
  10. Not Only Gather for Christ but Also With Him — The World of Difference Between Being "For" Christ and Being "With" Him1977-12-18 · Mt 12:30
  11. The Unforgiven Sin — Two Kinds of Blasphemy; Conscience and Faith1978-04-23 · Mt 12:31-32
  12. Gather with Christ, Build Up His Church — Every Christian Either Builds or Destroys; Paul's Exposition1978-04-30 · Mt 12:30
  13. Be Either the Temple of God or the House of Belial — The Empty House; the Danger of Cosmetic Christianity1978-05-07 · Mt 12:43-45
  14. The Will of God — Doing God's Will; Word and Spirit; Not External Observance but Inner Harmony1978-05-21 · Mt 12:46-50
  15. The Principle of Spiritual Excellence — Walking on the Water; Eyewitness Account; Peter's Faith1978-09-24 · Mt 14:22-33
  16. The Cost of Discipleship — Two Parables; the False Definition of Faith; What It Truly Means to Come to Jesus1979-03-18 · Lk 14:25-33
  17. Compassion: A Requirement to Be a Channel of Blessing — Why God Does Not Bless Our Five Loaves; the Meaning of Compassion1979-06-10 · Mt 14:13-21
  18. Man's Way or God's Way — Human Tradition Versus God's Commandment; the Church Degrading the Word of God1979-06-24 · Mk 7:1-15
  19. Man's Way or God's Way (Part 2) — What Is a Church? Community Versus Meeting; Honoring Parents1979-07-08 · Mk 7:1-15
  20. The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith — Three Rejections; What Makes Faith Great; Cleaving to the Lord1979-07-15 · Mt 15:21-28
  21. The Root of Man's Problem — The Heart as Source of Evil; False Diagnoses and Cheap Answers1979-07-29 · Mt 15:10-20
  22. Submission — The Greater Submitting to the Lesser, and the Secret of Spiritual Power1980-02-10 · Mt 3:13-17
  23. Righteousness — Repentance, the Kingdom of Heaven, and the New Creation1980-02-17 · Mt 3:15 and Mt 4:17
  24. The Lord's Concept of Discipleship — "Disciple" Not "Believer": Seven Marks of a Disciple1980-02-24 · Mt 4:18-22
  25. Paul's Concept of Discipleship — Why Paul Uses the Word "Saint" and Not "Disciple"1980-03-02
  26. "You Are Peter, and on This Rock I Will Build My Church" — The Beatitudes as Goal; the Exegetical Problem; Catholic, Protestant, and Lutheran Positions Examined1980-06-22 · Mt 16:18
  27. Love and Hatred — Human Love Versus Divine Love; the Satanic Nature of Possessive Love1980-07-06 · Mt 16:24-26
  28. "Some Standing Here Will Not Taste Death" — Born Again to See the Kingdom; Seeing and Tasting as Experiencing1980-07-13 · Mt 16:24-28
  29. The Way of Power Is the Path of the Cross — A Faithless Generation; Knowledge Versus Power; the Disciples' Failure1980-07-27 · Mt 17:14-21
  30. Faith That Moves Mountains — The Mixture of Faith and Unbelief; Selfishness as the Root of Powerlessness1980-08-10 · Mt 17:14-21
  31. Woe to the Man by Whom Temptation Comes — What It Means to Stumble; Ways a Disciple Can Fall1980-09-07 · Mt 18:5-9
  32. "Their Angels Always Behold the Face of My Father" — The Ranks of Angels; Moral Freedom; the Highest Order Assigned to Disciples1980-09-14 · Mt 18:10
  33. True Friend — Communication as the Life of the Church; Ruth and Naomi; Dealing with Offense1980-09-28 · Mt 18:15-20
  34. Marriage: The Concept of the Church — Marriage as the Model for the Church; Three Principles of the Gospel1980-11-09 · Mt 19:1-12
  35. God's Grace: Determinative or Enabling — Three Types of Eunuchs; The Nature of Grace1980-11-23 · Mt 19:10-12
  36. Let the Children Come — Infants and Total Helplessness; Original Sin Doctrine Refuted1980-11-30 · Mt 19:13-15
  37. What Good Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life? — Only God Is Good; Law and Human Relationships1980-12-07 · Mt 19:16-30
  38. How Hard It Is for the Rich to Enter the Kingdom — Conditional Obedience; Eight Points on the Danger of Riches1980-12-14 · Mt 19:16-30
  39. "Go, Sell What You Have and Come, Follow Me" — How to Deal with Riches; The Camel and the Church1980-12-21 · Mt 19:16-30
  40. "But Many That Are First Will Be Last" — Competition, Revolution, and the One Solitary Life1980-12-25 · Mt 19:30
  41. Whoever Would Be First Among You Must Be Your Slave — The Cup; James and John; The Narrow Road1981-01-11 · Mt 20:17-28
  42. "For Whoever Exalts Himself Shall Be Humbled" — Fitness for the Kingdom; Justification, Sanctification, and Judgment1981-01-25 · Lk 14:7-14
  43. Your Faith Has Made You Well — Disciples' Unbelief; Bartimaeus; Guy Bevington's Broken Ribs1981-02-01 · Mk 10:46-52
  44. The Cursing of the Fig Tree — God's Justice; The Foundation of Faith; Settling the Question Once and for All1981-02-08 · Mk 11:12-26
  45. Commitment to the Truth — External Authority vs. Internal Discernment; The Non-Answer of the Religious Leaders1981-02-15 · Mk 11:27-33
  46. Answering Yes to God's Call — The Parable of Two Sons; Truth as Revelation; The Nature of the Call1981-02-22 · Mt 21:28-32
  47. The Leaven of the Pharisees — Symptoms of Spiritual Disease; Phylacteries and Fringes; Three Woes1981-04-05 · Mt 23:1-22
  48. Woe to You Hypocrites — Seven Symptoms of Spiritual Cancer; Weightier Matters; The Outside and Inside of the Cup1981-04-12 · Mt 23:13-26
  49. He Is Not God of the Dead but of the Living — Knowing the Scriptures; Knowing God's Power; The Two Interpretations1981-04-19 · Mt 22:23-33
  50. Christ as Lord, the Remedy for Hypocrisy — Human Nature as Hypocrisy; The Pharisees' Self-Awareness; David's Lord1981-05-10 · Mt 23
  51. But Within You Are Full of Hypocrisy and Iniquity — Whitewashed Tombs; Spiritual Decline; Taking Liberties with God's Word1981-05-13 · Mt 23:27-33
  52. You Did What Your Fathers Did — The Nature of Sonship; Sons of God or Sons of Darkness; The Gravity of Sin1981-05-17 · Mt 23:29-39
  53. Sonship and Self-justification — Father's Story; Status vs. Character; Why People Do What They Said They Wouldn't1981-05-31 · Mt 23:29-39
  54. The Measure of Wickedness — Eschatology; The Doctrine of the Measure of Wickedness; God's Patience and Judgment1981-06-14 · Mt 23:31-24.3
  55. Hell — Justice and Destruction; The Word "Gehenna"; God's Grief1981-06-21 · Mt 23:33
  56. The Signs of Christ's Coming — Framework; Three Deductions; The Rapture and Second Coming1981-07-05 · Mt 24:1-14
  57. The Abomination of Desolation — Daniel's Prophecy; Antiochus Epiphanes; The Man of Sin; When and Where1981-07-12 · Mt 24:15-24
  58. False Christs Will Arise to Lead Many Astray — Who Are the Elect; Can They Be Deceived; Linguistic Study of "If Possible"1981-07-19 · Mt 24:24-27
  59. Where the Body Is, There the Vultures Will Be Gathered — Ptoma versus Soma; Eagle Nature versus Vulture Nature; The Antichrist as Corpse1981-07-26 · Mt 24:15-28
  60. Signs in the Heavens — Jupiter Effect; Perplexity and Fainting; Sign of the Son of Man1981-08-16 · Lk 21:25-27
  61. Redemption — Freedom from Slavery; Personal Testimony; Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength; Three Aspects of Dianoia1981-08-30 · Lk 21:25-28, 34-36
  62. Your Redemption Is Drawing Near — Redemption as Future; Spiritual versus Intellectual Understanding; Holy Spirit as Guarantee1981-09-06 · Lk 21:27-28
  63. Watch Therefore — The Meaning of Watch; Two Greek Words; Sleep as Death; Alert as Alive1981-10-11 · Mk 13:33-37
  64. This Generation — Prayer; genea as Offspring; Sons of This World Wiser; Non-Christians Provisioning for the Future1981-10-25 · Mt 24:34
  65. Crucify the Flesh — The Spirit Is Eager, Not Merely Willing; Flesh Is Without Strength; Conflict from the First Moment; Galatians1981-11-01 · Mt 26:41
  66. The Separation of Sheep and Goats — Final Judgment; Goats Are Christians; Love Non-Optional; Character-Based Action1981-11-29 · Mt 25:31-46
  67. Goat: A Detour in the Conversion — Dog → Goat → Sheep; John Wesley; Personal Steering Wheel Testimony; Sister May1981-12-06 · Mt 25:31-46
  68. The Judgment of God — Who Is the Judge; Justice Enables Love; Christians Will Be Judged; Genuineness as the Key to Mission1981-12-13 · Mt 25:31-46
  69. Behold, Satan Demanded to Have You — Simon Simon; Peter's Tested Commitment; Job Parallel; Satan as Legal Accuser; Why Jesus Had to Die; Satan in Heaven Now1982-01-17 · Lk 22:31-34

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