Matthew: Aware and Inviting

Listen in as we look at Matthew 12:15-37 and see how Jesus again confront and comforts. 

Notes/Quotes:

Matthew 12:15-37

“Withdrawals and commands to silence are puzzling messianic deeds. Messiahs do not ordinarily retreat but advance; and Messiahs do not seek to be hidden but to be known. But Matthew wants to summarize his Gospel to this point, and for him Isaiah 42 seemed a perfect medium.” - Dale Bruner

“What helium does to a balloon, Jesus’s yoke does to his followers. We are buoyed along in life by his endless gentleness and supremely accessible lowliness. He doesn’t simply meet us at our place of need; he lives in our place of need. He never tires of sweeping us into his tender embrace. It is his very heart.” - Dane Ortlund

What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear
What a privilege to carry, Everything to God in prayer.
Oh, what peace we often forfeit, Oh, what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry, Everything to God in prayer.
Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged, Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful, Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness, Take it to the Lord in prayer.

It is impenitence, the unwillingness to repent, that is at the root of the unforgivable sin (Augustine)
It is not careless acts; it is a hardened state (Luther)

We must say no to the false teachings and leave to God’s judgment false teachers. - Dale Bruner

Proverbs 4:20-27
“We are endlessly in need of God. And what a wonderful thing that is. For He is full of all that we need, moment by moment, forever and ever.” - Jackie Hill Perry