Unchanging Word Bible Podcast

The Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast begins in Matthew 22 verse 34. Once again, the Pharisees mount another assault on the Savior thru a lawyer. A lawyer at that time was one who studied and taught the law of Moses, the first 5 books of the Bible. Dr. Mitchell notes that this particular lawyer was rather sincere in his inquiry. He asked Jesus which commandment in the law was the greatest. Jesus responded, once again, as He often does, with Scripture. Dr. Mitchell notes that love for God is manifest in one’s love for his neighbor. Jesus then questions the Pharisees about the Messiah, the Christ. Whose son is He? Jesus, quoting Scripture once again, puts these religious rulers on the horns of a dilema. How is Christ both the Lord of David and yet also his son? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message

Words Thank you for listening along with us here on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast with Dr. John G. Mitchell. We continue our study in Matt.22:23-33. As we previously heard, Jesus is confronted by a trap set by the Sadducees using a hypothetical marriage situation. Jesus confronts them with three facts. First of all, these Sadducees are in error. Second, they don’t know to whom the Scriptures refer. Thirdly, the don’t understand the power of the living God. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message

The enemies of the Lord Jesus try again to trap Jesus. Only this time, they are Sadducees. In Acts 23:8 Luke writes that the Sadducees ‘say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all’. As Dr. Mitchell says, these were the rationalists of their day. They are the anti-supernaturalists of this day. So why do they appeal to the Scriptures? Only to try and trap our Savior. There are those who use the Scriptures, they don’t really believe in, to confront the Christian with hypothetical questions inorder to suppress the truth about God, His creation, His Messiah and His eternal salvation and His soon coming for us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message

After Jesus had spoken a parable to the religious rulers, they now plotted how to trap Him in His words. Not only were these religious leaders, but also some political leaders who confronted Jesus about paying taxes to the government. Jesus deals, not with temple tax, but with taxes to Caesar, e.g. Rome. Jesus’ answer put these rulers under a dual responsibility both to God and to Caesar. Dr. Mitchell shares the perceived underlying motive of these leaders as they confront Jesus. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message

The Lord Jesus once again speaks a 3rd parable to the leaders of Israel. Dr. Mitchell calls this parable the marriage of the king's son. He compares this Matthew 22 passage with a similar but different parable in Luke 14. We find this parable fulfilled in history some 40 years later when Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 A.D. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message

As Dr. Mitchell has noted, Matthew 21 begins the last week of Jesus' life before He is crucified in Jerusalem. Upon His return to the temple in Jerusalem, Jesus is once again confronted by the chief priests and elders. They wanted to know where Jesus' authority came from. But Jesus asks them a question of what they believed about John the Baptist. Then Jesus told a second parable and quotes scripture again. He spoke Psalm 118:22 to the rulers about Himself as 'the stone which the builders rejected'. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message

Jesus having demonstrated both His authority and His compassion, now shows His control of creation for a distinct purpose. With His disciples in His presence, He curses a fig tree and it withers immediately. Dr. Mitchell gives us an understanding of these words spoken by our Savior concerning the meaning of this fig tree and Israel. The disciples were astonished and wondered why the fig tree withered so quickly. Jesus gives His disciples a lesson about faith and prayer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message

The Apostle Matthew continues to demonstrate the use of the scriptures in the life and ministry of Jesus. In the passage before us, Matt.21:12-16, the savior spoke from scripture twice which Matthew then records for us. In verse 13, Jesus begins by saying, 'It is written' and then in verse 16 He says, 'Have you never read'? The first statement is from Isa.56:7, which God Himself spoke through Isaiah. Jesus then asks one question. He then quotes Psalm 8:2 which speaks of the praises of the Messiah from the lips of children. Jesus knew the Word of God. John 8:30 Jesus says: If you abide in my word then truly are are disciples of mine and you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message

Thank you for listening to the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast with Dr. John G. Mitchell. We appreciate your letters to this ministry. It gives us encouragement to hear what God is doing in your lives and to pray for your requests. In Matthew 21, Dr. Mitchell will be teaching verses 1 thru 11 in this lesson. In these verses, Matthew quotes the O.T. Scripture twice. In verse 5, Matthew shows that Jesus, during His entry into Jerusalem, fullfils Zech.9:9 which speaks of Jesus as King, gentle and riding on a donkey. Matthew then writes for us what the crowds were saying as Jesus rode into Jerusalem. They were crying out loud, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD. These words come from Ps.118:26. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message

Words As we heard, Jesus calls His disciples to Himself. He speak about greatness in the kingdom of heaven. As His own examples shows us, He came not to be served to serve and to give His life a ransom for many. Paul would write in 1st Timothy 2:6 of our saviour, the man Christ Jesus, as being a ransom for all. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unchanging-word/message