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Welcome & Intro
We’re so glad you’re with us
Redemption Church is a family-friendly home-based church - and we’re glad you’re with us online
We’re in our series: God With Us - (Matthew)
The title of my sermon is The Spirit of Jesus
We are in the second half of Chapter 12
As we studied before - Matthew is very structured
Five “books” within this gospel
Matthew begins with a Preamble (chaps.
1-2) - and ends with an Epilogue (chaps.
26-28)
Each of the five books contain a lengthy discourse of Jesus
Book I - Discipleship
Book II - Apostleship
Book III - Hiding of the Revelation (chaps.
11-13)
Israel is in disarray / dealing with the Pharisees (11-12)
Discourse of Jesus: teaching in Parables (13)
Book IV - Church Administration
Book V - Judgment
Last week, we looked at two stories - Jesus’ first encounters with the Pharisees
Based on their warped / legalistic view of the Sabbath law
We will look at more interaction with the Pharisees
But last week’s stories:
The disciples plucking heads of grain to eat - on the Sabbath
Jesus healing a man’s hand in a synagogue on the Sabbath
We learned that Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath
And that it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath
The Sabbath law was given to us as an example from the Lord himself
He rested on the Seventh Day - and God’s people were to rest
The purpose of the Sabbath was given as a picture of us resting in Jesus
It was meant to illustrate God’s wonderful grace for us
That we don’t work for our salvation - our salvation has nothing to do with our works
That’s what it means to “rest in Jesus” - we rest in his work on the cross
We are saved by grace
This is what the Sabbath means to us - that we now rest in Jesus
Jesus said, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
We find rest from our religious works
Following after religion makes us heavy laden with labor
Religion is all about our works
We find rest from looking to the world for the answer in life
Following Jesus means to rest in his grace - it is not of our doing
Scripture Reading
Matthew 12, beginning in verse 13
13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”
And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.
14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
God’s Chosen Servant
15 Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there.
And many followed him, and he healed them all 16 and ordered them not to make him known.
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
18 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
19 He will not quarrel or cry aloud,
nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;
20 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;
(Pray…)
My ESV Bible divides the last half of Matthew 12 into six sections:
1.) God’s Chosen Servant - including a quote from Isaiah
2.) Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
3.) A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit
4.) The Sign of Jonah
5.) Return of an Unclean Spirit
6.) Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
And probably the most shocking , and most controversial part of this chapter: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
Verses 31-32 are the subject of many debates and speculation
The reason why is that Jesus told the Pharisees that there exists one sin which is unforgivable
And as Jesus put it, “either in this age or in the age to come”
Jesus seems to use plain language in this passage, but it’s still hard for us to grasp exactly what he meant
I think this is for obvious reasons: we don’t like to think that it’s possible that we, or anyone else, has the ability to commit a sin which God is either unwilling, or unable to forgive
Let me set the stage
This entire chapter contains intense interactions between Jesus and the Pharisees
After healing the man with the withered hand in the synagogue - the scriptures say in verse 14 that the Pharisees went out and “conspired against him, how to destroy him”
There is a lot of drama in this chapter
The very next verse: Jesus is aware of this and simply withdrew
But as the crowds followed him, the Bible says he healed them all and ordered the crowds to be quiet about it
And verses 18-21 quote Isaiah, as all of this was to fulfill prophesy
So Jesus is healing all of these people - and it mentions one person who Jesus healed:
A demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute
And after Jesus healed him, verse 24 says this
First off - what an evil thing to say about the Lord Jesus Christ
But why do they say this after this man was healed?
It says that when Jesus withdrew, many people followed him - and he healed them all
But when it came to this one man - the one who was blind and mute -
The Pharisees say that horrible thing
But look at the reaction of the crowd in verse 23
The Pharisees were jealous - but I think it was more than jealousy
To speculate that Jesus was the Son of David, was to say he was the Messiah
In their minds, that was blasphemy
Let me modernize this scene
How does the world react to the mention of Jesus?
In one sense, the world is okay when we talk about Jesus
We can talk about him - and pray to him - and go to church - as long as we keep it to ourselves
The moment you declare that Jesus is Lord - is when you’ve crossed the line according to the world
If Jesus is Lord - if he really is the Creator of the universe - and if he’s a personal God, then he is to be worshipped
And even the world knows to some extent - that means to repent and give up what they got going on
We’re back to repentance
Remember what Jesus preached?
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