MY ROCK MY FORTRESS MY SALVATION

MY ROCK MY FORTRESS MY SALVATION

In Matthew 23 Jesus spoke to the crowds and His disciples

A whole chapter on this speech

Jesus exposes the Pharisees and organized religion

Jesus starts off saying they have seated themselves in the place of Moses

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PHARISEES AND ORGANIZED RELIGION

They tie up heavy burdens

Do deeds to be noticed by men

Love the place of honor

Love to be called teacher, father and leader

**Jesus said these things in the first 12 verses

**He then gives these leaders an absolute thrashing / a mile wide ripping

**24 more verses of what is called the 8 woes (ouai - NOT! ultimately calamity and trouble)

**They didn’t get 1 of these they got 8

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PHARISEES AND ORGANIZED RELIGION (Woe to you!)

Shut off the kingdom of heaven from people

Long prayers for show - consume widow’s homes

Make converts and turn them twice as much the son of hell

Make promises inside the house of worship for show

Meticulous account of tithes but neglect justice, mercy and faith

Clean the outside but inside full of self indulgence

Whitewashed tombs but unclean and dead on the inside

Adorn monuments of the prophets / actually involved in killing them

**Bling guides / snakes and vipers

**Jerusalem Jerusalem!

**Your house is left to you desolate

** Then chapter 24 starts off Jesus is leaving the temple

**His disciples are pointing out all the temple buildings to him

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Matthew 24:2 NASB95

2 And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

**Romans and events of 72 AD

**Which brings us to the point of our titled message today

SLIDE 5 “THE LORD IS MY ROCK MY FORTRESS MY SALVATION”

**What Jesus is saying in all this - organized religious system is empty and no real power to stand

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Psalm 18:2 NASB95

2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

**The Lord’s timing with this message is perfect for Communion today

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Matthew 24:4–5 NASB95

4 And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. 5 “For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.

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Matthew 24:6–7 NASB95

6 “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.

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Matthew 24:8 NASB95

8 “But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

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Matthew 24:9–10 NASB95

9 “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10 “At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

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Matthew 24:11–12 NASB95

11 “Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. 12 “Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.

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Matthew 24:13–14 NASB95

13 “But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. 14 “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

SLIDE 13 “THE LORD IS MY ROCK MY FORTRESS MY SALVATION”

SLIDE 14 “THIS IS MY BODY DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME”

SLIDE 15 “THE NEW COVENANT”

SLIDE 16 “THE LORD IS MY ROCK MY FORTRESS MY SALVATION”