Matthew - Meeting With Christ

Matthew 16.21-23 | You are an offense to me

It was clear to the apostles that Jesus was the Messiah. The notion that He was the suffering Messiah was much harder to digest. It required frequent repetition from Jesus to make real to their minds the thought that their Lord had to suffer and be killed. One of...

Matthew 16.27-28 | Some standing here shall not taste death

by Dr Yves I-Bing Cheng

The hopes of the disciples about the Messianic reign were crushed when Jesus told them plainly that He was to die. They were not prepared for such a shocking revelation.As an encouragement, the Lord Jesus assured them that though His death was near, yet the time will...

Matthew 17.14-21 | O faithless and perverse generation

by Dr Yves I-Bing Cheng

The Lord Jesus often had to bear with unbelief among His own disciples. The story of the healing of an epileptic boy is one example among many. Let’s read this passage. It contains a wonderful lesson on faith and power. Matthew 17.14-21.Matthew 17.14. And when they...

Matthew 17.14-21 | You will say to this mountain

by Dr Yves I-Bing Cheng

This lesson constitutes the second part of a study on Matthew 17.14-21, a passage describing Jesus healing a boy with an unclean spirit.This mountainThe last time, much of our attention was focused on v. 17 where Jesus said, O faithless and perverse generation, how...

Matthew 18.1-4 | Unless you become like children

by Dr Yves I-Bing Cheng

The Lord Jesus, in His teaching, used the example of a child as a model of true discipleship. Most Christians know this passage in Matthew 18 where Jesus instructed His disciples to ‘become like children.’ Let’s read it from v. 1 to v. 4.Matthew...

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