by twilliams | Mar 29, 2014 | Matthew 4
Matthew 4:20 Spiritual Ichthyology Prepared by Dr. John E. Marshall Matt. 4:20 (Holman) Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. Jesus commanded Peter and Andrew to follow Him. This would sound arrogant from anyone else, but seemed to fit Jesus perfectly....
by twilliams | Mar 29, 2014 | Matthew 4
Matthew 4:19 “Here. After Me!” Prepared by Dr. John E. Marshall Matt. 4:19a “Follow Me,” He told them,. . . To His first followers, Jesus capsulized Christian duty by defining what it means to be a Christ-follower. The Greek for “Follow Me”...
by twilliams | Mar 29, 2014 | Matthew 4
Matt. 4:18b-d The King’s Men Prepared by Dr. John E. Marshall Matt. 4:18b (Holman) He saw two brothers,. . . Jesus’ strategy was groups of one, three, 12, 70, and multitudes. He found His three by Lake Galilee. Twelve by eight miles at its longest and widest,...
by twilliams | Mar 29, 2014 | Matthew 4
Matthew 4:18a Advancing. Not Strolling. Prepared by Dr. John E. Marshall For this message I owe much to Jim Putman, Founder and Pastor of Real Life Ministries, and to our Teaching Pastor, Shane Segars. I took Shane to lunch at McDonalds to pick his brain on this...
by twilliams | Mar 29, 2014 | Matthew 4
Matthew 4:17c-d Jesus Quoted John Prepared by Dr. John E. Marshall Matt. 4:17c (Holman) “. . .Repent,. . .” Words were Jesus’ weapon of choice in spiritual warfare. A favorite term in His arsenal was “repent”. John the Baptist had used it as the...
by twilliams | Mar 29, 2014 | Matthew 4
Matthew 4:17a-b Persuasion Through Personality Prepared by Dr. John E. Marshall Matt. 4:17a (Holman) From then on. . . By entering Galilee, Jesus went to the fringe. For us to follow His example, we must go to the margins, to people hard to win. We need to have...
