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Heavenly Father

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Matt 6:14 His Forgiveness
Matt 6:26 His Feeding
Matt 6:32 His Foreknowledge
Matt 15:13 His Fury
Matt 18:35 His Fairness

Dreams of Joseph

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Spouse, His wife Mary (Matt 1:20)
Shelter in Egypt (Matt 2:13)
Sojourn to Israel (Matt 2:19)
Settlement in Galilee (Matt 2:22)

Pathway of Discipleship

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Matt 16:21 Intent of Christ
Matt 16:22 Insolence of Peter
Matt 16:23 Indignation of Christ
Matt 16:24 Invitation of Christ

Pillars of Discipleship Part 3

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"Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me" Matt 16:24

Desire - will come after Me
Denying - let him deny himself
Duty - take up his cross
Devotion - follow Me

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Pillars of Discipleship Part 2

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"Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me" Matt 16:24

Private Determination - let him deny himself
Public Declaration - take up his cross
Personal Devotion - follow Me

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Pillars of Discipleship

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"Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me" Matt 16:24

Cost - let him deny himself
Commission - take up his cross
Consecration - follow Me

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Treasures in Matthew

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Matt 2:11 Holy Treasures
Matt 6:19 Heathen Treasures
Matt 6:20 Heavenly Treasures
Matt 6:21 Homing Treasure
Matt 12:35 (2x) Hallowed Heart and Horrid Heart
Matt 13:44 Hidden Treasure of the Hebrews
Matt 13:52 Heritage and Herald of Truth
Matt 19:21 High and Hard Treasure

Five Discourses in Matthew's Gospel Part 2

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Five Main Discourses, each ends with "And it came to pass"
- Principles of Living (Matt 5:1-7:28)
- Privileges of Service (Matt 10:5-11:1)
- Parables of the Kingdom (Matt 13:1-53)
- Problems of the Assembly (Matt 18:1-19:1)
- Predictions of the Future (Matt 24:1-26:1)

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Five Discourses in Matthew's Gospel

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Five Main Discourses, each ends with "And it came to pass"
- Ethnical (Matt 5:1-7:28)
- Evangelical (Matt 10:5-11:1)
- Enigmatical  or Dispensational (Matt 13:1-53)
- Ecclesiastical (Matt 18:1-19:1)
- Eschatological (Matt 24:1-26:1)

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Come unto Me Part 2

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"Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matt 11:28

Distance - Come
Direction - unto
Distinction - Me
Debtors - all ye
Drained - that labour
Distress - and are heavy laden
Deliverance - and I will give you
Delight - rest

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Christ and Missions

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"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.  Amen" Matthew 28:18-20

Strength for missions - All power
Sphere of missions - All nations
Scope of the missions - All things
Safeguard of the missions - Always
 

Delight of Discipleship

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"His Lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." Matt 25:23

Praise - Well done
Profitable - good 
Proper - faithful
Position - servant
Performance - thou hast been faithful over a few things
Promotion - I will make thee ruler over many things
Pleasure - enter thou into the joy of thy Lord

The Women in Matthew's Genealogy of Christ Part 3

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Matthew 1:3 ThamarGoodness of Forgiveness
Matthew 1:5 Rachab - Grace of Justification
Matthew 1:5 Ruth - Ground of Redemption
Matthew 1:6 of her (Bathsheba) - Glory of Salvation
Matthew 1:16 of Mary - Greatness of Incarnation

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Brief Outline of Matthew 1

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Matt 1:1-17 Record of the Messiah - His Ancestry
Matt 1:1 Significance of the Genealogy
Matt 1:2-16 Specifics of the Genealogy
Matt 1:17 Segments of the Genealogy

Matt 1:18-25 Revelation of the Messiah - His Arrival
Matt 1:18-19 Discovery of Joseph
Matt 1:20-21 Dream of Joseph
Matt 1:22-23 Declaration of Jehovah
Matt 1:24-25 Duty of Joseph

Woe unto the Scribes and Pharisees

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Matt 23:13 Woe on their Antagonism
Matt 23:14 Woe on their Acting
Matt 23:15 Woe on their Activities
Matt 23:16 Woe on their Administration
Matt 23:23 Woe on their Assertion
Matt 23:25 Woe on their Attitude
Matt 23:27 Woe on their Appearance
Matt 23:29 Woe on their Action

Read also Woes unto the Pharisees, Scribes and Lawyer.

Come unto Me

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"Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matt 11:28

Call - Come unto Me
Company - all ye
Concern - that labour
Cares - and are heavy laden
Comfort - and I will give
Consolation - you rest.

Adapted from an outline preached by Roland Pickering

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The Lord's Prayer Part 5

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A Our Father which art in heaven,
B  Hallowed be Thy Name.
C   Thy kingdom come.
D    Thy Will be done in earth,
E     As it is in heaven.
F      Give us this day our daily bread.
X        And forgive us our debts,
F'      As we forgive our debtors.
E'     And lead us not into temptation,
D'    But deliver us from evil:
C'   For Thine is the kingdom,
B'  And the power,
A' And glory forever, Amen

The Lord's Prayer Part 4

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Person of God
Our Father which art in heaven,

Petitions God-ward
1. God's Prominence - Hallowed be Thy name
2. God's Power - Thy kingdom come
3. God's Purpose - Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven

Petitions Us-ward
1. Present Diet - Give us this day our daily bread
2. Past Debts - And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors
3. Future Direction - And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil

Praise of God
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Principle of Non-Retaliation

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"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, that ye resist not evil" Matthew 5:38-29

Regarding
1. Social rights - insult: whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also
2. Legal rights - injustice: if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also
3. Political rights - inconvenience: whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain
4. Financial rights - indigence: give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away

David Gilliland

Kingdom of God in Matthew's Gospel

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"Matthew is the only one of the four Gospel narrators who uses 'kingdom of heaven', there are five places where he switches to 'kingdom of God'; and all five show that he uses the two terms convertibly, as practical equivalents." J. Sidlow Baxter

1. Requirement for Entrance
'Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Matthew 19:23-24

2. Righteousness of its Subjects
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:33
"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:10
"For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:20

3. Resistance by its Foes
"But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you." Matthew 12:24,28
"And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil." Matthew 11:12,18

4. Responses to its Invitations
"Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him" Matthew 21:31,32
"John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" Matthew 3:1,2

5. Rejection to its Offer
"Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof" Matthew 21:43
"The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come" Matthew 22:1,2