Parable of the Talents – Matthew 25:14-36 – Ben Jones
Ben Jones from East West College
FORGIVENESS IN RELATIONSHIPS – Matthew 18:21-35
Matthew 18:21-35 July 2009 FORGIVENESS IN RELATIONSHIPS One of the reasons so many of us have difficulty in relating to people in the present is because the pain and disappointment from the past continues to affect us. When we are hurt, betrayed, abused, offended or disappointed by those close to us, we feel resentful and […]
THE USE OF POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS – John 13:1-17
John 13:1-17 June 2009 THE USE OF POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS Ill. When Robert Magabe became the prime minister of Zimbabwe in 1980 after Ian Smith’s Apartheid government was overthrown, his aim was to make Zimbabwe a better place for the African people but as time has gone by his main concern has been to hold […]
THE GREAT COMMISSION – Matthew 28:16-20
Matthew 28:16-20 May 2009 THE GREAT COMMISSION During Jesus ministry there were quite a number of people who believed in Him and became His followers. When they saw that He had been arrested and sentenced to death they probably thought that was the finish, until they heard the news that Jesus had risen from the […]
THE DEATH OF JESUS – Matthew 27:45-56
Matthew 27:45-56 April 2009 THE DEATH OF JESUS Because it was resurrection Sunday last week I took a break from Matthew and looked at the resurrection of Jesus. Today we return to Matthew and continue looking at the events that surrounded the crucifixion of Jesus. When Jesus was crucified, God the Father was very much […]
ARRESTED AND TRIED – Matthew 26:47-67
Matthew 26:47-67 March 2009 ARRESTED AND TRIED The Religious leaders had tried everything they could to get rid of Jesus because He had become so popular that they saw Him as a threat to their positions of power and wealth. They tried to disprove His miracles but couldn’t, they tried to blacken His character but […]
TWO DISCIPLES WHO FAILED – MATTHEW 26:69-75 -27:10
MATTHEW 26:69-75 -27:10 March 2009 TWO DISCIPLES WHO FAILED This morning we look at two disciples who failed at the very time Jesus needed their support. Peter the disciple who denied Jesus and Judas the disciple who betrayed Jesus. PETER v69-75 The reason for his failure, the record of his failure and the response to […]
TRIED AND TORTURED – Matthew 27:11-31
Matthew 27:11-31 March 2009 TRIED AND TORTURED What strikes me so much about these passages was that Jesus, God in a human body allowed Himself to be subjected to all this evil, unjust, brutal treatment from wicked evil men. He did have to. He could have blasted the whole human race into oblivion because of […]
AT THE CROSS OF JESUS – Matthew 27:32-44
Matthew 27:32-44 March 2009 AT THE CROSS OF JESUS The death of Jesus Christ is the most significant event that has ever taken place in human history. I’ll tell you why. Because for the first time in history it became possible for every human being to be set free from the curse of sin and […]
THE UNRELIABILITY OF HUMAN NATURE – Matthew 26:31-46
Matthew 26:31-46 March 2009 THE UNRELIABILITY OF HUMAN NATURE I spoke last time about the fallibility and unreliability of human nature. Human nature even in the best of people will always let you down at some point and in this passage we see an example of this in the disciples who made such bold claims […]