When Jesus walked on water to get to his twelve in the middle of the Sea of Galilee, he arrived about 3:00 AM. They had already been struggling to survive during that frightful storm for eight hours. Jesus walked 3-1/2 miles from shore on the water to get to his frightened, exhausted apostles. Oh, and the second he stepped foot into the boat, the storm stopped. Instantly.
Matthew 14:13 & 23 – Mark 3:20,21 & 31 – Mark 6:31,32 & 35 – Luke 9:22 & 31 – John 6:26-71
1-When Jesus heard about cousin John the Baptist being beheaded, he tried to go someplace to be alone.
2-People were crowding in on him so much, he couldn’t eat. So his family came to rescue him. Then he got in a boat and went to a secluded place.
3-After telling his 12 he was going to be killed soon, he was transfigured while praying. Moses and Elijah appeared to him and they spoke about his death.
4-He fed 5000 miraculously, and the next day he told them they just wanted him to feed them. So he said he was the bread of life; many stopped following him. Then he asked his 12, “Do you want to leave me too?”
Matthew 12:31-32 – John 14:14 – John 17:14
No! Too limited. Jesus said he was going to send the “Spirit of Truth” after he returned to heaven. Later he explained “God’s Word is truth.” Therefore, blaspheming the Holy Spirit is not believing the Word of God. Therefore, your life will reflect it.
Matthew 11:15 – Matthew 13:9, 13, 15, & 43 – Mark 4:9 & 23 – Mark 8:18 – Luke 8:8 – Luke 14:5 –
Revelation 27:17
Imagine trying to convince someone to stop dancing in the middle of a busy street so they will not be run over by a car and killed. Jesus warned and warned and warned people. “Use your ears! Listen to me!”
People seem to think Jesus is just trying to ruin their fun. That is Satan talking. He always talks like that.
But Jesus is trying to get people out of hell. “Please, listen to me! I’m trying to save you!”
Matthew 9:20 – Leviticus 15:25-31
The woman who had been bleeding for 12 years had not been allowed to worship in the synagogue those 12 years. And no one had even been allowed to touch her.
Matthew 9:9
In the Talmud Nedarim 3:4, it declares rabbis are to excommunicate anyone who becomes a tax collector. Matthew sacrificed his religion for money. But Jesus saw great potential in Matthew. In fact, Matthew wrote the first book in the New Testament of the Bible. And he knew the Old Testament prophecies about Jesus better than most, for he quoted them all through his book. The Talmud was a Jewish commentary of the Law of Moses. It contained hundreds of new laws which Jesus called “the traditions of the elders” and which the Jewish leaders honored above the Law of Moses.
Matthew 9:9 – Matthew 4:13 – Matthew 9:1
No! Jesus had come to “his own city” which was Capernaum. Matthew had his import-export tax booth set up in Capernaum. Archaeologists believe Capernaum had a population of 1000-1500. Everyone knew everyone else. Jesus and Matthew knew each other before.
Matthew 9:4 – Mark 2:8 – Luke 5:22
Matthew 8:14-15 – I Corinthians 9:5
No! Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law – his wife’s mother. Also, he traveled and preached with his wife.
Book of Leviticus – Matthew 5:18 – Colossians 2:14 – Hebrews chap. 8-9 – Hebrews 14:16 – John 19:28-30
No! There were 600 commandments in the Law of Moses, not just the famous 10. This old covenant required stoning people to death for adultery, offering blood sacrifices, donating 1/3 of their income to God, etc., etc. Jesus nailed them to the cross. Jesus said not one dot of the Law of Moses would end until all is fulfilled. Jesus fulfilled them all. How? He actually kept the Law of Moses perfectly and never sin. And he fulfilled every prophecy about him in the Old Testament.
When someone is in shock, the worst thing you can give them is a drink; it almost always causes immediate death. Our creator and savior knew this. His body was in shock on the cross. The last thing he did was to ask for a drink, then announce “It is finished” – “It is completed” – ‘It is fulfilled”.
