Bible Book: Matthew

Mountaintops and Valleys

Date: October 24th, 1976  |  Scripture: Matthew 17:14-21  |  Topics: Failure, Faith, Fathers, Mortality, Power

And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed outContinue Reading


The Great (Confirmed) Confession

Date: October 31st, 1976  |  Scripture: Matthew 16:16  |  Topics: Christ, Confession, Son of God, Truth

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.


Final Rewards-In Hell or Heaven

Date: November 21st, 1976  |  Scripture: Matthew 16:27  |  Topics: Bema, Damnation, Great White Throne, Heaven, Hell, Judgment, Salvation

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.


The Unpardonable Sin

Date: March 16th, 1977  |  Scripture: Matthew 12:31-32  |  Topics: Blasphemy, Forgiveness, Judgment, Mercy, Sin, Unpardonable Sin

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.


What Shall I Do With Jesus?

Date: March 17th, 1977  |  Scripture: Matthew 27:22  |  Topics: Belief, Christ, Revival, Salvation

Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.


The World Of Satan

Date: April 5th, 1977  |  Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11  |  Topics: Conflict, Judgment, Satan, Temptation

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temContinue Reading


The Holy Supper

Date: May 1st, 1977  |  Scripture: Matthew 26:17-30  |  Topics: Lord's Supper

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. And as they did eat, he said, Verily I saContinue Reading


Dr. Truett and American Freedom

Date: July 3rd, 1977  |  Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22  |  Topics: America, Dr. Cranfill, FBC-Dallas, Freedom, History, Truett

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. AContinue Reading


Dr. Truett and American Freedom

Date: July 3rd, 1977  |  Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22  |  Topics: American, FBC-Dallas, Freedom, History, Truett

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. AContinue Reading


The Baptism in Blood

Date: September 11th, 1977  |  Scripture: Matthew 20:20-23  |  Topics: Baptism, Blood, Christ, Martyrdom, Suffering

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshiping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith uContinue Reading