Sermons on Matthew

6 Praying Scripture Mt 6:9-13

Sermon Outline   Importance of Praying Scripture To pray the Scriptures is to tap into the very heart and desire of God Some examples: Mary’s Magnificat (Lk 1:46-55) // Hannah’s prayer (1Sam 2:1-10) Believer’s Prayer for Boldness (Acts 4:23-31) // Gen 1, Ps 2, et al. The Lord’s Prayer (Mt 6:9-13) The OT Background to…

3 Bold Authority Matthew 8:5-13

Sermon Outline   Bold Requests The Centurion’s Prayer Request Capernaum, Jesus’ hometown (Mt 4:23, 4:13, 8:14. Lk 7:2-5, Mt 11:23-24) Centurion Statement of Fact (Mt 8:6) My servant – (Mt 2:16, 17:14-21, Lk 7:7) Suffering terribly – (Mt 14:24, Rev 12:2) Is Jesus’ response a statement or a question? (Mt 8:7, 15:24-28) The Centurion’s reply…

22 The Birth of the King (Matthew 1:18-23)

  Sermon outline Matthew 1-2, Luke 1-2, John 1   Kings don’t come from ordinary stock But that isn’t what we find as we read through Matthew’s opening chapter. Jesus is the “son of David, the son of Abraham” and a descendant of: Tamar, A Canaanite (Mt 1:3, Gen 38) Rahab, the Prostitute (Mt 1:5,…