“Have ye never read?” (Matthew 21:16) THE Lord Jesus Christ posed this question (indictment) to the religious leaders of His day . . .“Have ye never read?” These men took pride...

“He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my...

“Jesus answered and said unto them, ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.” (Matthew 22:29) Our blessed Lord answers the question of the Sadducees about the...

“Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.” (Matthew 26:75) There has been much...

“Many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many.” (Matthew 24:5) That many did arise before Jesus came in the flesh, and give out they were...

“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.”(Matthew 25:40) Each of us might say or think, “I would...

“What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,...

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, Ye cannot...

“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew 6:14-15)...

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33) Do not seek assurance – seek Christ! Do not seek...

“And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.”(Matthew 17:5) On this occasion the Lord Jesus was glorified before the apostles. There also appeared...

“And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou...

“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed...

“Strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Matthew 7:14) The way of salvation is as broad as Christ...

“And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of...

“Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”(Matthew 16:6) I readily admit I am no baker. However, I do know...

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) The believer is heavily burdened with a daily conflict. This conflict between a body of...

Matthew 13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. Matthew 13:2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went...

“But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I...

“And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.” (Matthew 28:5) Whatever be our state and case, if...

“Even so, it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”(Matthew 18:14) — Should it please the LORD, we will...

“And sitting down they watched him there.” (Matthew 27:36) Jesus, the Son of the Living God, was in the final dire hours of His earthly ministry. However appalling His violent death...

“Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came...

“And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are...

“She shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21) I stand before you this evening either as...

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). To glorify God is the highest ambition of...

“And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” (Matthew 1:23) —————————— We must never, even in thought, separate the human nature of our adorable Redeemer...

“He shall save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21) —————————— “THE Book of the generation of Jesus Christ.” Such is the opening of the canon of New Testament Scripture, and...

“Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) —————————— Not all kinds of mourners are here intended; for there is the sorrow of the world, which worketh...

“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.” (Matthew 7:6)...

“Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) ——————– Not all kinds of mourners are here intended; for there is the sorrow of the world, which worketh...

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” (Matthew 11:29) ——————– The salvation of...

Matthew 27:15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. Matthew 27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas....

The truths of the gospel hidden from the wise of this world, but revealed unto babes in Christ. —————————————— “At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank Thee, O Father,...

“Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.” (Matthew 6:6) ——————– What is the feeling of your heart toward Jesus? What is the solemn desire of your soul? That...

Peace without truth is a false peace! Unity without the gospel of Christ is a worthless unity. Let us never be ensnared by those who advocate a peace and unity without...

“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” (Matthew 12:34) ——————— Listen to what a man speaks of most and his heart is revealed. John bore record of Christ,...

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21) Our only hope of salvation is...

“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret...

“…Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:” (Matthew 25:41) —————————— Can you conceive of a more sobering truth than hell? The Bible teaches...

When believers walk in truth and love, when believers adorn their doctrine with grace, generosity, and exemplary lives and behavior, THEY GLORIFY GOD! Our Lord said, “Let your light so shine...

“And when He was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that...

Matthew 19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry. Matthew 19:11 But he said unto them,...

Matthew 19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? A close look at the writing of divorcement which...

The seventh land purchase that we read about in the Word of God occurred when Judas Iscariot committed suicide. And even though this may be a dreadful event in our sight,...

“And when they had bound Him, they led Him away, and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.” (Matthew 27:2) Things were going quite agreeably for the enemies of our Lord....

What does God say about Rewards? Well, God has said a great deal about rewards. There are more than 100 verses in the Bible containing the noun “reward”, or the verb...

The phrase “abomination of desolation” is indeed a biblical phrase. Christ spoke of it in the Gospels. ——————————————————————————– “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel...

“If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness.” (Matthew 6:23) Christ has before him a man destitute of the life of regeneration. There is...

“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) The righteousness intended here is not creature-righteousness. “All flesh is grass, and all the...

“But God hath called us to peace.” (I Corinthians 7:15) “And the way of peace have they not known.” (Romans 3:17) —————————— God has said of someone — I do not...

“And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David: my daughter is grievously...

One of the major roadblocks before Christians today in coming to the correct interpretation of scripture, is that they have a tendency to attempt to force a totally literal interpretation, when...

Preached at Zoar Chapel, London, on Thursday evening, July 11, 1844, by J. C. Philpot “But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a...

“My God! My God! why hast Thou forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46) The Evangelist adds, that Jesus cried again, with a loud voice. But why with a loud voice? To show that...

“For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.” (Matthew 6:13) WE read these words as a text in the morning, and promised, by...

“And thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21) We have an account just before the text of the circumstances in which...

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither...

“Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God” (Matthew 5:9) ———— It is wonderful to consider that the Lord blesses one to be a peacemaker. When...

Matthew chapter 23 is the infamous chapter where the Lord Jesus is publicly condemning the scribes and Pharisees for being hypocrites. Eight times does the Lord Jesus say in this chapter:...

Preached in Grove Chapel, Camberwell, 1878 – By Thomas Bradbury ____________________________________________________________ “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.” (Matthew 4:1) There...

The Disciples Are Astonished (Matthew 19:10-12) The Lord Jesus explained to the Pharisees that they cannot put away their wives for any reason they have invented, but that the only exception...

The Lord Jesus said in Matthew 13:13-14: Matthew 13:13 Because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Matthew 13:14 And in them is fulfilled the...

Today we want to consider the scribes and Pharisees as actually representing the entire nation of Jews who believes their teachings, and are led by their religious rulers on a slippery...

In Matthew 8:5 we read the account of the Roman centurion who had a servant that was very sick. The centurion begged the Lord Jesus if He would please heal his...

One of the attributes of our God is that He delights in mercy. But when we try to understand the mercy of God, we must be careful that we do not...

We begin in Isaiah chapter 5. God is telling us here a parable about a vineyard: Isaiah 5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching...

For this article, we turn to Matthew Chapter 13. I want to focus on verses 10,11 and 12. But let me start at verse 1. Jesus preached in parables; almost this...

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me in...

Matthew 13 is a chapter that is filled with many parables. These are doctrines of the Kingdom disguised as parables. Why Parables? (Proverbs 28:9, Matthew 13:10-17) This thirteenth chapter of Matthew...

The subject matter at hand is that of “Forgiveness”; which is God forgiving man, and man forgiving his fellow man. Of course the most important aspect of all this business of...

Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of...

In this article we will take a good look at Matthew 15. We see almost in every chapter of Matthew that God does not favor the Jews any more as a...

“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew. 5:3 So who then are the “poor in spirit”? They are those who have been brought, by...

“And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the...

“A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.” (Matthew 12:20) A child of God in himself is all...

In the Matthew chapter 13 the Lord Jesus told the multitude the Parable of the Sower, but He did not explain the parable. Then at the end of the parable He...

Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matthew 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures...

Matthew chapter twenty-four has been a difficult chapter for many Christians to understand, even for seasoned theologians. A frequently asked question concerning this chapter is Christ’s declaration that a generation should...

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a Merchantman, seeking goodly pearls: who, when He had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that He had, and...

In this study we are going to look at Matthew chapter 19 and it is a very controversial matter in these United States. It is the matter of marriage and divorce....

When Christ said, “Judge not, that you be not judged” Matthew 7:1, was He forbidding us to judge anyone at all who is in error? No! He was giving us guidelines...

The title of this study is: “This is Jesus the King of the Jews.” The Lord Jesus Christ was captured in the Garden of Gethsemane. From there He was led to...

We are going to look at what happened at Golgotha. To make a long story short, the Lord Jesus was brought before the Sanhedrin, He was falsely accused of blasphemy, and...