Matthew 3:1-2 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
We are now entering the main content of the Gospel of Matthew: the Kingdom of God.
As John the Baptist prepares the way for the Messiah, he proclaims, "Repent for the Kingdom of heaven has come near!" Quite literally, John is telling the people to change how they think about the rule and reign of God and begin to get ready for how Jesus is going to reveal the ways of the Kingdom.
As Isaiah reminds us, "His ways are not our ways." There is a holiness, a set-apartness, to the Kingdom of God, and the plight of humanity has always tried to put God in a box, to domesticate Him and make Him easier to understand. But we need to repent, change our thinking, to allow God to be God and to show us the real rule and reign of King Jesus.
20 Apr 2026
Trusting God While Facing Opposition
Matthew 2:3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him...
Last week, we began our study in Matthew, and we'll be going line-by-line through this incredible book to see how Jesus is King!
This week, we'll be looking at Jesus' early life. It was right as He was born that He experienced opposition, and Herod, because of his insecurities and jealousies, was ready to kill Jesus. In order to cast a wider net, Herod actually killed young boys two and under, very similarly to what Pharaoh did in Exodus, and even before Jesus did anything in the Kingdom or for the Kingdom, He experienced resistance.
Often, we look at opposition as a sign that the Lord is trying to steer us away from that direction, but more often than not, it's these attacks that are greater invitations to trust in the Lord to lead us and guide us. Whenever we make strides in the Kingdom, there will always be opposition. And our response is not to shirk back in fear, but to listen to God as He takes us where we need to be!
12 Apr 2026
How Jesus Fulfills the Promise
Matthew 1:1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham...
We are beginning our yearlong study in the Gospel of Matthew and looking at the great heritage of Jesus Christ! Matthew spends a considerable amount of time going through the names of people that went before Jesus, reminding his readers that the Jesus thread goes all the way back to the beginning.
Matthew's audience is predominantly Jewish, so he looks at how Jesus fulfills the Messianic promises and prophecies and how Jesus is the seed of Abraham. This is a big deal! Because of the covenant, this is how God fulfilled His promises of blessings to His people, and Matthew, more than the other Gospel writers, wants his readers to know that in Jesus, God is King!
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