What Did Jesus Say About Salvation?
Anger And Jesus
Mark 3:4-6
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to
do good on the sabbath days, or to do
evil? to save life, or to kill? But they
held their peace.
5 And when he had looked round about
on them with anger, being grieved for
the hardness of their hearts, he saith
unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand.
And he stretched it out: and his hand
was restored whole as the other.
6 And the Pharisees went forth, and
straightway took counsel with the
Herodians against him, how they might
destroy him. (KJV)
Anger In The Bible
ANGER (an'-ger): In the Old Testament, the
translation of several Hebrew words, especially
of °aph (lit. "nostril," "countenance"), which is
used some 45 times of human, 177 times
of Divine, anger (Brown-Drive-Briggs' Oxford
Hebrew Lexicon). The word occurs rarely in
the New Testament (Mark 3:5; Eph 4:31; Col
3:8; Rev 14:10), its place being taken by the
word "wrath" (see WRATH ). As a translation
of words denoting God's "anger," the English
word is unfortunate so far as it may seem to
imply selfish, malicious or vindictive personal
feeling.
Anger In The Bible
The anger of God is the response of His
holiness to outbreaking sin. Particularly
when it culminates in action is it rightly called
Has "wrath." The Old Testament doctrine of
God's anger is contained in many passages in
the Pentateuch, Psalms and the Orophets. In
Proverbs men are dissuaded from anger (Prov
15:1; 27:4), and the "slow to anger" is
commended (15:18; 16:32; 19:11). Christians
are enjoined to put away the feeling of selfregarding, vindictive anger (Eph 4:31; Col
3:8), and to cherish no desire of personal
revenge (Eph 4:26).
• F.
K.
FARR
Encyclopaedia)
(International
Standard
Bible
Anger
• Anger is not evil per se. The mind is formed to
be angry as well as to love. Both are original
susceptiIilities of our nature. If anger were in
itself sinful, how could God himself be angry?
How could He, who was separate from sin and
sinners, have looked round upon men with
anger? An essentially immoral character
cannot attach to it if it be the mere emotion of
displeasure on the infliction of any evil upon
us. Anger may be sinful, when it arises too
soon, without reflection, when the injury which
awakens it is only apparent, and was designed
to do good. The disposition which becomes
speedily angry we call passionate.
Anger
• When it is disproportionate to the offense;
when it is transferred from the guilty to the
innocent; when it is too long protracted; it
then becomes revengeful (Eph 4:26; Matt
5:22; Col 3:8). When anger, hatred, wrath,
are ascribed to God, they denote his holy and
just displeasure with sin and sinners. In him
they are principles arising out of his holy and
just nature, and are, therefore, steady and
uniform, and more terrible than if mere
emotions or passions. --(McClintock and Strong
Encyclopedia)
Jesus At The Temple
• Matt 21:12 13- “And Jesus entered
into the temple of God, and cast out
all them that sold and bought in the
temple, and overthrew the tables of
the money-changers, and the seats of
them that sold the doves; and he
saith unto them, It is written, My
house shall be called a house of
prayer: but ye make it a den of
robbers.
Jesus At The Temple
Mark 11:15-18- And they come to Jerusalem:
and he entered into the temple, and began
to cast out them that sold and them that
bought in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the money-changers, and the
seats of them that sold the doves; and he
would not suffer that any man should carry
a vessel through the temple.
And he
taught, and said unto them, Is it not
written, My house shall be called a house of
prayer for all the nations? but ye have made
it a den of robbers. And the chief priests
and the scribes heard it, and sought how
they might destroy him: for they feared
him, for all the multitude was astonished at
his teaching.
Jesus At The Temple
John 2:13-17- And the passover of the
Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. And he found in the temple
those that sold oxen and sheep and
doves, and the changers of money
sitting: and he made a scourge of cords,
and cast all out of the temple, both the
sheep and the oxen; and he poured out
the changers' money, and overthrew
their tables; and to them that sold the
doves he said, Take these things hence;
make not my Father's house a house of
merchandise. His disciples remembered
that it was written, Zeal for thy house
shall eat me up.
John 2:13-17
• II. THIS ZEAL IN CONTACT WITH A GREAT
ABUSE. The house of God was made a house
of merchandise.
• 1. This abuse is quickly seen. No sooner
had Jesus entered the temple than this
terrible abuse attracted his notice. How
many were there that saw it not!
Coldness of the moral nature results in
blindness to moral evil. But where this
zeal is present, and burning in the breast,
then the moral eye is keen and the moral
visions are clear, and iniquities and
abuses
are
quickly
seen
in
their
magnitude and horror.
John 2:13-17
• 2. This abuse is keenly felt. No sooner
seen than fully realized and felt - felt as
repugnant to Jesus as to God himself, and
filled him with feelings of disgust amt
indignation.
Where
this
zeal
is
predominant, not merely the moral eye is
keen to discern social and religious evils,
but the moral heart is sensitive of their
injuriousness and intolerant of their
existence.
John 2:13-17
• 3. This abuse is unmercifully condemned.
Condemned:
• (1) As an abuse of the place. Making
God's house a house of merchandise.
Merchandise in itself is not condemned.
As such it is right and necessary, and
was even necessary in connection with
the service of the temple, but not in the
temple. In the market it is proper; in the
house of God it is profanation.
John 2:13-17
• (2) As an abuse of privileges. People
professed to come to the temple to
worship Jehovah, but Divine worship is
exchanged for human business. In our
Father's house we should be about our
Father's business. It is a house of
merchandise, but merchandise of a
spiritual order - not between man and
man, but between man and God. It is
an exchange, but not that of foreign
coins for those of the temple, but an
exchange
of
repentance
for
forgiveness,
faith
for
Divine
justification and peace.
John 2:13-17
• (3) As an insult to God. An insult to his
authority, purity, and honour. What an
affront to the Lord of the temple! what
an insult to the Divine Father, to be
turned out of his own home, and what is
most distasteful to him, worldliness,
admitted instead! and what a breach of
trust, what irreligiousness of feelings
and conduct, which are unmercifully
condemned by holy zeal!
• (from The Pulpit Commentary)
The Zeal
( Indignation- Controlled Anger Of
Jesus)
• 2. It is most sweeping in its demands. It
will not be satisfied with anything short
of a complete reform. Our Lord entered
the temple and drove out all that sold
oxen, etc., and even the innocent doves
had to leave. The language of holy zeal
with reheard to social and religious
evils, is, "Take these things hence; make
not my Father's house," etc. Between
good and evil, truth and error, there is
an eternal difference, there can be no
compromise; an eternal war, there can
be no truce; nothing will satisfy it but a
complete surrender.
• 2. By the strength and justice of its cause. Its
demands are ever reasonable, and its cause
is just. Jesus was right, and these merchants
and their patrons were wrong, and, in the
presence of holy enthusiasm, they felt it. He
had a scourge of small cords, but he had a
more terrible scourge than this - he made a
scourge of their guilty consciences, and with
it whipped them out. They writhed under the
lashes; and corruption slunk away before the
majesty of burning holiness; and the
unrighteous practice gave way before the
heat of embodied justice on fire. Right is ever
stronger than wrong, good than evil, and
truth than error. Let true principles blaze in
the lives and actions of their adherents; they
must be triumphant.
True Zeal, Anger and Indignation
• 2. Before we can be true reformers, we
must be inspired with holy and burning
zeal. This is an essential element of a
reformer, as the revealer of evil and the
inspiring motive of attack. Without it we
cannot see as Jesus saw, we cannot act
as he acted; but with it we shall be true
reformers.
Jesus
will
have
true
representatives, holiness will have a
voice, and iniquity a scourge.
• 3. When holy zeal becomes absorbing
and universal, abuses and evils in the
Church and the world must retire, and
the Church and even the earth will
indeed be the house of God and the gate
of heaven. - B.T.
Passages on Anger, Jesus & Us
Luke 3:7
• 7 Then said he to the multitude that came
forth to be baptized of him, O generation
of vipers, who hath warned you to flee
from the wrath to come?
Rom 1:18
• For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of
men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Passages on Anger, Jesus & Us
Rom 2:5-6
• 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent
heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath
against the day of wrath and revelation
of the righteous judgment of God;
• 6 Who will render to every man according
to his deeds:
Passages on Anger, Jesus & Us
Rom 12:19
• 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves,
but rather give place unto wrath: for it is
written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay,
saith the Lord.
Eph 4:26
• 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the
sun go down upon your wrath:
Passages on Anger, Jesus & Us
Eph 4:31-32
• 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be
put away from you, with all malice:
• 32 And be ye kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ's sake hath
forgiven you.
• Anger may be excited against a "thing" as well
as a "person;" as well against an act as a "man."
We are suddenly excited by a wrong "thing,"
without any malignancy against the "man;" we
may wish to rebuke or chide "that," without
injuring "him."
When Anger Is Sinful
• Anger is sinful in the following
circumstances:
• (1) When it is excited without any sufficient
cause-when we are in no danger, and do not
need it for a protection. We should be safe
without it.
• (2) When it transcends the cause, if any
cause really exists. All that is beyond the
necessity of immediate self-protection, is
apart from its design, and is wrong.
When Anger Is Sinful
• Anger is sinful in the following circumstances:
• (3) When it is against "the person" rather than
the "offence." The object is not to injure
another; it is to protect ourselves.
• (4) When it is attended with the desire of
"revenge." That is always wrong; Rom
12:17,19.
• (5) When it is cherished and heightened by
reflection.
God & Anger---Us & Anger
Ps 76:7 You, Yourself, are to be feared;
• And who may stand in Your presence
• When once You are angry?
Ps 2:11-12- Serve the Lord with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the
Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish
from the way, when his wrath is
kindled but a little. Blessed are all they
that put their trust in him.
Matt 5:22- But I say unto you, That
whosoever is angry with his brother
without a cause shall be in danger of
the judgment:
James 1:19- herefore, my beloved brethren,
let every man be swift to hear, slow to
speak, slow to wrath:
The Fury Of God
Jer 6:11-15- Therefore I am full of the fury
of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I
will pour it out upon the children abroad,
and upon the assembly of young men
together: for even the husband with the
wife shall be taken, the aged with him
that is full of days.
And their houses
shall be turned unto others, with their
fields and wives together: for I will
stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants
of the land, saith the Lord.
The Fury Of God
For from the least of them even unto the
greatest of them every one is given to
covetousness; and from the prophet even
unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
They have healed also the hurt of the
daughter of my people slightly, saying,
Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Were they ashamed when they had
committed abomination? nay, they were
not at all ashamed, neither could they
blush: therefore they shall fall among
them that fall: at the time that I visit
them they shall be cast down, saith the
Lord.
Anger
• There are many misconceptions about anger in
our world. The misunderstandings do not come
from lack of experience with anger. Far too
many people have never attempted to control
their rage. They have a daily experience with
anger. The misconceptions about anger come
from taking extreme positions. Some people
have hot tempers and have little reason to
restrain them. They lash out at everything and
everyone, caring very little about the
consequences of what they do. Others see the
mayhem that results from uncontrolled anger
and conclude that all expressions of anger are
wrong, even sinful.
Anger
• However, both extreme positions are wrong.
• There are wrong types of anger. As an
example, consider the quick-tempered man.
Anything that goes wrong is an opportunity to
blow his stack and to retaliate, even if it is at
an inanimate object. God advises us in
to be slow to anger. In
we are also warned not be easily provoked
into anger. A passage in
tells
us why: When we get angry without thinking,
we do many foolish things that we will later
regret. A quickly angered man commits many
sins (
).
Anger
• Holding on to anger for long periods of time is
also wrong. David warns us in
that fretting over wickedness done to us leads
to sin on our part. Holding on to your anger
means you have not properly learned the
lesson of forgiveness. Forgiveness involves not
remembering past faults (
).
When God forgives us of our sins, it is like
soaking up spilled ink with a blotter (or a
more modern analogy would like erasing the
marks from a paper). When He is done, the
memory of the sin no longer exists (
). It is as if the sin never happened.
• We need to learn to forgive as God forgives.
You may wonder about those who repeatedly
wrong you. It is reasonable to forgive
someone when they have wronged you once
or twice. After all, they may not have realized
what their actions were doing to you.
However, when someone repeatedly and
purposefully does us harm, why that is just
too much! At these times we need to
remember our Master's teaching in
. As often as someone wrongs us, we
must be ready and willing to forgive them.
There is no set credit limit where you run out
of your forgiveness quota. Finally, consider
Paul's advice in
, do not let
your anger last for more than a day.
Anger
• It is proper to be angry at some things. God
is always angered by sin. God was angered in
at those who refused to
listen to God's Word. He is angered by those
who refuse to believe (
). All
unrighteousness and ungodliness bring out
God's wrath (
) along with
contentiousness
(continually
stirring
up
trouble) and disobedience (
).
Those who actively fight God are not the only
ones who stir up God's anger. God also is
angered by those who follow empty words
(
). Those who try to prevent
the teaching of His Word will face God's wrath
(
).
Anger
• Jesus also showed anger at sin. He threw the
money changers out of the temple because
they were profiting from the worship of God.
(
).
• We can also see the use of proper anger in the
firm handling of sinners by the apostles. The
apostle Paul once had to rebuke the apostle
Peter for sinning (
). Just as
Peter once had to rebuke Simon for his
presumptuous sin (
). You may
think that this would have ruined their
relationship, but notice the reactions of both
men after they had been rebuked.
Anger
• Read II Peter 3:15 and
. Both Peter
and Simon realized that they were wrong and
listened to the rebuke. They did not become
angry with the messenger of God's word.
Instead, they repented of their sins. Take a
moment and read
.
Never should we allow ourselves to become
angry with the truth (
).
Anger
• Anger has a proper time and place. We must rid
ourselves of unrighteous anger and its results
(
). Instead of being easily
provoked, we need to take time to think - to be
slow to anger (
). We do not stamp
our feet and throw a tantrum as "Sesame Street"
teaches little children to deal with anger. This is
worldly wisdom and it doesn't deal with the cause
of anger. The truly mighty people control their
anger (
). Sometimes, to battle
our own wrath, we need to limit our association
with people who are quick-tempered. By being
around those who easily fly off the handle, we
learn to pick up their ways (
).
Ecclesiastes 3:8 says there is “a time to love and
a time to hate; a time of war and a time of peace.”
Anger is not always prohibited. Righteous
indignation (anger) is right and godly.
Was Jesus Ever Angry?
Answer: When Jesus cleared the temple of the
moneychangers and animal-sellers, He showed
great emotion and anger (Matthew 21:12-13;
Mark 11:15-18; John 2:13-22). Jesus’ emotion
was described as “zeal” for God’s house (John
2:17). His anger was pure and completely
justified because at its root was concern for
God’s holiness and worship. Because these
were at stake, Jesus took quick and decisive
action. Another time Jesus showed anger was
in the synagogue of Capernaum. When the
Pharisees refused to answer Jesus’ questions,
“He looked around at them in anger, deeply
distressed at their stubborn hearts” (Mark
3:5).
Was Jesus Ever Angry?
Many times, we think of anger as a selfish,
destructive emotion that we should eradicate
from our lives altogether. However, the fact
that Jesus did sometimes become angry
indicates that anger itself, as an emotion, is
amoral. This is borne out elsewhere in the
New Testament. Ephesians 4:26 instructs us
“in your anger do not sin” and not to let the
sun go down on our anger. The command is
not to “avoid anger” (or suppress it or ignore
it) but to deal with it properly, in a timely
manner.
Jesus & Anger
• We note the following facts about Jesus’
displays of anger:
1) His anger had the proper motivation.
In other words, He was angry for the
right reasons. Jesus’ anger did not arise
from petty arguments or personal slights
against Him. There was no selfishness
involved.
2) His anger had the proper focus. He
was not angry at God or at the
“weaknesses” of others. His anger
targeted sinful behavior and true
injustice.
• 3) His anger had the proper cause. Mark 3:5
says that His anger was attended by
grief over the Pharisees’ lack of faith.
Jesus’ anger stemmed from love for the
Pharisees and concern for their spiritual
condition. It had nothing to do with
hatred or ill will.
4) His anger had the proper control. Jesus
was never out of control, even in His
wrath. The temple leaders did not like
His cleansing of the temple (Luke 19:47),
but He had done nothing sinful. He
controlled His emotions; His emotions
did not control Him.
• 5) His anger had the proper duration. He did
not allow His anger to turn into
bitterness; He did not hold grudges. He
dealt with each situation properly, and
He handled anger in good time.
6) His anger had the proper result. Jesus’
anger had the inevitable consequence of
godly action. Jesus’ anger, as with all His
emotions, was held in check by the Word
of God; thus, Jesus’ response was always
to accomplish God’s will.
Groan- Anger- Lazarus
John 11:33-[He groaned in the spirit] The
word
rendered
"groaned,"
here,
commonly denotes to be angry or
indignant,
or
to
reprove
severely,
denoting violent agitation of mind. Here it
also evidently denotes violent agitation.
He saw the sorrow of others, and he was
also moved with sympathy and love. The
word "groan" usually, with us, denotes an
expression of internal sorrow by a special
sound. The word here, however, does not
mean that utterance was given to the
internal emotion, but that it was deep and
agitating, though internal.--(Barnes' Notes)—
Groan- Anger- Lazarus
• NT:1690
e)mbrima/omai
embrimaomai
(em-brim-ah'-om-ahee); from NT:1722
and brimaomai (to snort with anger); to
have indignation on, i.e. (transitively) to
blame, (intransitively) to sigh with
chagrin, (specially) to sternly enjoin:-(Biblesoft's
New
Exhaustive
Strong's
Numbers and Concordance with Expanded
Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994,
2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
The New Testament
✞The Life of Christ ✞
Jesus Defends His Disciples
For Their Feasting Instead Of Fasting
Mark 2:18 - 22, Matt. 9:14 - 17, Luke 5:33 - 39
And the disciples of John and of the
Pharisees used to fast: and they come and
say unto him, Why do the disciples of John
and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples
fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the
children of the bridechamber fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? as long as they
have the bridegroom with them, they cannot
fast. But the days will come, when the
bridegroom shall be taken away from them,
and then shall they fast in those days.
No man also seweth a piece of new
cloth on an old garment: else the
new piece that filled it up taketh
away from the old, and the rent is
made worse. And no man putteth
new wine into old bottles: else the
new wine doth burst the bottles,
and the wine is spilled, and the
bottles will be marred: but new
wine must be put into new bottles.
(Mark 2:18-22 KJV)
Jesus Attends A Feast Of The Jews
And Heals A Lame Man John 5:1 - 47
After this there was a feast of the
Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem
by the sheep market a pool, which is
called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda,
having five porches. In these lay a
great multitude of impotent folk, of
blind, halt, withered, waiting for the
moving of the water. For an angel
went down at a certain season into
the pool, and troubled the water:
…whosoever then first after the troubling
of the water stepped in was made whole
of whatsoever disease he had. And a
certain man was there, which had an
infirmity thirty and eight years. When
Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had
been now a long time in that case, he
saith unto him, Wilt thou be made
whole? The impotent man answered him,
Sir, I have no man, when the water is
troubled, to put me into the pool: but
while I am coming, another steppeth
down before me. Jesus saith unto him,
Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
And immediately the man was made
whole, and took up his bed, and walked:
and on the same day was the sabbath.
The Jews therefore said unto him that
was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not
lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He
answered them, He that made me whole,
the same said unto me, Take up thy bed,
and walk. Then asked they him, What
man is that which said unto thee, Take
up thy bed, and walk? And he that was
healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had
conveyed himself away, a multitude
being in that place.
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the
temple, and said unto him, Behold,
thou art made whole: sin no more,
lest a worse thing come unto thee.
The man departed, and told the
Jews that it was Jesus, which had
made him whole. And therefore did
the Jews persecute Jesus, and
sought to slay him, because he had
done these things on the sabbath
day. But Jesus answered them, My
Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to
kill him, because he not only had broken
the sabbath, but said also that God was
his Father, making himself equal with
God. Then answered Jesus and said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The
Son can do nothing of himself, but what
he seeth the Father do: for what things
soever he doeth, these also doeth the
Son likewise. For the Father loveth the
Son, and sheweth him all things that
himself doeth: and he will shew him
greater works than these, that ye may
marvel.
For as the Father raiseth up the dead,
and quickeneth them; even so the Son
quickeneth whom he will. For the Father
judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment unto the Son: That all men
should honour the Son, even as they
honour the Father. He that honoureth not
the Son honoureth not the Father which
hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto
you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death
unto life.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is
coming, and now is, when the dead shall
hear the voice of the Son of God: and
they that hear shall live. For as the
Father hath life in himself; so hath he
given to the Son to have life in himself;
And hath given him authority to execute
judgment also, because he is the Son of
man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is
coming, in the which all that are in the
graves shall hear his voice, And shall
come forth; they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life;
…and they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation. I can of mine
own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge:
and my judgment is just; because I seek
not mine own will, but the will of the
Father which hath sent me. If I bear
witness of myself, my witness is not
true. There is another that beareth
witness of me; and I know that the
witness which he witnesseth of me is
true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare
witness unto the truth. But I receive not
testimony from man: but these things I
say, that ye might be saved.
He was a burning and a shining light:
and ye were willing for a season to
rejoice in his light. But I have greater
witness than that of John: for the works
which the Father hath given me to finish,
the same works that I do, bear witness
of me, that the Father hath sent me. And
the Father himself, which hath sent me,
hath borne witness of me. Ye have
neither heard his voice at any time, nor
seen his shape. And ye have not his
word abiding in you: for whom he hath
sent, him ye believe not.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye
think ye have eternal life: and they are
they which testify of me. And ye will
not come to me, that ye might have
life. I receive not honour from men.
But I know you, that ye have not the
love of God in you. I am come in my
Father's name, and ye receive me not:
if another shall come in his own name,
him ye will receive. How can ye
believe, which receive honour one of
another, and seek not the honour that
cometh from God only?
Do not think that I will accuse you
to the Father: there is one that
accuseth you, even Moses, in whom
ye trust. For had ye believed Moses,
ye would have believed me: for he
wrote of me. But if ye believe not
his writings, how shall ye believe
my words?
(John 5:1-47 KJV)
The Disciples Pluck Grain On The Sabbath
Mark 2:23 - 28, Matt. 12:1 - 8, Luke 6:1 - 5
At that time Jesus went on the
sabbath day through the corn; and
his disciples were an hungred, and
began to pluck the ears of corn,
and to eat. But when the Pharisees
saw it, they said unto him, Behold,
thy disciples do that which is not
lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
But he said unto them, Have ye not
read what David did, when he was an
hungred, and they that were with him;
How he entered into the house of God,
and did eat the shewbread, which was
not lawful for him to eat, neither for
them which were with him, but only
for the priests? Or have ye not read in
the law, how that on the sabbath days
the priests in the temple profane the
sabbath, and are blameless?
But I say unto you, That in this
place is one greater than the
temple. But if ye had known
what this meaneth, I will have
mercy, and not sacrifice, ye
would not have condemned the
guiltless. For the Son of man is
Lord even of the sabbath day.
(Matthew 12:1-8)
Jesus Heals A Man With A Withered Hand
On The Sabbath
Mark 3:1 - 6, Matt. 12:9 - 14, Luke 6:6 – 11
And when he was departed thence,
he went into their synagogue: And,
behold, there was a man which had
his hand withered. And they asked
him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on
the sabbath days? that they might
accuse him. And he said unto them,
What man shall there be among you,
that shall have one sheep, and if it fall
into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not
lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much
then is a man better than a sheep?
Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the
sabbath days. Then saith he to the man,
Stretch forth thine hand. And he
stretched it forth; and it was restored
whole, like as the other. Then the
Pharisees went out, and held a council
against him, how they might destroy
him. (Matthew 12:9-14)
Jesus Teaches And Heals Great Multitudes
By The Sea Of Galilee
Mark 3:7 - 12,
Matt. 12:15 - 21
But Jesus withdrew himself with his
disciples to the sea: and a great
multitude from Galilee followed him,
and
from
Judaea,
And
from
Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and
from beyond Jordan; and they about
Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude,
when they had heard what great
things he did, came unto him.
And he spake to his disciples, that a
small ship should wait on him
because of the multitude, lest they
should throng him. For he had healed
many; insomuch that they pressed
upon him for to touch him, as many
as had plagues. And unclean spirits,
when they saw him, fell down before
him, and cried, saying, Thou art the
Son of God. And he straitly charged
them that they should not make him
known. (Mark 3:7-12)
Matthew 12:15-21- But when Jesus
knew it, he withdrew himself from
thence: and great multitudes followed
him, and he healed them all; And
charged them that they should not
make him known: That it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the
prophet, saying, Behold my servant,
whom I have chosen; my beloved, in
whom my soul is well pleased: I will
put my spirit upon him, and he shall
shew judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not strive, nor cry;
neither shall any man hear
his voice in the streets. A
bruised reed shall he not
break, and smoking flax
shall he not quench, till he
send forth judgment unto
victory. And in his name
shall the Gentiles trust.
(Matthew 12:15-21)
After A Night Of Prayer,
Jesus Selects Twelve Apostles
Mark 3:13 - 19, Luke 6:12 -16
And it came to pass in those days,
that he went out into a mountain to
pray, and continued all night in
prayer to God. (Luke 6:12)
Mark 3:13-19- And he goeth up
into a mountain, and calleth
unto him whom he would: and
they came unto him.
And he ordained twelve, that they
should be with him, and that he
might send them forth to preach,
And to have power to heal
sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
And Simon he surnamed Peter;
And James the son of Zebedee,
and John the brother of James;
and he surnamed them Boanerges,
which is, The sons of thunder:
And Andrew, and Philip, and
Bartholomew, and Matthew, and
Thomas, and James the son of
Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and
Simon the Canaanite, And Judas
Iscariot, which also betrayed him:
and they went into an house.
(Mark 3:13-19)
The
Sermon
On
The
Mount
The Sermon On The Mount -Given Near Capernaum
Lk. 6:17, Matt. 5:1-2
Then Jesus came down with them (the
twelve) and stood on a level place, still
on the slope of the mountain. He sat
down and began to teach. There was a
great multitude of His disciples and a
great multitude of people from all
Judea, Jerusalem, and the sea coast of
Tyre and Sidon, came to hear Him and
to be healed of their diseases. Lk.6:17
Those that were troubled with unclean
spirits were also healed. Lk. 6:18
All the multitude wanted to
touch Jesus, because they
knew power came forth from
Him, and healed them all.
Lk. 6:19
Those who are “Blessed
Matt. 5:3-12, Lk. 6:20-23
Blessed are the poor in spirit:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matt.5:3
Blessed be ye poor:
for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 6:20b
Blessed are they that mourn:
for they shall be comforted.
Matt. 5:4
Blessed are ye that weep now:
for ye shall laugh.
Luke 6:21b
Blessed are the meek:
for they shall inherit the earth.
Matt.5:5
Blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness:
for they shall be filled.
Matt. 5:6
Blessed are ye that hunger now:
for ye shall be filled.
Luke 6:21a
Blessed are the merciful:
for they shall obtain mercy.
Matt.5:7
Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.
Matt.5:8
Blessed are the peacemakers:
for they shall be called the
children of God.
Matt.5:9
Blessed are they which are persecuted
for righteousness' sake:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matt.5:10
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,
and persecute you, and shall say all manner
of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matt. 5:11
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you,
and when they shall separate you from their
company, and shall reproach you, and cast
out your name as evil, for the Son of man's
sake.
Luke 6:22
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad:
for great is your reward in heaven:
for so persecuted they the
prophets which were before you.
(Matthew 5:12)
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for
joy: for, behold, your reward is
great in heaven: for in the like
manner did their fathers unto the
prophets.
(Luke 6:23)
Four Woes on “You that
Lk. 6:24-26
24 But woe unto you that are
rich! for ye have received
your consolation.
25 Woe unto you that are full!
for ye shall hunger.
Woe unto you that laugh now!
for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe unto you, when all
men shall speak well of you!
for so did their fathers to the
false prophets.
Example and Influence.
Matt. 5:13-16
(13) Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the
salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it
be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under
foot of men. (14) Ye are the light of the
world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be
hid. (15) Neither do men light a candle, and
put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick;
and it giveth light unto all that are in the
house. (16) Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
The Law, the Prophets and the Gospel.
Matt. 5:17-19
(19) Think not that I am come to destroy
the law, or the prophets: I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfil. (18) For verily I say
unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one
jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from
the law, till all be fulfilled. (19) Whosoever
therefore shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, he
shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach
them, the same shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven.
On Being Righteous.
Matt. 5:20
For I say unto you, That except
your righteousness shall exceed
the righteousness of the scribes
and Pharisees, ye shall in no case
enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Murder and Hatred.
Matt. 5:21 – 22
(21) Ye have heard that it was said by
them of old time, Thou shalt not kill;
and whosoever shall kill shall be in
danger of the judgment: (22) But I
say unto you, That whosoever is angry
with his brother without a cause shall
be in danger of the judgment: and
whosoever shall say to his brother,
Raca, shall be in danger of the council:
but whosoever shall say, Thou fool,
shall be in danger of hell fire.
An Issue With a Brother.
Matt. 5:23 - 24
(23) Therefore if thou bring
thy gift to the altar, and there
rememberest that thy brother
hath ought against thee; (24)
Leave there thy gift before the
altar, and go thy way; first be
reconciled to thy brother, and
then come and offer thy gift.
Adversarial Issues of Civil law.
Matt. 5:25-26
(25) Agree with thine adversary
quickly, whiles thou art in the
way with him; lest at any time
the adversary deliver thee to the
judge, and the judge deliver
thee to the officer, and thou be
cast into prison. (26) Verily I
say unto thee, Thou shalt by no
means come out thence, till thou
hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Lust and Adultery.
Matt. 5:27-30
Ye have heard that it was
said by them of old time,
Thou shalt not commit
adultery: But I say unto
you, That whosoever looketh
on a woman to lust after her
hath committed adultery
with her already in his heart.
And if thy right eye offend thee,
pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one
of thy members should perish, and
not that thy whole body should be
cast into hell. And if thy right hand
offend thee, cut it off, and cast it
from thee: for it is profitable for
thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not that thy
whole body should be cast into hell.
(Matthew 5:27-30)
Marriage and Divorce.
Matt. 5:31 - 32
It hath been said, Whosoever shall
put away his wife, let him give her
a writing of divorcement: But I
say unto you, That whosoever
shall put away his wife, saving for
the cause of fornication, causeth
her to commit adultery: and
whosoever shall marry her that is
divorced committeth adultery.
Swearing and Oaths.
Mat. 5:33 - 37
Again, ye have heard that it hath been
said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto
the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you,
Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for
it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it
is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for
it is the city of the great King. Neither
shalt thou swear by thy head, because
thou canst not make one hair white or
black. But let your communication be,
Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is
more than these cometh of evil.
On Retaliation.
Matt. 5:38 - 39, Lk. 6:29
Ye have heard that it hath been
said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth: But I say unto you, That
ye resist not evil: but whosoever
shall smite thee on thy right cheek,
turn to him the other also.
(Matthew 5:38-39)
And unto him that smiteth thee on
the one cheek offer also the other;
and him that taketh away thy cloke
forbid not to take thy coat also.
(Luke 6:29)
On Being Sued.
Matt. 5:40, Lk. 6:29
And if any man will sue thee at
the law, and take away thy coat,
let him have thy cloke also.
(Matthew 5:40)
On Forbearance.
Matt. 5:41-42; Lk. 6:30-31, 34-35
And whosoever shall compel thee to
go a mile, go with him twain. Give to
him that asketh thee, and from him
that would borrow of thee turn not
thou away. (Matthew 5:41-42)
Give to every man that asketh of
thee; and of him that taketh away
thy goods ask them not again. And
as ye would that men should do to
you, do ye also to them likewise.
Luke 6:30-31)
And if ye lend to them of whom ye
hope to receive, what thank have
ye? for sinners also lend to
sinners, to receive as much again.
But love ye your enemies, and do
good, and lend, hoping for nothing
again; and your reward shall be
great, and ye shall be the children
of the Highest: for he is kind unto
the unthankful and to the evil.
(Luke 6:34-35)
Love For Enemies. Matt. 5:43 – 46; Lk. 6:27 - 36
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine
enemy. But I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for
them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you; That ye may be the children
of your Father which is in heaven: for he
maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on
the unjust. For if ye love them which love
you, what reward have ye? do not even the
publicans the same? (Matthew 5:43-46)
On Hypocrisy. Matt. 6:1-8
"Take heed that you do not do your
charitable deeds before men, to be seen by
them. Otherwise you have no reward from
your Father in heaven. Therefore, when
you do a charitable deed, do not sound a
trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in
the synagogues and in the streets, that
they may have glory from men. Assuredly,
I say to you, they have their reward. But
when you do a charitable deed, do not let
your left hand know what your right hand
is doing, that your charitable deed may be
in secret; and your Father who sees in
secret will Himself reward you openly.
"And when you pray, you shall not be like the
hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in
the synagogues and on the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen by men.
Assuredly, I say to you, they have their
reward. But you, when you pray, go into your
room, and when you have shut your door,
pray to your Father who is in the secret place;
and your Father who sees in secret will
reward you openly. And when you pray, do
not use vain repetitions as the heathen do.
For they think that they will be heard for their
many words. "Therefore do not be like them.
For your Father knows the things you have
need of before you ask Him. (Matthew 6:1-8)
A Model Prayer. Matt. 6:9-13
In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done On earth as in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.
On Forgiveness.
Matt. 6:14, 15
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)
More on Hypocrisy.
Matt. 6:16-18
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the
hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for
they disfigure their faces, that they
may appear unto men to fast. Verily I
say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint
thine head, and wash thy face; That
thou appear not unto men to fast, but
unto thy Father which is in secret: and
thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall
reward thee openly. Matthew 6:16-18
Laying up Treasure.
Matt. 6:19 - 21
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 moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor
steal: For where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
On Singleness of Heart.
Matt. 6:22-24
The light of the body is the eye: if
therefore thine eye be single, thy whole
body shall be full of light. But if thine
eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full
of darkness. If therefore the light that
is in thee be darkness, how great is
that darkness! 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 serve God and mammon.
On Worry and Anxiety.
Matt. 6:25- 34
Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet
for your body, what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat, and the
body than raiment? Behold the fowls
of the air: for they sow not, neither
do they reap, nor gather into barns;
yet your heavenly Father feedeth
them. Are ye not much better than
they? Which of you by taking thought
can add one cubit unto his stature?
And why take ye thought for
raiment? Consider the lilies of the
field, how they grow; they toil not,
neither do they spin: And yet I say
unto you, That even Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed like one of
these. Wherefore, if God so clothe
the grass of the field, which to day
is, and to morrow is cast into the
oven, shall he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith? Therefore
take no thought, saying, What shall
we eat? or, What shall we drink? or,
Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need
of all these things. But seek ye
first the kingdom of God, and
his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you.
Take therefore no thought for
the morrow: for the morrow
shall take thought for the
things of itself. Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof.
(Matthew 6:25-34)
Hypocritical Judging
Matt. 7:1 - 5, Lk. 6:37-42
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with
what judgment ye judge, ye shall be
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it
shall be measured to you again. Matt.7:1,2
Luke 6:37-42 Judge not, and ye shall not
be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not
be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be
forgiven: Give, and it shall be given unto
you; good measure, pressed down, and
shaken together, and running over, shall
men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye
mete withal it shall be measured to
you again. And he spake a parable
unto them, Can the blind lead the
blind? shall they not both fall into the
ditch? The disciple is not above his
master: but every one that is perfect
shall be as his master. And why
beholdest thou the mote that is in
thy brother's eye, but perceivest not
the beam that is in thine own eye?
Either how canst thou say to thy
brother, Brother, let me pull out the
mote that is in thine eye, when thou
thyself beholdest not the beam that
is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite,
cast out first the beam out of thine
own eye, and then shalt thou see
clearly to pull out the mote that is in
thy brother's eye. (Luke 6:37-42)
Judge not according to the
appearance, but judge righteous
judgment. (John 7:24)
Care of Holy Things. Matt. 7:6
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.
Asking and Receiving. Matt. 7:7-12
Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and
it shall be opened unto you: For
every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth; and to
him that knocketh it shall be
opened. Or what man is there of
you, whom if his son ask bread, will
he give him a stone? Or if he ask a
fish, will he give him a serpent?
If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Father
which is in heaven give good
things to them that ask him?
Therefore all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you,
do ye even so to them: for this is
the law and the prophets.
(Matthew 7:7-12)
Two Gates. Matt. 7:13 - 14
"Enter by the narrow
gate; for wide is the
gate and broad is
the way that leads to
destruction,
and
there are many who
go in by it. Because
narrow is the gate
and difficult is the
way which leads to
life, and there are
few who find it.
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Test the Teachers.
Matt. 7:15-20; Lk. 6:43-45
Beware of false prophets, which come to
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they
are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by
their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree
bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot
bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,
and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their
fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7:15-20
For a good tree bringeth not forth
corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit. For every
tree is known by his own fruit. For of
thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a
bramble bush gather they grapes. A
good man out of the good treasure of
his heart bringeth forth that which is
good; and an evil man out of the evil
treasure of his heart bringeth forth
that which is evil: for of the abundance
of the heart his mouth speaketh.
(Luke 6:43-45)
Faith and Works.
Matt. 7:21-27; Lk. 6:46-49
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord,
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of
my Father which is in heaven. Many will
say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have
we not prophesied in thy name? and in
thy name have cast out devils? and in
thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you: depart from me, ye
that work iniquity.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings
of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him
unto a wise man, which built his house
upon a rock: And the rain descended, and
the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it
was founded upon a rock. And every one
that heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them not, shall be likened unto a
foolish man, which built his house upon the
sand: And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house; and it fell: and great was
the fall of it. (Matthew 7:21-27)
When Jesus finished speaking,
the multitudes were astonished at
the message of His teaching,
because He taught them as one
having great authority, and not as
their scribes. Matt. 7:28 – 29
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