Matthew
Authority
When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law. Matthew 7:28-29
No Kingdom will stand without AUTHORITY
The crowds who followed Jesus recognized His Authority
For the Kingdom of God to be established in our lives
Or, the Kingdom manifested on earth
We must, like the crowds who heard His teaching, be amazed at His teaching
We must recognize His authority is fulfillment
Of the Old Testament instruction to His people
We must recognize man does not live by bread alone
But by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God
Kingdom Life happens when we submit to the Word of God
Jesus Christ and His Word is the final authority for Kingdom of Heaven Life
In chapters 8-10, we will see the Kingdom of Heaven come with power
Because people received His authority and submitted to Him as LORD
There is no provision you need that has not already been set aside for you
For your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Matthew 6:8
The authority of Jesus Christ has overcome evil and the devil
Sickness and pain
His authority makes your provision
Matthew
Authority
Chapters 3-7 The Kingdom of Heaven is announced
Jesus after being led by the Spirit
into the wilderness,
where He was tempted by the devil,
begins to preach the Kingdom…
From that time on Jesus began to preach,
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Matthew 4:17
Chapter 3, John the Baptist says…
“Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven in near”
And Chapter 3 ends with Jesus’ baptism
by John and the Father’s voice from Heaven…
And a voice from heaven said,
"This is my Son, whom I love;
with him I am well pleased."
Matthew 3:17
Chapter 4, Jesus confronts evil
and is tested by the devil.
At the end of the testing,
Jesus begins to preach the Kingdom…
From that time on Jesus began to preach,
"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
Matthew 4:17
Starting in Matthew 4:18, we see Jesus
calling people to follow Him
and we see signs of Jesus rescuing people
as a sign of the Good News of the Kingdom.
People are healed of various diseases,
pain, delivered from demons.
In the last verse of Chapter 4, we read…
Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem,
Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
Matthew 4:25
Chapters 5-7, Jesus teaches these followers.
His teaching is all about what
the Kingdom of Heaven is like…
Its blessings and challenges.
The Kingdom of Heaven differences
from what they have heard.
Chapter 6, Jesus teaches His followers how to pray.
The instruction is on bringing God’s will
and the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
At the end of these chapters on
Kingdom instruction and living…
We read in the last 2 verses of Matthew 7…
When Jesus had finished saying these things,
the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
because he taught as one who had authority,
and not as their teachers of the law.
Matthew 7:28-29
No Kingdom will stand without AUTHORITY.
The crowds who followed Jesus
recognized His Authority.
For the Kingdom of God to be
established in our lives,
or, the Kingdom manifested on earth…
We must, like the crowds who heard His teaching,
be amazed at His teaching.
We must recognize His authority is fulfillment
of the Old Testament instruction to His people.
We must recognize man does not live by bread alone…
But by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
Kingdom Life happens when we submit to the Word of God.
Jesus Christ and His Word are the final authority
for Kingdom of Heaven Life.
In chapters 8-10, we will see the Kingdom of Heaven
come with power because…
People received His authority
and submitted to Him as LORD.
Many hard-working people have found themselves
unemployed due to no fault of their own.
The government has made provision for those people
to give them assistance until they get back to work.
If one of those hard-working persons
did not know what the government has done for them,
they would struggle having no income.
The same is true in the Kingdom of Heaven
when we know God’s Word and make Jesus Lord…
We understand how to obtain the provision we need.
There is no provision you need that has not
already been set aside for you…
For your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
Matthew 6:8
The authority of Jesus Christ has overcome evil and the devil…
Sickness and pain.
His authority makes your provision.
This is a spoiler alert at the end of the Book…
We will see Jesus gives us authority and the power
to go into all the world as He did.
Scripture Reading
Matthew 7:28-29 NIV
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things,
the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
29 because he taught as one who had authority,
and not as their teachers of the law.
