This new chapter introduces us to a new section of Jesus’ teachings to His disciples to do with interpersonal relationship. First of all the disciples had been disputing amongst themselves as to who was the greatest (Matt.18:1). This could have meant that Peter, James, and John were thinking that because they had been on the Mount when Jesus was Transfigured before them, that they had secured the top 3 positions. Some to this day are convinced that Peter secured for himself the number one spot! But Jesus gave them an object lesson, showing them a little child......

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Is this message Eddie Manly shared with us examples of how Jesus was the only one who ever perfectly obeyed God and always did the Father’s will. We are to follow Jesus’ pattern and instructions, such as He gave in “The Model Prayer” found in Matt.6:9ff. We are to believe that God is Sovereign over all things and therefore “controls” all things, yet at the same time are to pray that God’s will would be done on earth just as it is being done in heaven. If you’d like to watch the full service......

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It was great to have brother Larry O’Mahoney share this message on his 84th Birthday – a message that was burning in his heart! Larry shared about some of the ways that the Lord has kept him in good health over the years, and keeps him glowing and reflecting the light of Christ! To watch the video of this morning’s service, just click on this link!...

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That title is ‘like a joke’! You see, when Jesus and His disciples descended from the mountain on which Jesus gave Peter, James, and John a glimpse of His glory (Matt.17:1-4), they were met with a multitude and from that multitude there was a man who had a son who was terribly inflicted with epilepsy and had a demon. The two may be rolled up into one or seen as two things that needed to be addressed – his being set free from the demon and being cured or healed of epilepsy.......

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We left Peter, James, and John up the mountain with Jesus, last week,  as He was transformed before them. They would have liked to “camp out” there with Jesus, along also with Moses and Elijah. Today we read on and see how while Peter was still speaking about “three tabernacles” a cloud came and enveloped or overshadowed them, a cloud not unlike the one experienced by Moses in the Old Testament. Out of this cloud came the voice of God. The words spoken were almost word for word what God had spoken at Jesus’......

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As we saw in Matt.16: 27-28, Jesus said that there were some standing there who would not taste death until they saw the Lord Coming in His Glory. We looked at some possible interpretations of those verses. The common opinion is that what took place in Matthew 17:1-4 was the fulfilment of that for 3 of Jesus’ disciples: Peter, James, and John. They saw Jesus in all His glory for a brief moment on the mountain top, and then what appears to have been a vision of Moses and Elijah appeared to them. In this moment Jesus was transfigured or transformed before their......

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I’m sure we have heard Paul’s words from Rom.12:1-2, whether in the NKJV or even in J.B. Phillips translation, which says ‘With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to him and acceptable by him. Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands......

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We see in this section the words ‘From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples‘ (Matt.16:21) what ‘must‘ take place, which included going up to Jerusalem, suffering at the hands of the religious leaders there, being killed, and that He would be raised again on the third day. But of course this was not the course that Peter and the rest of the disciples had envisioned for the Messiah. They now believed wholeheartedly that Jesus was The Messiah, The Christ, but they just had never factored in a suffering Messiah. And so Peter, took Jesus to one......

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Something happened at Caesarea Philippi when Jesus asked His disciple what the common views were on who He was. But did Jesus’ disciples really grasp hold of who He was? Peter boldly spoke up, saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” What Jesus said next is little difficult to understand and has been the basis for some wrong doctrine. But most importantly it was because Peter had been blessed to receive divine revelation that he would be one of the building blocks / living stones that Jesus would......

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This is certainly a new chapter as Jesus encounters again the Pharisees and Sadducees once again (See very similar wording in Matt.12:38-42). These religious leaders who normally were antagonistic towards one another, came together to ‘test’ Jesus. They weren’t satisfied with the signs and wonders that Jesus had been doing in their territory or in Gentile regions, but asked Him if He could produce ‘A Sign‘ in the heavens above, as greater proof that He was indeed the Messiah. All these things led to a short teaching that Jesus gave to His disciples when they......

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