JESUS AND DAVID

 

Jesus and David – Matt 22:34-40, Mark 12:35-37 & Luke 20:41-44

 

            Jesus then asked the people who is and if Christ was the Son of David.  In the book of Psalms, David said, “The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for my feet.  David called Him Lord and how can he be his son?”  Jesus then gives a teaching about false teachers and who are the true teachers of the law. 

 

1.    The scribes love to walk around in long flowing gowns and get the best places at banquets.

2.    They love to be greeted with respect in the market place and the best seat in places of worship.

3.    They devour widow’s houses and then make lengthy prayers.

4.    Such men will be judged severely.  When you have been given great responsibility so comes with it great accountability. 

 

The lesson we can learn is humility, honest, integrity and responsibility are the fruit of a life grounded in Christ.

 

QUOTES FOR JULY 20, 2026

 

JESUS' CHALLENGE

 

Jesus’ Challenge – Matt 26:1-5 – Sept 8, 2013

 

Today we are talking about Jesus’ challenge but this is not for us but for Him.  If you knew the date and time of your death how would you prepare?  What would you do?  Who would you want to see?  What last minutes things would you want to accomplish?

 

In this passage we find out several things.

 

Jesus had just giving the disciples an answer to their question about the end of the age and the sign of His coming.

 

 

1.     He tells them that in two days the Passover would be upon them so Matthew 24

      was told on the Wednesday.

2. Then he told them that in two days he was going to be handed over to the religious leaders and crucified.
3. He knew the time, the place, the method of death and the hour He was going to die. 
4. His life purpose was about to be complete.  How does someone handle such detail in advance.  You can prepare but still how do you prepare?  Especially such a horrible means and method of death.  To me this is mind boggling.

 

 

Mean while the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the home of the high priest who name was Caiaphas.  He had said earlier that only one man had to die for the all. 

 

Their meeting had a two fold purpose

1. To arrest Jesus in some sly or deceitful way.
2. To kill Him.

 

 

They knew it should not be during the Passover because it would cause a riot among the people but we knew God had something else in mind as well as satan.

 

The cosmic battle of the age was about to be played out.  The stakes were high on both sides.  If satan won man would still be in bondage and if God won mankind would be free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So what was Jesus’ challenge? 

 

1. As a man of free will, would He do the will of God.
2. This question would be settled in Gethsame but would take three intense sessions of prayer.
3. Will you do the will of God because it will always cost everything?  Time, talents, resources.  Past, present future.  Your will, dreams, desires and wants.  It will cost you family, friends and relationships.  It will cost your reputation, future employment because of standards and morality.  You will have new enemies such as the world, the flesh and the devil. 
4. But whatever you lose it will be given back to you 30, 60 and 100 fold in this life and the next.  So Jesus challenge is actually is our challenge.  Are you willing to pay it and look at the eternal and abundant life before you in Christ? 

JOEL

 Joel 2:13 -  May 17^th 2009 – Joel the Man who saw the Spirit of God.

 

Bible Verse.  Joel 2:28:  I will pour out my Spirit on all people.  Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, and you young men will see visions.

 

Intro:  Today I have so much to share in such a brief time period.  This message is so applicable today and especially in two weeks we will be celebrating Pentecost.

 

1.  Joel was a prophet who lived during the reign of Joash.  He was a priest in the temple

     Of Solomon and he lived around 800 B.C.  Joel’s named means, “The Lord is God.”

     He was the son of Penuel.  Both he and Joash were strongly influenced by a Godly

     High Priest named Jehoaida.  We all need godly mentors, right.  Someone we can be

     Accountable, real and open with.  Someone who can help, guide and influence our

     Lives. 

 

a.  Joel some 800 years before Christ, saw the coming of Pentecost and saw some 2700

     Years ago the coming of today’s Pentecostal movement.  The Bible is more current

     Than tomorrow’s newspaper. 

b.  Joel is reflecting on a natural disaster where a locust plague that had devastated the

     Land.  Joel saw a parallel between this plague and a human condition.  He says a

     Human army leaves behind a scorched earth.  Joel saw the Lord behind the insect

     Invasion.  He tells the people to repent and the Lord will relent. 

c.  Joel believes in whole hearted repentance leading to the promise of the outpouring of

     The Holy Spirit.  God emphasized this message to Solomon in 2 Chron 7:14.  Church

     We need to Humble ourselves, pray, seek His face and turn from our wicked way. 

     Then God will hear from heaven, forgive our sins and heal our land. 

d.  Joel writes a lofty, elegant but very forceful book.  Joel in these three chapters asks 7

     Powerful questions, He reveals 50 commands, 1 direct message from God and states

    10 promises.

 

2.  Joel in our passage this morning reveals six things.

 

a.  Rend your hearts not your garments.  Joel says true repentance is not outward but

     Inward.  Repentance is being genuinely sorry for your sins.  Godly sorrow is truly

     Being sorry, and changing your life.  Worldly sorrow is being sorry that you were

     Caught but if you had a chance you would do it again. 

 

1.  Joel in this book reminds his readers, “The day of God’s judgment is coming upon

     Sinful man and there is judgment for those who fail to acknowledge God and His

    Ways.  Paul reminds us in Gal 6:8, God is not mock what a man sows he will reap. 

2.  Joel wants his audience to whole heartedly repent.  This brings God’s favour and

     Blessing.  Joel wants his audience to stop the outward sign which in his day were

     More for show and really repent and show it through their speech and actions

 

 

b.  Return to the Lord your God.  Joel’s Judah was like today.  A small number of the 

      People were serving the Lord while the vast majority were into doing what they 

     Wanted.  It is so human nature to follow ones own wishes instead of the Lord and so

     Easy to do.  It takes real hard work to stay on track and close to the Lord. 

 

1.  You need to pray and read the word everyday.  You need to attend church every week

      Or as often as you can. 

2.  Returning to the Lord means you will become a disciple.  A native of the Congo

     prayed  thus.  “Dear Lord, you be the needle and I will be the thread.  You go first and

     I will follow wherever you lead.

3.  Joel was aware God is sovereign in this world and His will shall be done on earth in

    Heaven and earth.  A true believer is aware of that and so they want to be thoroughly

    A Christian.  A Christian is a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through Christ

    Loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, a hand through which Christ helps.

 

c.  For the Lord is gracious and compassionate.  This is the first of five attributes of

    God revealed by Joel.  God is gracious. He gives undeserved mercy and favour.  We

    Don’t get what we deserve.  He sent Jesus to die for us.  Jesus gave his body and blood

    For us.  He died, was buried and rose again for us.  That is gracious. 

 

1.  God is compassionate.  God loves us.  The whole gospel shows us this love.  God’s

     Love is patient, kind, not envious, boastful or proud.  It is not rude, self seeking or

     Easily angered, keeps no record of wrong, never delights in evil, rejoices in truth,

     Protects, trusts, hope, perseveres and never fails.

2.  God is compassionate.  He is love as John tells in 1 John 4:8.  Because of His love

     God is going to graciously give His Spirit to mankind.  In Joel 2:18-27, God

     Promises relief.

 

d.  Slow to anger.  As I mentioned a moment ago God is not easily angered.  It takes

     Generations but when He does, the gentile nations will be punished and God’s people

     Will be delivered.  It took God 450 years to punish Israel for its sin.  He sent

     Numerous prophets to warn them.  God has this same attitude towards us but I suggest

     you do not take advantage of this slowness to anger. 

e.  Abounding in Love.  God is overflowing and abundant in love.  His love is complete

     & it makes us whole.  In St. Paul’s Cathedral, London is a life sized marble statue of

     Christ writhing in anguish on the cross.  The statue is subscribed, “This is how God

    Loved the world. 

 

1.  In Ephesians 3:17-18, Paul describes the four dimensions of love.  The breadth, For

     God so loved the world, The length, that He gave His only begotten son, The depth,

     That whosoever believes in Him shall not perish and the height, but shall have ever-

     Lasting love. 

2.  God’s love is beyond description, it is only to be valued and enjoyed.

 

 

 

f.  And He relents from sending calamity.  Go

JOSEPH FATHER OF JESUS

 

Joseph – Earthly Father of Jesus!

 

-        His Father was named Jacob, carried on the tradition of the Patriarch Jacob.  Matt 1:16

-        Husband of Mary.  Matt 1:16

-        Was of house and line of David.  Luke 2:4

-        He was a righteous man and charitable.  He did not want to expose Mary to public shame when he became aware she was pregnant.  Matt 1:19

-        God spoke to Joseph 3 times in a dream about various things.  Matt 1:20-21, 2:13, & 19-20

-        He was obedient to the Lord.  Matt 1:24, 2:14 & 21.

-        He was a man of faith because He believed the Lord in all He heard.  Matt 1:24, 2:13-15 & 19-22

-        He helped fulfill prophecy.  Matt 2:23

-        Followed the law of the Lord and did his religious duties.  Luke 2:23 & 41

-        Was in Jesus’ life until he was twelve.  Died before Jesus began His ministry.  In Mark 6:3, Jesus is known as Mary’s son.  This indicates that Joseph was dead.  Another theory for Jesus not starting His ministry until 30 was his obligations to family as the eldest son after Joseph died.

-        Was a carpenter by trade and had four sons with Mary.  (James Joses, Judas or Jude and Simon).  Mark 6:3

-        Witnessed the fulfillment of God’s promises.  Shepherds, Simeon, Anna and the Wise men.

 

  

 

QUOTES FOR JULY 19, 2026

 

LIFE OF JOSEPH

 

Joseph, the Young Man who’s Dreams of Promotion Came True

 

His Early Life.

 

1.  The Son of Jacob and Rachel.  Gen 30:22-24

2.  The favourite son of his father.  Gen 37:3

3.  He was hated by his brothers because of his father’s favouritism.  Gen 37:3-11

4.  Dreams of Greatness.  Gen 37:5-10

5.  Sold in Slavery to Egypt.  Gen 37:12-28

 

His Life in a Foreign Land.  Gen 39:1-50:26

 

Seven Step To Honor

 

1.  God Influence.  Gen 39:2-3

2.  Business Fidelity.  Gen 39:5-6

3.  Resistance of Temptation.  Gen 39:7-8

4.  Divine Favor.  Gen 39:21

5.  Providential Circumstances.  Gen 40:16

6.  Honoring God.  Gen 41:16

7.  Divine Revelations.  Gen 41:25-36

 

Christ like Spirit Shown. 

 

1.  In forgiving his brother’s sin.  Gen 45:15

2.  in his devotion to his brothers.  Gen 46:29

3.  In returning good for evil.  Ch 50:19-21

 

Life Parallels Daniel’s

 

1.  Both were carried into captivity as youths.

2.  Were model young men and found employment in a king’s court.

3.  Both were unjustly persecuted. 

4.  Their hardships became stepping stones to honor and promotion.

5.  Their ability to interpret dreams exalted them to ruler ship.

6.  Both were able to live pure lives in the midst of corrupt courts and they died in foreign

     Lands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Joseph’s Life

 

A youthful dreamer.  Gen 37:5-9

Dreams Fulfilled.  Gen 41:42-44

Faithful in the hard places and times.  Gen 39:1-6 & 20-23

Resisted Temptation.  Gen 39:7-13

Unspoiled by sudden prosperity.  Gen 41:1446

Showed brotherly love  Gen 43:23, 30, 45:14, 47:7

Dependence on God.  Gen 41:16, 45:8

Returned good for evil.  Gen 50:16-21