Unforgivable

1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

Matthew 12:6–8 (ESV)

6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

New Covenant

Lk 22.20 = cup of Cov in blood

Heb 12.24 = mediator of new cov speaking better word then Abel

New Law

Jer 31.33 - Heb 8:10 & Heb 10:16 = write law on hearts and minds be their God they my people

Matt 7:12 = golden rule - do to others this is the law and the prophets

Rom 6 = the law of grace rather then law

Hosea 6:6 ESV

6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Micah 6:6–8 ESV

6 “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” 8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

New Worship

Jhn 4.23-24 = God is looking for those who worship in spirit and in truth [the hour has come]

Rom 14:5 = some days better others days alike be convinced in own mind

John 2:18–22 ESV

18 So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Matt 12.9-37

healed a man with a withered hand, do good on sabbath.

withdrew from arrest [Isa 42.1-3] = good servant

demon oppressed man, by Beelzebul… kingdom divided !

work of God in Christ....

Great Warning

Matthew 12:30–33 (ESV)

30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. 33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

Unmerited Favor

grace = unmerited favor

Romans 5:8–11 = Gods love showed to us while sinners, saved from wrath

Psalm 103:11–12 = as far east and west - sin from us… heavens above earth = steadfast love

John 3:15–17 = whoever believes = saved - god loves us and gave son for us - to save us

Unforgivable Sin

John 3:18 = whoever does not believe is already condemned

Isaiah 5:20 = woe to those who call evil good and vice versa

Heb 10.26 = if we go on sinning deliberately there no longer remains a sacrifice…

Act 4.12 = salvation in no one else, no other name, by which we must be saved

Unbelievable Offer

Romans 8:31–39

God for us who against us?

did not spare son give us all things

christ raised and interceding on our behalf

nothing can now separate us

Romans 5:12–21

sin in adam life in christ

justification and righteousness in christ

law < sin < grace!

Ephesians 2:8–9

free gift !!

Great Sign

Matthew 12:38–42 (ESV)

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” 39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Condition

contrast between the Pharisees & Scribes | Ninevites and Queen

1 Kings 10:1–13 & 2 Chronicles 9:1–12 = Queen

Jonah 1:1–2 & Jonah 3:1–10 = Nineveh

by Gods grace a sign was given !!

Commendation

Nineveh

very big city

very wicked city

Queen of Shebah

Ruler

long way away

her own honor / authority

her initiative

Consideration

Matt 28.6 = angel reports he is raised as he said

1 Cor 15:4 = raised on third day according to scripture

Greater Prophet / Greater Priest / Greater King

Close

Romans 10:9 ESV

9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

1 Corinthians 12:3 ESV

3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.

When we encounter Jesus, we either humbly repent and receive His mercy, or we harden our hearts to Him and remain in God’s judgment.

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