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| 1 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 01) Introduction Part 1 | As is typical with an introduction lesson, Ed labors to give the spirit of Matthew and show how it is both foundational for the whole New Testament as well as transitional from the Old Testament. As a strategic book, Matthew is very foundational in its emphasis on repentance, the holy standards of God, and hell. The pure facts are presented in a way to turn our eyes to a spiritual Christ. | Ed Miller | 01Matthew_Introduction_01.mp3 | Matthew | |||||||
| 2 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 02) Introduction Part 2 | What does the geneaology of Jesus in the opening verses in Matthew teach us? It puts the Lord Jesus at the center of everything. Everything in the old testament was moving towards Christ according to the faithfulness of the covenant keeping God. As a true man, Jesus could identify with the worst of sinners. | Ed Miller | 02Matthew_Introduction_02.mp3 | Matthew 1:1-17 | |||||||
| 3 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 03) Chapter 1:18-25 | Ed covers the virgin birth, Joseph and Mary's place in the history of redemption, and the name Jesus. Mary illustrates what the Church is to be in that she gave Christ to the world. Joseph and Mary walked the path of rejection. "The more you line up with Him," Ed remarks, "the more you're going to be held in suspicion." | 1982-01-22 | Ed Miller | 03Matthew_01_18_25.mp3 | Matthew 1:18-25 | ||||||
| 4 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 04) Chapters 1-2 | The name Jesus has a rich meaning drawn from Old Testament figures "Joshua"--the military leader and also high priest. The path of rejection is illustrated by the term "Nazarene"--a rejected person. The wise men give a great object lesson of how to see Christ! | 1982-02-04 | Ed Miller | 04Matthew_01-02.mp3 | Matthew 1:21 - 2:23 | ||||||
| 5 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 05) Chapter 3:1-12 - John the Forerunner | Ed summarizes chapters 1 and 2 as supernatural, the key the whole Christian life. What is really meant by the terms "repentance" and "kingdom of heaven"? Ed points out several characteristics from John the Baptizer's life and ministry that serve as a model for all Christian ministry. | Ed Miller | 05Matthew_03_01-12.mp3 | Matthew 3:1-12 | |||||||
| 6 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 06) Chapter 3:13-17 - Baptism of Jesus | The baptism of the Lord Jesus was another step downward to the cross. We will fulfill all rightoeusness the same way Jesus did--by walking the path of rejection. God prepares us for temptation by standing under an open heavens with a smiling God and the power of the Holy Spirit. | Ed Miller | 06Matthew_03_13-17_Baptism_of_Jesus.mp3 | Matthew 3:13-17 | |||||||
| 7 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 07) Chapter 4:1-11 - The Temptation Pt. 1 | 3 general observations of this passage are the biblical view of Satan, the real temptation of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the great mystery surrounding it. Ed shares the several ways in which these temptations were incredibly severe. The first temptation can be summed up this way: all anxiety for daily bread is a temptation to turn stones into bread. | Ed Miller | 07Matthew_04_1-11_The_Temptation.mp3 | Matthew 4:1-11 | |||||||
| 8 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 08) Chapter 4:1-11 - The Temptation Pt. 2 | Ed summarizes the first temptation as measuring God's favor by material things. Presumption is testing God by displaying one's faith; real faith just believes God. Often we are tempted at the "temple" and we need to realize that even our holy things need the blood of Christ. | Ed Miller | 08Matthew_04_1-11.mp3 | Matthew 4:1-11 | |||||||
| 9 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 09) Chapter 4:1-11 - The Temptation Pt. 3 | Ed goes into the heart of each temptation: doubt God, prove God, and substitute God. The bottom-line of temptation is that the Spirit of God tests you for reality not just empty confessions. Finally, how may I have victory over temptation today? | 1982-04-01 | Ed Miller | 09Matthew_04_1-11.mp3 | Matthew 4:1-11 | ||||||
| 10 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 10) Chapter 4:12-25 - Follow Me | Capernaum illustrates the principle that Jesus does His greatest work where there's the greatest need. When Christ comes in, the spiritual darkness and death go out. God has only one call: it's to Himself. | 1982-04-08 | Ed Miller | 10Matthew_04_12-25_FollowingMe.mp3 | Matthew 4:12-25 | ||||||
| 11 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 11) Chapters 5-7 - Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount | In this introduction lesson to the Sermon on the Mount, Ed lays out several disadvantages that may detract us from getting the main message of Jesus' heart. The kingdom of heaven is contrasted with the kingdom of earth. The good news is that the impossible standards of the kingdom of heaven are embraced when we stop trying to please God from the kingdom of earth! | 1982-04-15 | Ed Miller | 11Matthew_05-07.mp3 | Matthew 5 - 7 | ||||||
| 12 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 12) Chapter 5:1-16 - The Beatitudes | The Beatitudes describe one who is ruled by the Father-King. Christ lays stress on who we are not what we do; we always do what we do because of who we are. True happiness is tied in with character not all those things tied in with the kingdom of earth. | 1982-04-22 | Ed Miller | 12Matthew_05_1-16_Beatitudes.mp3 | Matthew 5:1-16 | ||||||
| 13 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 13) Chapter 5:1-16 - Beatitudes Continued | The Beatitude are the "deep sea divers" in stark contrast with man's surface ideas of what happiness, a hungry heart, and meekness are. The King's double illustration of salt and light are the outworking of influence based upon being and not doing. The Christian's one responsibility is to stay in unbroken fellowship with Him. | 1982-04-29 | Ed Miller | 13Matthew_05_1-16.mp3 | Matthew 5:1-16 | ||||||
| 14 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 14) Chapter 5:17-48 - Revelation and Tradition | Traditions are man's interpretations of what God said, and the scribes and Pharisees are God's illustrations of them. This section of the sermon provide three great contrasts that help us to know if we really have the revelation of God. The Christian has no relationship to the Law but to the Law-Keeper (Christ) who keeps the Law in their life. | Ed Miller | 14Matthew_05_17-48_Revelation_And_Tradition.mp3 | Matthew 5:17-48 | |||||||
| 15 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 15) Chapter 5:23-6:18 - The Secret Life | Jesus' teaching of not taking oaths or turning the other cheek illustrates principles such as living the truth or having a generous heart. "The spiritual life from start to finish," Ed remarks, "is not for the eyes of men; it's for the eyes of God and the eyes of God alone." Ed shows how Jesus' three illustrations of almsgiving, prayer and fasting are all inclusive of everything in the Christian life. | Ed Miller | 15Matthew_05_23-06_1-18_The_Secret_Life.mp3 | Matthew 5:23-6:18 | |||||||
| 16 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 16) Chapter 6:19-34 - The Eye, The Heart, and The Anxiety | Those who are ruled by the King have their hearts set on Christ alone. Darkness is a heart set on many things (i.e., Christian fellowship, Christian service, Bible study) and not Christ Himself. The two tests of a healthy heart are the covetousness test and the anxiety test. | Ed Miller | 16Matthew_06_19-34_The_Eye_The_Heart_And_The_Anxiety.mp3 | Matthew 6:19-34 | |||||||
| 17 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 17) Chapter 7 - Reality | The fourth principle if I'm ruled by the King is that I'm real and honest. We are to judge or discern fruits but not motives. In Jesus' teaching on prayer, in context of this sermon means that God has made every provision that the Christian can be real through and through. | Ed Miller | 17Matthew_07.mp3 | Matthew 7:1-23 | |||||||
| 18 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 18) Chapter 6:9-13 - The Lord's Prayer | This very familiar passage on the Lord's prayer is God's short and simple model for all prayer. Prayer is a relationship that God ends up as everything and man as nothing. As a blueprint, the correct order, proportions and passions of prayer have a corrective value to measure our own prayer lives. | Ed Miller | 18Matthew_06_The_Lords_Prayer.mp3 | Matthew 6:9-13 | |||||||
| 19 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 19) Chapter 7:13-29 - Conclusion of The Sermon On Mount | The ending to Jesus' great sermon give several principles of how to clinch truth (appropriating the truth). Ed presents "by their fruit ye shall know them" as many commentators have seen it and then in light the spiritual theme of the sermon. The climactic illustration of the wise man and foolish man is that the foundation is everything. | Ed Miller | 19Matthew_07_The_Sermon_On_Mount.mp3 | Matthew 7:13-29 | |||||||
| 20 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 20) Chapter 8 - Intro to Miracles / Cleansing of the Leper | The Holy Spirit selected ten miracles in Matthew 8 and 9 to tell a spiritual story. The first miracle of Christ pictures His salvation from leprosy, a living parable of death. Christ is the approachable One; there is no sin to keep you from King Jesus! | Ed Miller | 20Matthew_08.mp3 | Matthew 8:1-4 | |||||||
| 21 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 21) Chapter 8:5-13 - Miracles: The Centurion | Ed defuses the controversies surrounding the healing movement and devisiveness to suggest healing based upon the Atonement. The centurion saw Christ as the king over disease; that is the goal, not the physical healing itself. Faith answers the question: "How do I get the higher life of God to flow into my life?" | 1982-09-14 | Ed Miller | 21Matthew_08_Miracles.mp3 | Matthew 8:5-13, 16-17 | ||||||
| 22 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 22) Chapter 8:14-27 - Miracles: Fever & Stormy Sea | The sign of Peter's mother-in-law's fever being healed pointed to Christ as the One who enables us to minister to Him. Following the Lord involves setting one's heart not on the things of this earth and being occupied with life. Ed shows how the stormy sea was Jesus' object lesson of following Him and having great faith. | Ed Miller | 22Matthew_08_14-28_Miracle.mp3 | Matthew 8:14-27 | |||||||
| 23 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 23) Chapter 8:28-34 - Miracles: Gadarene Demoniacs | Demons are real, limited, and a picture which God uses to turn our eyes to Christ the triumphant King. The principle of choosing the pigs (or anything) over Jesus is that you lose both the "pigs" and Jesus. "The safest thing you can do in life," Ed assures, "is to go after Him with every fiber of your being." | Ed Miller | 23Matthew_08.mp3 | Matthew 8:28-34 | |||||||
| 24 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 24) Chapter 9:1-9 - Miracles: The Paralytic | This account is the double miracle of the forgiveness of sins and the healing of lameness. It takes a miracle to change the inside and the outside. | Ed Miller | 24Matthew_09_The_Paralytic.mp3 | Matthew 9:1-9 | |||||||
| 25 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 25) Chapter 9:9-17 - Miracles: Salvation | Matthew's conversion story in the middle of the miracles sections drives home that salvation is the greatest miracle. Jesus is the Physician to those who acknowledge that they're sick. The Christian life is a wedding (union with the Groom) not a funeral (obsession with self-denial). | Ed Miller | 25Matthew_09.mp3 | Matthew 9:9-17 | |||||||
| 26 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 26) Chapter 9:18-26 - Miracles: Raising Of Jairus' Daughter | No matter how great the emergency is to you, God is not in a hurry. Ed shares precious principles from these miracles to see the heart of God in delays and His apparent slow dealings with us. | Ed Miller | 26Matthew_09_Raising_Of_Jairus_Daughter.mp3 | Matthew 9:18-26 | |||||||
| 27 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 27) Chapter 9:20-34 - Miracles: Conclusion | The woman with the issue of blood illustrated that true faith is reaching through the picture (the garment) to touch Christ. The last two miracles taken together are the greatest joy on Jesus' heart that we would see and be able to communicate. As you follow the path of the rejected Savior-King, your ministry will be among the rejected and you will be misunderstood, laughed at, and questioned. | Ed Miller | 27Matthew_09_Miracles.mp3 | Matthew 9:20-34 | |||||||
| 28 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 28) Chapter 9:35-10:20 - Sending Forth The Laborers | When we pray for the Lord to send out laborers, how often He calls us to be the answer to our own prayers! Chapter 10 tells you why there will be few of the quality Jesus would call "workers". True authority is not in decibels but one who speaks from freedom with the result of setting others free. | Ed Miller | 28Matthew_09_Sending_Forth_The_Laborers.mp3 | Matthew 9:35-10:20 | |||||||
| 29 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 29) Chapter 10 - Principles Of True Service | A third principle of a real ambassador of the King is spiritual discernment about the world, the will of God, and the revelation of Jesus Christ. The fourth principle (and chief reason why the laborers are few) is because of the cross--rejection and opposition. | Ed Miller | 29Matthew_10_Principles_Of_Ture_Services.mp3 | Matthew 10 | |||||||
| 30 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 30) Chapter 10:34-42 - Principles Of True Service Continued | In this chapter filled with self-denial, only God can work out the fact of your crucifixion. "Let God work death in you and don't you try to do it," Ed teaches. The cup of cold water to a prophet points to the real worker that just lives and will just be himself. | Ed Miller | 30Matthew_10.mp3 | Matthew 10:34-42 | |||||||
| 31 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 31) Chapter 11:1-15 - John The Baptist Doubts | Chapter 11 opens with the first of 8 responses to what Jesus said (chap 5 -7) and did (chap 8 - 10). Wherever Jesus was speaking or working, there was always a response--revival or riot! John the Baptist pictures how the Lord responds to "struggling faith" (not unbelief) and affirms His love and thoughts towards those. | Ed Miller | 31Matthew_11_John_The_Baptists_Doubts.mp3 | Matthew 11:1-15 | |||||||
| 32 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 32) Chapter 11:16-24 - Response of "This Generation" | What we can learn from the response of "this generation" is our message to be rejected and ourselves to be abused and maligned. The stark contrast between John the Baptist ("turn or burn") and Jesus ("look and live") is a warning not to make judgments of the variety of instruments God uses. The response of the cities underscores the greater the light, the greater the responsibility and accountability. | Ed Miller | 32Matthew_11.mp3 | Matthew 11:16-24 | |||||||
| 33 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 33) Chapter 11:25-30 - Knowing God | How can I know God? It's by the revelation of Jesus Christ. What will be the results of knowing God? Rest. The "babes" are those who come to Christ as the teacher and receive that promised rest. | 1983-01-20 | Ed Miller | 33Matthew_11_Knowing_God.mp3 | Matthew 11:25-30 | ||||||
| 34 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 34) Chapter 12:1-14 - Sabbath Rest | The theme of Sabbath runs deep throughout Scripture, illustrated by the many Old Testament sabbath days, feasts and sabbatical years. Man is lord of the Sabbath, but the Pharisees didn't understand the principle and lost it in the letter. The spirit of the Sabbath is to walk with Jesus and be fed by Him to satisfy our hunger. | Ed Miller | 34Matthew_12_Sabbath_Rest.mp3 | Matthew 12:1-14 | |||||||
| 35 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 35) Chapter 12:15-32 - The Humble Savior | The response of God the Father to what Jesus said and did was His affirmation of Christ as the humble Savior. The hope in the gentleness of Jesus is that though I may be a bruised reed or a smoldering wick, He will lead until the reed is strong and the flame bright again! Ed shares on the "unpardonable sin" as to what it is not and what it is. | Ed Miller | 35Matthew_12.mp3 | Matthew 12:15-32 | |||||||
| 36 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 36) Chapter 12:22-45 | The sign of Jonah points to the only witness to the unsaved--a resurrection life. Ed shares 6 brief principles from this section, such as living by absolutes, letting the Holy Spirit convict you by the words you speak, not settling for unreality, and others. | Ed Miller | 36Matthew_12.mp3 | Matthew 12:22-45 | |||||||
| 37 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 37) Chapter 12:46-50 & Intro to Parables | The response of Jesus' family illustrates the response of mistaken love and misunderstanding. Ed introduces chapter 13, the parable chapter, with explaining what a parable is and what it's for. As it relates to our discipleship, the parables are to draw us to the Lord Jesus for an explanation. | 1983-02-24 | Ed Miller | 37Matthew_12.mp3 | Matthew 12:46-50 & chapter 13 | ||||||
| 38 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 38) Chapter 13:1-23 - Parable of the Sower | The primary meaning of the parable of the sower is about HOW you listen. Each of the first three soils illustrate heart problems of listening to the gospel. Ed concludes with 5 general principles of application we can draw from this first kingdom of heaven parable. | Ed Miller | 38Matthew_13_Parables_Of_The_Sower.mp3 | Matthew 13:1-23 | |||||||
| 39 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 39) Chapter 13:24-30, 36-44 - Parable of the Wheat & Tares | The chief point of the parable is that the only reason sons of the kingdom are planted is because of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our responsibility is not to deal with the tares but simply to grow. The wheat is seen in the harvest (day of fruit), in part through the many harvests along the way and in full at the end time harvest at the Judgment Seat of Christ. | Ed Miller | 39Matthew_13.mp3 | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-44 | |||||||
| 40 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 40) Chapter 13:31-35 - Parables of the Mustard Seed & Leaven | The chief point of the parable of the mustard seed is the small beginning of life and future grandeur--a life that others can fly to for refuge and rest. Don't be discouraged at small beginnings if the life of God is in it. The parable of the leaven is a parable of hope in which the grace of God transforms our character until the "job" is done! | Ed Miller | 40Matthew_13_Leaven.mp3 | Matthew 13:31-35 | |||||||
| 41 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 41) Chapter 13:44-52 - Conclusion of the Parables | The main point of the parable of the treasure hidden in a field is the exceeding value of Christ Himself that makes surrendering to Him a joy. In the next parable, the Lord Jesus is like the seeking merchant who became poor to acquire His Church--the pearl of great price. Ed labors to underscore the main point of the last two parables to try to catch what the Lord's heart was emphasizing. | Ed Miller | 41Matthew_13.mp3 | Matthew 13:44-52 | |||||||
| 42 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 42) Chapter 13:53-14:12 - Credentials & Conscience | The credentials of the Lord Jesus was a life that could only be explained by it being God. Jesus' response to unbelief in His hometown of Nazareth was no response--just live and speak. The beheading of John the Baptist illustrates the path of rejection, that God has not promised deliverance from the common problems of life. | Ed Miller | 42Matthew_13.mp3 | Matthew 13:53-14:12 | |||||||
| 43 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 43) Chapter 14 - Principles | Jesus was a marvellous teacher who used others as a curriculum to teach His disciples the clear principles of union with Christ, inward reality, and having a large view of Him. God will never give you a principle without testing the reality of it. The disciples find themselves in the Lord's "lab" in this miracle section. | Ed Miller | 43Matthew_14_Principles.mp3 | Matthew 14 | |||||||
| 44 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 44) Chapter 14:13-33 - The Five Loaves and the Rescue | Union with Christ is to be enjoyed not understood. The feeding of the 5,000 illustrates that when we are in our nothingness are in union with Christ, God blesses what we have by multiplying not only the quantity but the quality of it! Peter walking on the water shows that we are in union with the One who rules the stormy sea. | Ed Miller | 44Matthew_14_The_Five_Loaves_And_The_Rescue.mp3 | Matthew 14:13-33 | |||||||
| 45 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 45) Chapters 15 & 16 - Essential Life | All essential life is from above (i.e. heavenly Father) and from within (i.e. the heart). All that is not essential life is leaven and God will deal with it in His own time and His own way. Traditions are not wrong if they don't transgress the commandments of God. | Ed Miller | 45Matthew_15-16.mp3 | Matthew 15 & 16 | |||||||
| 46 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 46) Chapter 15:21-28 - Great Faith | Everything you are and will be depends upon your vision of a glorious Christ. The Syro-Phoenecian woman's large view of Christ was produced humility and great faith. The trouble that brought this woman to Jesus shows us that trouble is a mighty blessing in the hand of God for good. | Ed Miller | 46Matthew_15.mp3 | Matthew 15:21-28 | |||||||
| 47 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 47) Chapter 16:13-20 - The Church | The clear truths about the Church is that it is Jesus' Church, He builds it, and it is always built upon "rock men". A "rock person" is one who knows who Jesus is by the revelation of heaven. Every day this Church is getting freer and freer from flesh and blood and the gates of hell. | Ed Miller | 47Matthew_16.mp3 | Matthew 16:13-20 | |||||||
| 48 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 48) Chapter 16:21-17:13 - The Transfiguration | The Transfiguration teaches that if we are not seeing Jesus glorified, we are not spiritual. We cannot taste of death to self (spiritually) until we see Christ glorified. If you are seeing Jesus, you don't have tell anybody for His life will radiate through you. | Ed Miller | 48Matthew_16_Transfiguration.mp3 | Matthew 16:21-17:13 | |||||||
| 49 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 49) Chapter 17:14-21 - True Prayer and Fasting | A spiritual Christian is one who trusts Jesus unreservedly. True prayer is a matter of the heart that lays hold of God; true fasting is letting go of the world. Ed closes the message with 4 practical statements of how the nature of the kingdom should affect our lives. | Ed Miller | 49Matthew_17.mp3 | Matthew 17:14-21 | |||||||
| 50 | New Testament Books | Gospels | Matthew | (Matthew 50) Chapter 17:24-27 - All Sufficiency | Somehow Peter had lost his glorious view of Christ. Jesus used the miracle of the coin in the fish's mouth to show him again that He is all-sufficient to meet our every need. | Ed Miller | 50Matthew_17.mp3 | Matthew 17:24-27 |