Matthew : Season 6 - Week 5

Sermon Description:

Jesus continues His head-on confrontation with the religious leaders of Israel. In this episode, the Pharisee leaders, faced with miracle after miracle showing definitive proof of Jesus’ power and authority move to a smear campaign. They claim that Jesus is only able to do these things because He is aligned with the dark, evil spiritual forces of Satan. Jesus not only refutes the logic of this, but then counter-attacks, saying that the religious leaders are completely missing God’s work right in front of their eyes. He calls them a “brood of snakes” - a reference back to the serpent in Genesis 3 who is the enemy of God. To close, Jesus puts forth a simple test to know who is doing God’s work, and who is not, saying “good trees produce good fruit, and evil trees produce evil fruit.” In this, Jesus is inviting us to think long and hard about the kind of people we are becoming (and the kind of people we listen to and follow).

SPEAKERS:

Steve Clifford (Saratoga), David Tieche (South Hills)

Bible Passages):

Matthew 11:22-37

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