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The
Book of Matthew
Matthew was taught by Dr. James Modlish
CHAPTER
TWELVE
Intro:
To bring us up to speed we have observed so far:
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Ch.
1
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genealogy
of the King
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Ch.
2
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the
birth of the King
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Ch.
3
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the
herald of the King
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Ch.
4
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the
preparation of the King
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Ch.
5-7
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shows
the constitution of His kingdom
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Ch.
8-9
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present
His Old Testament credentials as King
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Ch.
10
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shows
the messenger of the kingdom being
preached
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Ch.
11
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the
rejection of the King and the kingdom
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The last
three verses of Chapter 11 include a veiled hint that
salvation may be more national, it may even by an
individual thing.
12:1-8
[1].
"Corn" has been a disputed subject - the usual
interpretation being corn was unknown in Egypt or
Palestine. See NIV.
(a). "Corn" may refer to other grain - (Jn. 12:24).
(b). Corn is in (Gen. 41:5-7).
(c). Corn is in the ear - (Mk. 4:26-29).
(d). (Deut. 23:25).
[2].
The majority of problems have always come from Pharisees,
that why so many messages on the heart - to prevent any
Pharisological attitudes.
[3]. "Have ye not read" is one of Jesus favorite
answers, it seems Pharisees spend more time criticizing
than reading.
[4]. The Scripture Jesus quotes is the story of
what David the King did when he was being persecuted as
an exile king (Satan) whom the people will accept -
(Zech. 11:16; Jn. 5:42).
[5]. Jesus' response:
(a).
David broke it - (1 Sam. 21:1-6).
(b). The priest break it - for the daily sacrifice was
to continue seven days a week in (Num. 29).
[6].
"One greater" continues to emphasize the fact that
himself out of the ordinary.
[7]. The quote is from (Hos. 6:6). The guiltless
is Christ.
[8]. Bottom line - if God created the Sabbath
day, can't He do anything He wants to with it, the
obvious answer is yes - but here they would have to
recognize the Christ is God.
12:9-13
Pharisees always get hung up on a ceremonial law that is
found in the midst of moral law.
[1].
No one every kept it before Moses - (Neh. 9:14).
[2]. It's a sign of something yet future
(Millennium) given to Israel - (Eze. 20:20).
[3]. Gentile is told to omit it - (Rom.
13:18-11).
[4]. (Vs. 12) sums the entire matter up! The
man's hand was restored just like Jeroboam's - (1 Ki.
13:6).
12:14-16
[1].
The irrational behavior of the Pharisees can only be
explained by the fact that they made their living drawing
attention to ceremonial observances.
[2]. During the Passover week they were murdering
God's Son with a clear conscience, but were worried about
walking in the wrong building the same day, lest they
should get some "Gentile defilement" (Jn. 18:28).
[3]. The Lord withdrew, not because they could
kill Him against His will, (Jn. 10:18) but because they
time was not right.
12:17-21
[1].
This signals the end of Christ's attempts to put His
messiahship on Israel. The unpardonable sin which follows
and parables of the kingdom sets the tone for God dealing
with the Gentiles.
[2]. "That it might be fulfilled" must be linked
to the warming of His disciples not to make Him known;
this checks with vs. 19.
[3]. God here is giving light on a previous
mystery. By reading the entire quotation (Isa. 42:1-4),
there is no way to tell whether it is an individual (as
in Isa. 41:8) representing Israel (Isa. 45:4), or whether
it is the individual Messiah (Isa. 49:6; 41:25)
representing Jehovah (Isa. 53).
[4]. This is the mystery that baffled the
prophets (1 Pet. 1:10-11). As the Pharisees missed the
first coming the modern man misses the second coming.
[5]. (Vs. 20) is the most difficult verse in the
chapter and little can be done except to spiritualize it
so that it has some application to God's treatment of
weak saints. The bruised reed may refer to a saint who
has been bruised in service, but God does not break him
but heals him (Heb. 12:13). The smoking flax may be a
type of the Holy Spirit in the saint (1 Thess. 5:19).
[6]. Vs. 21 - See (Matt. 15:24-28).
12:22-24
[1].
The chronology is developing in the chapter.
(a).
Signs and wonders are offered to Israel (vs. 13).
(b). Upon rejection Christ turns to the Gentiles (Jn.
1:12), until the fullness of the Gentiles become in
while Israel is blinded (Acts 28:25-28).
(c). Where upon He restores Israel as He restores the
blind and dumb man.
(d). The blind is also demon possessed. (Acts
16:16-18)
[2].
The emphasis seems to be Gentile - Jonah, Queen of Sheba.
12:25-28
[1].
"Jesus knew their thoughts."
Sometimes
this insight is not immediate and reads "when Jesus
knew" (Mk. 8:17; 11:13; Lk. 5:22; 9;47). It's another
demonstration of Jesus humility and humanity, for He
willingly limited Himself in energy, thought and
perception. (Jn. 4:6).
How
opposite we are, for we are anxious for people to know
how much we know, not how little!
[2].
"if Satan cast out Satan."
In
colloquia Americana: "Your crowd professes to have the
power to cast out devils and you bran on them. All
right, if it works for them, it works for me. Why
don't you brag on me. I'm doing what you profess to
do."
[3].
"Therefore they shall be your judges."
"When
your sons return from a casting out and talk with you
about it and you tell them what I have been doing,
they will decide for themselves whether it is God or
Satan casting out, and they will 'eye you' close if
you imply that it is Satan that is doing it; that will
reflect on them."
[4].
"The kingdom of God is come unto you."
This
is the second time this expression appears (first in
6:33), giving only a hint of something different than
a physical kingdom. But Christ is a double-king, and
devil's a Spirit being, so it is necessary to once
again introduce the subject.
12:29-30
[1].
This parable is so deep and complicated the audience is
totally befuddled.
(a).
Strong man is the Devil.
(b). "His goods" must be the people he controls
(12:22).
(c). "His house" can refer to Israel as a nation
(12:42-45), or it can be the body, or a man as the
temple of the "unclean Spirit" (12:43,33).
[2].
Christ will do the spoiling (Jn. 12:31; 16:11), with the
final spoiling in (Rev. 11:15).
[3]. So how can the spoiling happen when the
strong man is still loose and He who will do the binding
has not returned.
12:31-32
[1].
What the sin is not!
(a).
Suicide, murder, divorce or rejecting Christ, because
people do that and later find forgiveness.
[2].
What is it?
(a).
It is speaking something.
(b). It is saying that Jesus Christ has an unclean
spirit, (Mk. 3:27-30).
12:33-35
[1].
The verses refer back to (7:16-19). It is a reminder that
Israel is in the middle of an "offer-of-the-kingdom" situation. Israel is a tree, just like men are trees,
(Mk. 8:24).
[2]. "O generation of vipers" has direct
reference to the use this king of language sets Jesus
apart from the average "minister" of today.
[3]. Good treasure - Word of God, (13:52).
Evil
treasure - hardness and stubbornness, (Rom.
2:5).
12:36-37
Remember Jesus is talking about what comes out of the mouth.
Of the six questions asked by Job when under trial, four of
them deal with things that come from the mouth,
(Job.
26:2-4), The spirit of man, the Lord or Satan when coming
from the mans mouth when he speaks, (1 Ki.
22:15-23).
12:38-42
[1].
Notice when Jesus got too close to the fence they changed
the subject, your heart and words are difficult subjects.
Straight preaching is usually avoided.
[2]. The problem with Israel asking for a sign
(even though they have the right to - (1 Cor. 1:22, Ex.
4:9-30), is that they have already been presented with a
thousand of them.
[3]. Signs seeking people are adulterous - why?
They are cheating on God, they are not staying true to
their original vow of believing Him.
[4]. The sign is not healing, tongues or
expulsion of demons, but a resurrection.
(a).
It does not say Jonah stayed alive. (Jonah 2:26).
(b). If God the creator of whales (Gen. 1:21) wants to
call them a great fish, it's His business.
(c). Three days
(aa).
He came in Sunday morning - (Mk. 11:11).
(bb). He slept at Bethany Sunday night - (Mk.
11:12).
(cc). He cursed the fig tree Monday morning - (Mk.
11:14).
(dd). Saw it withered Tuesday - (Mk. 11:20).
(ee). Tuesday evening at 5:00 was two days before
the Passover - (Mk. 14:1; Matt. 26:1,2).
(ff). Disciples went out to find a room on Tuesday
- (Lk. 22:7).
(gg). Tuesday evening at the end of the third day
of the week the Passover is killed.
So Jesus was
killed on Wednesday, in the tome by 6:00pm and comes out
Saturday at 6:00 pm - see (Gen. 1:5,8,13, etc.) The angel
descends at midnight and the women come to the grave
around 5:30am Sunday.
[5].
Jonas has no compassion - Christ died.
Jonas
could not forgive sin - Christ could.
Jonas was a bad example to his converts, whereas
Christ was perfect.
Jonas suffered a little, while Christ suffered the
full judgment of God against sin (2 Cor.
19-21).
[6].
The queen of the south is a reference to the Queen of
Sheba - what will give her the right to judge?
(a).
She was uninvited, whereas Israel had an invitation,
(Matt. 23:3; 11:28-30).
(b). She came on a mere report, where Israel had
evidence.
(c). She came from afar, while miracles to Israel were
performed in their home towns.
(d). She spent thousands to make the trip, while these
spent nothing.
(e). She same to a mere mortal man, while these had
the opportunity to come to a man who never had to ask
anyone to forgive Him of anything.
12:43-45
The unidentified man in the parable is to the context a
perfect illustration of Israel, however when the parable is
told in (Lk. Lk. 11:24), it could no doubt apply to anyone.
Jesus
constantly refers to demons and obviously believes in
their existence - (Matt. 17:18; Mk. 5:1-13). Why does the
modern world think then that all mental problems have to
be explained by some psychological language. When was the
last time they ever diagnoses anyone with a demon. Could
it be that unclean and seducing spirits have a
religion?
(1 Tim. 4:1-5).
[1].
What Demons desire:
(a).
Demons have an affinity for wet places. Notice the one
in the text finds no rest in dry places.
(b). Demons seek a body and the human body is 80%
water, (Mk. 5:12).
(c). Bodies thus inhabited tend to go to water, (Matt.
17:15; Mk. 5:13).
(d). Fallen angels of pre-deluge days are drowned, (2
Pet. 2:4,5; Ps. 81).
[2].
The final destination of demons is a lake of fire, (Rev.
20).
(a).
The demon-possessed boy of (Matt. 17) heads for fire,
hence warm water sea ports.
[3].
The mans body is the demon's house (Eph. 2:1-3), even as
the Christian's body is the Temple of God.
(a).
The man cleans up his live morally, furnishes it with
religion, but he is lost. (2 Pet. 19-22). Saul and
Balaam are excellent examples.
12:46-50
[1].
Notice Jesus never gives Mary as much reverence as the
Catholic Church does.
[2]. Jesus brothers are his brothers.
[3]. His real brethren are a remnant of Hebrew
believers who accept Him, (Heb. 2:11; Matt. 25:40; Heb.
2:13; Jn. 20:17).
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