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Matthew chapter 9 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Matthew Chapter 9. Let's pray, our Father, who's in
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  heaven, holy is your name, your Kingdom come, and your will be
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  done on earth just as it is in heaven.
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  Give us today Our Daily Bread. Forgive us for our many
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  trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
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  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
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  For thine is the power of the Kingdom and the glory forever
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  and ever and ever. Lord, we love you.
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  Lord, we worship you. Lord, we are asking for your
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  touch today. Lord, we're asking for clarity.
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  We're asking, Holy Spirit for you to be the teacher and the
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  guide. Guide us through the mind of
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  Christ. Guide us through the thoughts of
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  this world and this guide us through all the thoughts of the
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  Father. Guide us through what he thinks
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  about this world and what he thinks about this time and this
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  hour. And Lord, how everything that
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  we're reading is relevant for today.
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  God, I pray that we don't gloss over.
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  I pray that we don't check out. I pray that we don't just
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  approach you God with a half heart.
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  I pray that we're engaged. I pray that we are completely
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  sold out. I pray that we are locked in.
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  I pray that we are listening attentively, God expectantly,
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  knowing that you're going to heal from on high, knowing that
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  you're going to give us clarity. You're going to give us the mind
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  of Christ. You're going to give us the
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  thoughts that you possess. Father, lead us in heavenly
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  places, lead us in paths of righteousness.
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  We're acknowledging you today. So direct our steps.
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  Father, we ask of you, in the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen.
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  Let's start in verse one. And he entered into a ship, and
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  passed over, and came into his own city.
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  So this is Jesus returning to Capernaum. 2 And behold, they
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  brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed.
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  And Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy.
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  Son, be of good, cheer your sins, be forgiven you.
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  So here we know that this is relegated to the story of the
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  people that were bringing the paralytic on the mat, and they
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  opened up the roof and they lowered him down because there
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  were so many people there to learn from Jesus.
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  And Jesus, seeing this man in his state, he sees that not only
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  was he paralyzed, which was an outer issue, but on the inside
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  he had felt as if it was his own doing, his own fault.
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  Perhaps his faith or his sins were keeping him from being
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  healed. And he sees the faith of the
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  friends here. And what a word for us today.
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  Some people don't even have the faith to come to the Lord, but
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  we must bring them to the Lord. We must pick them up.
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  We must bring them before the Lord and ask the Lord to do
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  mighty wonders and work miracles in their lives so that they will
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  believe and see. God knows who belongs belongs to
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  him, and he is not willing that any should perish. 3 And behold,
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  certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man
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  blasphemes. So these were thoughts, these
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  were not even words that were articulated.
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  And here Jesus is reading their minds because he's all God, and
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  Jesus knowing their thoughts there.
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  Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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  Jesus asks them. 5 for whether it's easier to say your sins be
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  forgiven you or to say arise and walk.
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  So here everyone is believing in a miracle, but instead Jesus
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  flips the script and he says your sins are forgiven.
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  He sees that the real need here is not a miracle.
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  The real need here is for this man to know that he is forgiven.
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  And that is the power for you and for me to know that we're
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  going to stand before Almighty God.
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  He might leave you in the wheelchair.
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  He might leave you sick, He might leave you with the cancer,
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  He might leave you with the loss of the loved one and the broken
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  marriage and the job loss. He might leave you in that
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  situation. But we need to know that the
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  greatest thing that Jesus could ever do for us is to cover us in
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  His blood, to cover us in the pure blood of the Lamb, and that
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  God Almighty is going to welcome us into eternity, not because of
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  anything we have done, but because of the sacrifice of
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  Jesus Christ on the cross. That is the only way that we're
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  going to get there. And Jesus knew that this man
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  needed to know that all of his sins were forgiven.
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  And that is what we need to know, that not one single sin
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  that we have ever committed, are committing, or will commit will
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  be counted against us when we stand before Almighty God.
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  What a thought, friends. That is what we need to know.
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  That is what we stand on is the work of the cross.
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  And that is why what Jesus did is so powerful that God will not
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  remember our sins. Praise the Lord. 6:00 but that
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  you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive
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  sins. Then he said to the sick of the
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  palsy, arise and take up your bed and go to your house.
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  Wow. Not only did Jesus forgive him
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  of all his sins, but Jesus healed him and told him to get
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  up and rise and walk. Can you even imagine the stir
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  once the people saw this paralyzed man get up and walk?
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  7 And he arose, and he had, he departed to his house.
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  Look at that. Look at how God healed him.
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  Look at how Jesus, just with the Word, healed him. 8 But when the
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  multitude saw it, they marvelled, and they glorified
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  God, which had given such power unto men.
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  This was Jesus Christ and this is Jesus and he is all God and
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  he's all man. And the people are still kicking
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  the tires trying to figure out who he is.
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  They're still trying to figure out is he the long-awaited
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  Messiah or is he just a wonder worker?
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  Is he just a worker of miracles? Is he some kind of magician?
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  What is all of this? And there are so many that are
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  only attracted to God for what they can get out of him.
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  They are more attracted in the presence than in His presence.
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  And we need to sit and we need to know that God is.
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  We need to know that Jesus is the Messiah.
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  We need to know that we know that we know that He is the
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  long-awaited 1 and we can put all of our trust and faith in
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  Him and receive our forgiveness and receive our healing friends.
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  9 And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man named
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  Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom.
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  And he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and he followed
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  him. This is the Matthew who wrote
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  the book that you're reading right now.
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  This was a tax collector, and he would have been a social outcast
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  of the Jews. They would have hated this man
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  because he had turned his back on the Jewish heritage.
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  He had joined forces with the Romans and he was exacting their
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  money from them. And he was such a traitor to the
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  Jewish nation. And here Jesus, the friend of
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  sinners, the friend of thieves, the friend of publicans, he's
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  calling Matthew unto himself. And he knew that Matthew was to
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  be a disciple before he ever even called him. 10 And it came
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  to pass, as Jesus sat at me in the house, behold, many
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  publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his
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  disciples. So here Jesus is sitting down to
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  dinner with all the tax collectors, and what's going to
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  happen? 11 When the Pharisees saw it,
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  they said unto his disciples, Why does your master eat with
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  publicans and sinners? They marveled at how Jesus was
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  not afraid to sit down. He was never afraid that he
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  would be overtaken by the sinners.
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  He could sit, He was comfortable in the presence of sin, but he
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  never ever allowed the sin to defile him.
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  He never allowed the sin to come into him, and he never condoned
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  the sinners, but he was quite comfortable sitting with them.
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  Praise the Lord for Jesus. Look at how Jesus flips the
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  script. Look at how Jesus, he's not
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  afraid of sinners and he has the harshest things to say towards
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  the religious, and it's no different today.
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  Friends 12:00 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto him,
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  They that behold, do not need a physician, but they that are
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  sick, he's saying that the healthy do not need a doctor.
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  It is the sick who need a doctor.
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  And friend, before you came to know the Lord, you were the
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  sickest of them all. I was the sickest of them all.
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  This is a worthy saying that Christ came to save sinners, of
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  which I was the chief. We need to know where we've come
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  from. That way, when we see people in
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  their sin, we do not see them in that sin.
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  We see them as children of God. And we need to extend the gospel
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  of Jesus Christ unto all people, and have the discernment to know
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  when to stop casting our pearls amongst swan. 13 But go you, and
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  learn what that means, that I will have mercy and not
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  sacrifice, For I have not come to call the righteous, but
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  sinners to repentance. So here you can see that the
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  Lord, He is referencing Hosea, he's referencing how the Lord
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  does not desire sacrifice, but he desires mercy.
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  And then he tells us that he hasn't come for the righteous,
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  but it comes for sinners to turn to repentance.
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  And we can see that when we become self-righteous, we've
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  missed the mark, friends, when we think that it is our
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  righteousness that gets us in, we think that it's our behavior
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  that gets us in. We've missed the mark.
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  God came to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. 14 Then
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  came to him, the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the
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  Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?
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  So here John had a very strict set of how he was the
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  forerunner, and he had these disciples who tried to mimic his
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  approach. And they're kind of somewhat
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  thrown off by the fact that Jesus's disciples were eating
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  and drinking. And perhaps they thought to
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  themselves, why is it that we are afflicting our bodies and
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  your disciples are having a feast and a fun time?
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  They were with Jesus. Anytime you're with Jesus, it's
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  nothing but joy. Joy and more joy, friends.
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  It is a joyous journey. It's a good life if we'll let it
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  be. And yes, we should be burdened
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  for the lost, but we cannot think that it is our burden to
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  bear. We bring it to him.
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  His yoke is easy, friends. 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can
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  the children of the bride chamber mourn as long as the
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  bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the
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  bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast.
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  So he's saying there's coming a time when Jesus leaves to go to
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  sit at the right hand, that we are called to the fasting, and
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  some things only go out by fasting and prayer.
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  But when we are with him in the wedding feast, it's nothing but
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  dancing and joy. It is nothing but our It's for
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  our wholeness and completeness. And we should have the joy of
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  the Lord, which is our strength. 16 No man puts a piece of new
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  cloth onto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it
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  up takes from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
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  So he's saying that you cannot take an unshrunken patch and put
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  it on a piece of clothing, for it'll RIP and the RIP will be
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  even worse, and he's going to tell us what he means by all
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  this. 17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles, else the
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  bottles break and the wine runs out and the bottles perish.
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  But they that put new wine into new bottles and both are
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  preserved. Sometimes Jesus has to come in
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  and flip over the tables. He has to drive out the money
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  changers. He's doing a new thing.
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  And yes, God does not change, but sometimes the systems that
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  men implement get overrun and overtaken by greed and get
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  overrun and get overtaken by power and get overrun and get
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  overtaken. And you can see it even in our
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  day, you can see churches closing left and right.
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  And it's because we've made it more about the bylaws and it's
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  more about man's doctrine than it is, is about what does the
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  Bible say? That's the number one thing we
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  need to ask ourselves. What does the word of God say?
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  And that is the law, that is the promises, that is the grace.
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  That is the encapsulation of everything that we need to know
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  is what does the Bible say? And we make a huge error
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  whenever we throw out any scripture of the Bible when we
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  try to say that that doesn't mean this or it doesn't mean
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  that or that was added to it, or this was attracted or needs to
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  be taken out, or it's the Bible plus something else.
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  We make a major error whenever we are talking about anything
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  else other than what the Bible says.
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  And that is our North Star. That is our compass.
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  And that is what will guide us home, friends. 18 While he spoke
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  these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and
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  worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead, but
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  come and lay your hand upon her, and she shall live. 19 And Jesus
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  arose, and he followed him, and so did his disciples. 20 And
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  behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood,
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  12 years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
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  21 For she said within herself, If I may touch the his garment,
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  I shall be whole. 22 And Jesus turned him about, and when he
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  saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort, your faith has
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  made you whole. And the woman was made whole
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  from that hour. 23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's
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  house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, he
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  said unto them, Give place, for the maid is not dead, but
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  sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn.
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  25 But when the people were put forth, he went in and took her
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  by the hand, and the maid arose, And the fame here of went abroad
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  into all that land. Imagine this, imagine this
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  story. Imagine how this leader of the
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  synagogue, he comes in and he says that his daughter is dead,
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  but just come into his house and put his hand on her and she'll
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  live. And imagine Jesus, he's moving
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  through the streets and he's doing what he's being asked.
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  And this lady, 12 years, she has had the infirmity of this issue
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  of blood. And we learned later that she
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  spent all her money on doctors and physicians and nothing can
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  help her. And she just thinks within
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  herself, all she has to do is touch the hem of his garment and
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  she will be healed. And Jesus turns to her and he
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  gives her the affectionate title daughter.
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  It's the only time that he uses that.
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  And he says daughter, and he calls this woman that.
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  And she and her faith made her well in the issue of blood.
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  Stop. And look at how these hired
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  mourners come in. And they look the part, but deep
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  down, they're just there to make some money.
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  And look at how they turn from mourning quickly to laughing.
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  And you can see that they're not very sincere.
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  And you can see how Jesus has this healing power and he raises
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  the dead to life. And he can do that for you,
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  friend. He did it for me, and his fame
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  spread all across that land. 27 And when Jesus departed there, 2
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  blind men followed him, crying and saying, Thou son of David,
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  have mercy on us. This is another messianic title.
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  28 And when he was coming to the house, the blind men came to
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  him. And Jesus said unto them,
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  Believe you that I am able to do this?
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  And they said unto him, Yes, Lord, another messianic title.
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  This Lord, this I deny. They're calling him the Christ,
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  the Anointed One, the Son of God, the Son of David, the Son
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  of man Praise the Lord for all of these messianic titles
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  pointing us that Jesus is the fulfillment of the law. 29 Then
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  touched he, their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it
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  unto you. So there it is.
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  The currency that we operate out of is this faith. 30 And their
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  eyes were open, and Jesus straightly charged them, saying,
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  See that no man knows it. For his fame was spreading out
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  across the land, and he could hardly contain the crowds that
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  were pressing in on him. 31 But they, when they were departed,
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  spread abroad his fame, and all that country. 32 And they went
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  out. Behold, they brought to him a
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  dumb man possessed with the devil, And when the devil was
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  cast out, the dumb spoke. And the multitudes marvelled,
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  saying it was never so seen in Israel. 34 But the Pharisee said
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  he cast out devils through the Prince of the devils.
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  Imagine this. Look at this blaspheming that
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  the Pharisees are doing towards the Son of God.
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  Look at how this possession of the demon, he had made this man
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  deaf and dumb. He wasn't able to speak.
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  And you can see later whenever Jesus goes into the tombs and he
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  asks, what is your name? And he says, my name is Legion,
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  for we are many. You can see that part of the
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  exorcism of the demoniacs was for them to be able to speak the
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  name of whatever devil, whatever demon had come in.
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  And here this man was so dumb he couldn't speak that this demon
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  had caused him not to speak. And Jesus, here he works around,
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  he doesn't need the name. All he does is say, come out and
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  he comes out, praise the Lord. And look at how the Pharisees,
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  they were so incredibly incensed against Jesus.
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  And Jesus was good, and Jesus was amazing and great, and Jesus
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  was lovely and Jesus was pure. And they hated it because he was
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  breaking down on all of their religious systems.
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  He was bringing them low. He was causing all of their
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  financial gain to be threatened. And here they can see it
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  happening and they see the crowds and they're incensed
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  against him. And they say it is by the Prince
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  of the devils that he drives out devils.
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  Imagine that. Let's see what Jesus has to say.
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  35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in
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  the synagogues and preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, and
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  healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 And
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  when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on
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  them, because they fainted, and they were scattered abroad as
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  sheep, having no shepherd. 37 Then said he unto his disciples,
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  The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. 38
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  Pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send
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  forth laborers into his harvest. Think about it friends, The
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  harvest is plenty, but the workers are few and Jesus is
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  moved with compassion. And you can see that during this
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  time there is this uptick of hostility towards Jesus.
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  And it's no different in our day.
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  It's no different in our hour. There's so many people that are
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  incensed against Christians. They're incensed against the
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  church. They're incensed against the
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  name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the long-awaited 1,
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  the Messiah. They're incensed against the
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  scriptures. Why?
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  Because they have made a love decision for this world.
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  Friends, they're delusional and they still have the blindfold on
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  and we need to remember where we came from.
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  We were once them and we need to have this compassion that you
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  see Jesus have. He could have called down
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  legions of angels and He could have completely did away with
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  the Romans. He could have, but this was what
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  was going to bring him the most amount of glory.
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  Give him his due praise today. Fall down on your knees and
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  worship Him, for He is worthy. Worthy is the King, He is the
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  Lord of Lords. He is holy, holy, holy.
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  I hope that you've been blessed by this chapter here.
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  I know I sure have. I'm praying for every single one
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  of you. I love you, so does God.
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  I'll see you back here tomorrow. God bless you.