by Paul Apple | Aug 14, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE GREAT COMMISSION FOCUSES ON MAKING DISCIPLES WORLDWIDE BASED ON THE AUTHORITY AND ABIDING PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST INTRODUCTION: Daniel Doriani: The commission has a sandwich structure. At the top and at the bottom, Jesus gives reasons for accepting the...
by Paul Apple | Aug 12, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: PEOPLE RESPOND IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO THE EMPTY TOMB OF RESURRECTED KING JESUS INTRODUCTION: After all of the studies in the Book of Matthew, in this text we come to the victorious climax = the Resurrection of Jesus Christ that proves His identity as...
by Paul Apple | Aug 11, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD BODY OF JESUS AND SECURING HIS GRAVE FULFIL MESSIANIC PROPHECY AND SUPPORT THE VALIDITY OF HIS RESURRECTION INTRODUCTION: Donald Hagner: In the kerygma of the early church it is not only the death of Jesus that is important but also...
by Paul Apple | Aug 10, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS WAS AN EARTH-SHAKING EVENT INTRODUCTION: Walter Wilson: In keeping with the magnitude of the event, Jesus’s final moments of life are depicted in a manner that is both solemn and dramatic. The scene opens with the supernatural onset...
by Paul Apple | Aug 8, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: PARADE OF MOCKERS CAST TAUNTS AND SCORN AT THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST INTRODUCTION: David Turner: The focus turns from the soldiers’ actions (27:27–37) to the mockery by other observers of the crucifixion. This section is an inclusio framed by references to the...
by Paul Apple | Aug 7, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE KING OF THE JEWS SUBMITTED TO HUMILIATING INDIGNITIES AND PAINFUL SUFFERING IN HIS UNJUST CRUCIFIXION TO ACCOMPLISH OUR REDEMPTION INTRODUCTION: D. A. Carson: Crucifixion was unspeakably painful and degrading. Whether tied or nailed to the cross, the...
by Paul Apple | Aug 6, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: JESUS SUBMITTED TO HIS HUMILIATING MOCKING CORONATION AS THE KING OF THE JEWS BY HIS ROMAN CAPTORS INTRODUCTION: R. T. France: After Jesus was condemned by the Jewish leaders, they abused and mocked him (26:67–68). Now that the Roman trial is finished the...
by Paul Apple | Aug 5, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: SPINELESS PILATE YIELDS TO THE DEMANDS OF THE MOB TO RELEASE BARABBAS AND DELIVER JESUS TO BE CRUCIFIED (DESPITE FINDING HIM INNOCENT) INTRODUCTION: Charles Swindoll: Finding himself in a precarious political situation, Pilate was seeking some way to free...
by Paul Apple | Aug 4, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: JESUS REMAINS SILENT IN HIS TRIAL BEFORE PILATE DESPITE THE TRUMPED UP CHARGES BROUGHT BY THE SANHEDRIN INTRODUCTION: Grant Osborne: When we combine all four accounts of the trial, John 18:28 – 19:16 gives us the details of the dialogue between Jesus and...
by Paul Apple | Aug 3, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: BETRAYAL OF JESUS PROVES TO BE A BAD DEAL FOR JUDAS INTRODUCTION: Leon Morris: Before moving on to the treatment of Jesus at the hands of the Romans Matthew finishes the story of Judas. He tells of that man’s remorse and suicide and of the curious mental...
by Paul Apple | Aug 2, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: DENYING ALLEGIANCE TO CHRIST BRINGS BITTER REMORSE INTRODUCTION: William Hendriksen: The theme “Peter’s experiences, words, and deeds during the night of Christ’s betrayal and shortly afterward” would provide material for several sermons. The “points” might...
by Paul Apple | Aug 2, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE UNJUST TRIAL BEFORE CAIAPHAS PROVIDES JESUS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEARLY AFFIRM HIS MESSIANIC IDENTITY INTRODUCTION: Daniel Doriani: The Jewish leaders sought Jesus’ death, nothing less. To reach this goal, they needed to convict him of a capital offense....
by Paul Apple | Jul 31, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: OUR RESPONSE TO UNFAIR ATTACKS SHOULD NOT BE VIOLENT OPPOSITION BUT CALM TRUST IN GOD’S SOVEREIGN PLAN INTRODUCTION: Richard Gardner: The spectacle that unfolds in verses 47-56 is both ludicrous and tragic. It is ludicrous in that the arrest party descends...
by Paul Apple | Jul 29, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: WATCH AND PRAY TO GUARD AGAINST TEMPTATION AND TO SUBMIT YOUR WILL TO GOD’S WILL IN TIMES OF CRISIS INTRODUCTION: David Thompson: Verse 37 says that Jesus began to be “grieved” and “distressed.” Those two words mean that Jesus was at a terrible emotional...
by Paul Apple | Jul 28, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE PRIDE BUBBLE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY COLLAPSES WHEN THE FEAR OF MAN LEADS TO DENIAL AND ABANDONMENT INTRODUCTION: R. T. France: The sense of foreboding which has resulted from Jesus’ words at the supper about betrayal and death is now underlined as the group...
by Paul Apple | Jul 26, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: JESUS MARKS THE TRANSITION FROM THE OLD COVENANT TO THE NEW BY CELEBRATING THE LAST PASSOVER AND INSTITUTING A NEW MEMORIAL INTRODUCTION: These verses are packed with rich theology: Establishing the chronology of the final week leading up the Crucifixion to...
by Paul Apple | Jul 25, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE TREACHEROUS BETRAYAL OF JESUS EXPOSES THE DEPTHS OF DEPRAVITY INTRODUCTION: Grant Osborne: Without Judas, the arrest and crucifixion would not have occurred during the Passover. Judas serves God’s purpose as well as that of the chief priests when his...
by Paul Apple | Jul 22, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: EXTRAVAGANT WORSHIP LAVISHED ON THE MESSIAH AS HE IS ANOINTED FOR BURIAL INTRODUCTION: Grant Osborne: Jesus is here presented as the suffering Messiah, “anointed” for his messianic destiny as the one who will die for our sins. The woman’s worshipful act of...
by Paul Apple | Jul 21, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE PASSOVER LAMB PREPARES HIS DISCIPLES FOR HIS CRUCIFIXION AS THE WICKED DESIGNS OF THE JEWISH CONSPIRATORS MESH WITH GOD’S SOVEREIGN CONTROL AND REDEMPTIVE PLAN INTRODUCTION: R. T. France: The beginning of the passion narrative in Matthew, as in Mark,...
by Paul Apple | Jul 19, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: SON OF MAN WILL RETURN IN GLORY TO SIT IN JUDGMENT ON THE GENTILES TO DETERMINE ENTRANCE INTO THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM INTRODUCTION: Grant Osborne: Here it is the nations who are to be judged, and the basis of that judgment is how they treat God’s people....
