Rev. David Bast

Read: Matthew 8:18-20 I will follow you wherever you go. (v. 19) During his public ministry, Jesus attracted large crowds but few followers. So when a man came up to

Read: Matthew 8:14-17 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. (v. 15) In Jesus’ society, women were second-class citizens. They were not allowed to enter the inner courtyard

Read: Matthew 8:5-13 I too am a man under authority. (v. 9) It wasn’t easy to surprise Jesus. Only twice are we told in the Gospels that something astonished him.

Read: Matthew 8:1-4 And Jesus stretched out his hand . . .  (v. 3) The man who approached Jesus after his Sermon on the Mount was a hopeless case. Leprosy,

Read: Matthew 7:24-29 And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their

Read: Matthew 5:1-3; 7:12-14 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (v. 3) The Sermon on the Mount is not the way of salvation.

Read: Matthew 4:12-17 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (v. 17) This might surprise you, but Jesus wasn’t a Christian. A Christian is one who has been

Read: Matthew 4:23-25 And he went throughout all Galilee . . . (v. 23) Matthew 4 and Matthew 9 contain two almost identical passages (compare 4:23-25 and 9:35). Between these