Matthew Study

CHAPTER 10 - 11

Cost and Rewards of Being a Disciple v 24 - 42

• ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

• ²⁶ Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
• ²⁸ And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

• ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
• ³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
• ³¹ Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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• ³² Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
• ³³ But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
• ³⁴ Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

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• ³⁵ For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
• ³⁶ And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

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• ³⁷ He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• ³⁸ And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
• ³⁹ He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

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• Promise of Comfort – v 24 – 33
• Warning of Conflict – v 34 – 39
• I. Cost and Rewards of Discipleship.

Chapter 11 –“Rejection of the King”�“Growing opposition” “King’s Grace�

• Case #1 – “Why”
• ² Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
• ³ And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

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• ⁴ Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
• ⁵ The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• ⁶ And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

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• ¹¹ Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
• ¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
• ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

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Case #2 – unreasonable unbelief of a generation!

• ¹⁶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
• ¹⁷ And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

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• ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
• ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

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• ²⁰ Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
• ²¹ Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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• ²² But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
• It is not in the mind or reason but from the heart faith brings salvation
• “Faith in the man not his miracles!”

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• ⁹ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
• ¹⁰ For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• ¹¹ For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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• ²³ And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
• ²⁴ But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

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• “There will be degrees of punishment according to the light received and rejected.”
• The message will only be accepted with “child like” faith!

• ²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

With the rejection, the message becomes personal;

• ²⁸ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
• ³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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Two more cases of unbelief

• The religious – “Pharisees” – chp. 12:24, chp. 12:38 – 42
• The disciples