As we journey through the Gospel of Matthew, we run into a familiar scene in Matthew 16:1-12. Jesus is being confronted (again) by the religious leaders of His day. They ask Him for a sign (some grand miracle) that will once and for all prove to them that Jesus really is who He says He is. In response, Jesus confronts their masked hostility by honestly indicting them for who they really are, namely, “an evil and adulterous generation.” But even Jesus’s disciples are hard-hearted and don’t seem to readily understand Jesus’s words and identity. Join us as we explore this passage and apply it to our own lives of hostility and hard-heartedness.
Message #56: Hostility, Honesty, and Hard-Heartedness…
Matthew 16:1-12
September 20, 2020 • David Cotner
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