Peter Barnes | Matthew 10:5-8
SERMON NOTES
THE KINGDOM COMES TO ISRAEL
Daniel 3:16-4:3; Matthew 10:1-15
– Jesus ‘apostled’ the twelve as His ambassadors
1. Go to the Jews first.
– 10:5-6; this is a short-term arrangement. Note Matt.8:11-12
– to the Jew, then the Gentile (Matt.15:24-28; 28:19; Rom.1:16)
2. Preach that the kingdom is at hand.
– 10:7; the Old Testament announces that a kingdom is coming e.g. 2 Sam.7:13, 16; Dan.7:13-14
– Matt.3:2; 4:17
– the announcement concerns what God does first, not what we do
3. Perform the signs of the kingdom.
– 10:8; Jesus had already done these things e.g. 8:1-3; 9:25
– miracles are ‘the trailing clouds of glory’ (B. B. Warfield)
– not to be sold nor paid for (see Acts 8:18-20); the kingdom comes freely