Matthew 22:34-50 and Mark 10:17-25; Our next bridge message from OT foundations to NT fulfillment in Christ. Both gospel passages apply the Ten Commandments in the teaching ministry of Jesus to answer a question about the “Greatest Commandment” and an urgent request for assurance of eternal life by a wealthy young man.
Matthew 28:11-20: Our seventh “bridge” message from OT roots to NT fulfillment.…Examining the radical difference between the missional nature of the Kingdom of God as defined by the “Great Commission”; against the backdrop of the kingdom of men as defined by the manipulation of the Jewish religious leaders following the Resurrection
Matthew 26:1-28:10: Our sixth “bridge” message from OT roots to NT fulfillment.….Last Supper provides a template for Christian Communion…then following the final days of Christ’s earthly life through the agony of the cross and the power of the Resurrection. Comparing the kingdom of men against the grand scope of the Kingdom of God
Matthew 16:13-20, 21:1-11: Our fifth “bridge” message from OT roots to NT fulfillment.….Jesus asks His disciples who they say He is…..and the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43: Our fourth “bridge” message….Christ’s ‘Parable of the Weeds’ concerning the cosmic battle with darkness and the end of the age
Matthew 6:25-34; Our third “bridge” message….Jesus teaches on worry and consuming cares of this world in the Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 4:1-11; Our second “bridge” message from the testing of Israel in the desert to the Temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. Where they failed, our Savior triumphed.
Mark 1:1-8, John 1:19-27; The first “bridge” from our ongoing Light and Darkness OT series to the NT fulfillment…ministry of John the Baptist