Jesus' True Family

Matthew 12:46-50, "While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, His mother and brothers stood by, wanting to speak to Him. 

"Someone told Him, 'Your mother and brothers are standing near wanting to speak to you.' He replied, 'Who is My mother and who are My brothers?'

Pointing to His disciples, He said, 'Here are My mother and My brothers. For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother, sister, and mother.' "

Are you a member of Christ's family? Those who are will spend eternity with Him in His New Heaven, New Earth, and New Jerusalem! Christ's family are those who have come to His salvation by repenting of their sins and accepting Him paying the penalty for their sins upon the Cross. Do so and His Holy Spirit will verify in you your salvation in the One and Only begotten Son of GOD! Jesus is GOD in the flesh. Jesus is the believer's savior. The Holy Spirit is GOD in you; leading, guiding, and directing your path. Call upon Him to do so and His Spirit will show you things you have not known before!

Don't Ask In Unbelief

Matthew 12:38-45, "Some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to Jesus, 'Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from You.' He answered,  'A wicked & adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given except the sign of Jonah who was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and nights...

" ' As so the Son of Man (Jesus) will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.'

" ' The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and CONDEMN it, for they repented at Jonah's preaching. Now One is here greater than Jonah (Jesus). The Queen came from the South to listen to Solomon's wisdom and now there is One here greater than Solomon (Jesus).'

" 'When the evil spirit leaves a man it seeks rest and cannot find it so it and seven others enter back where it was. That is how it will be with this wicked generation!' 

As so with the spirits it is so with evil people. Lift your prayers to the LORD and He will hear and answer you. For His Word promises to those who have accepted Him,

"I will never leave you nor forsake you!" Hebrews 13:5

Coming Judgment

Matthew 12:33-37, "Make a tree good and it will be good, or make a tree bad and it will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

"You brood of vipers...

"How can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I (Jesus) tell you that men (all mankind) will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."

Will you be judged out of "The Books" or the "Book of Life?" Those not having the salvation in Christ Jesus will be judged from "The Books" which lists every thought, word, and deed they have committed. Those having salvation in Christ Jesus have been forgiven of their sins and will be judged out of the "Book of Life." They will be rewarded for the good in Christ that they have done and will suffer lost of reward for the things that will be burned up as wood, hay, and stubble (works that didn't benefit anyone.) Ask Christ now for forgiveness of your sins and be blessed to be judged out of the "Book of Life!"

Religious Leaders Accuse Jesus

Matthew 12:22-32, "A demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and Jesus healed him so he could both talk and see.

"All the people were astonished and said, 'Could this be the Son pf David?'  But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, 'It is only the devil the price of demons that He drives out demons.'

"Jesus knew their thoughts and said, 'Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined; every house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How can his kingdom stand? If I drive out the demons by Satan, by whom do your people drive them out? They will be your judges! I drive them out by the Spirit of GOD, then the kingdom of GOD has come upon you... He who is not with Me is against Me and he who does not gather with Me, scatters. Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven , BUT the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit WILL NOT be forgiven in this age or in the age to come!' "

The deliberate refusal to acknowledge GOD's power in Christ Jesus is the unpardonable sin. He is the only way to eternal salvation. He paid the price for mankind's sins, but each individual person has to accept that free gift of eternal salvation by coming to Jesus, asking forgiveness of their sins. Have you come to Christ? You can know, for when you in true and sincere heart do ask the LORD to forgive you, His Holy Spirit will confirm this in you!

The Crowds Follow Jesus

Matthew 12:15-21, "Jesus withdrew from the place. Many followed Him and He healed all their sick warning them to not to tell Who He was. 

"This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet...

'Here is My Servant Whom I have chosen, the One I love, in Whom I delight. I will put My Spirit on Him and...

"He will proclaim justice to the nations.

"He will not quarrel or cry out; no one hear His voice in the streets. A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not snuff out till He leads justice to victory. In His Name the nations will put their hope!"

We have the victory in Jesus!

Healing on the Sabbath

Matthew 12:9-14, "Jesus went into their synagogue and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' He said to them, 'If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?'

"How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. Then He said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' So he stretched it out...

"(When he did) it was completely restored just as sound as the other (hand).

"But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus."

Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things and is desperately wicked."

Have you given your heart to Jesus for cleansing of your sins? Jesus says,  "I Am the only Way, the Truth, the Light. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6)

The Sabbath

Matthew 12:1-8, "Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat them. 

"The Pharisees saw and said, 'Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath!' Jesus answered, 'Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of GOD, and ate the consecrated bread - which was not lawful for them to do but only the priests.

"Have you read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests desecrate the day and yet are innocent? I tell you that One greater than the temple is here (Jesus). If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice' you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man IS the LORD of the Sabbath.' "