SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/9/2022 7:06 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 “Intro to Matthew 17:22-27
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
17:22-27
Message of the verses: “22 And while they
were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is
going to be delivered into the hands of men; 23 and they will kill Him, and He
will be raised on the third day.”And they were deeply grieved.
24 And when they
had come to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to
Peter, and said, "Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?"
25 He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to
him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of
the earth collect customs or poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?"
26 And upon his saying, "From strangers," Jesus said to him, "Consequently
the sons are exempt. 27 “But, lest we give them offense, go to the sea, and
throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its
mouth, you will find a stater. Take that and give it to them for you and
Me."
As we look at the first verse in this section (v-22)
it tells us that after the things that we have been looking at in chapter 16,
and there were many, that Jesus and His disciples were gathering together in
Galilee. We really don’t know the exact
location for it is not told to us.
One
of the things that we have been talking about for a while is that in the last
six months of Jesus’ ministry on earth that he was speaking less and less to
the crowds, and more and more to His disciples as He was preparing them for
life after He goes back to His Father in heaven. Another thing that we see in this time period
is that Jesus interjects more and more about His upcoming death and
resurrection to His disciples, even though they really did not at that time
understand it, and whenever He spoke of it they were alarmed.
We
see an example of this in verse 22-23a “22 And while they were gathering
together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be
delivered into the hands of men; 23 and they will kill Him, and He will be
raised on the third day.”
John MacArthur writes: “Jesus was neither helpless nor passive in
going to the cross. ‘When the days were
approaching for His ascension…He resolutely set His face to go to Jerusalem’
(Luke 9:51; cf. 13:22). As He later
explained, He willingly accepted the cross in order that ‘all things which are
written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished’
(18:31). He willingly laid down His life
(John 10:15, 17), which no one could have taken from Him without His
consent. ‘No one has taken it away from
Me,’ He said,’ but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have
authority to take it up again’ (v-18).
“But
in His willingness to give His life a ransom for many, Jesus submitted Himself
both to the evil plans of men and to the gracious and righteous plan of His
heavenly Father (see Acts 2:22-23).
Because of His willing submission to wicked men, He was going to be
delivered, by the treachery of Judas, into the hands of men. Also because of His willing submission to
wicked men they (the Jewish and Roman leaders) would kill Him. But because of His willing submission to His
righteous heavenly Father, He would be raised on the third day.’”
Looks like one more SD for this introduction.
11/9/2022 7:26 PM
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