Matthew 19-23

First a joke to share with you.

陪老婆路過手機店，老婆看中 IPhone 6s Plus，
我問她：喜歡嗎？
她說：喜歡！
我說：喜歡就多看一會吧.......
我倆就看了一整下午，
老婆突然問我：『為什麼我喜歡，你卻只在這裡陪我看卻不買給我呢？』
我回：『愛你的人不一定是願意為你花錢的人，而是願意花時間陪你的人。』
老婆含著眼淚點了點頭說：『我就是喜歡你這點..............

沒錢、裝蒜、還能瞎掰！..................』

It is a jest to earn your laughter. But, truly, in our lives, in our relationships, can money buy everything? Are you willing to spend quality time with your love ones, with our Lord?

I bet for most of us, this is not the first time study the 4 gospels, do you still remember when is the first time that you learn them, or is there any new lights or understanding about the Gospel or particular chapter(s) or verse(s) that touch you this time?

I remember, the first time, I had the bible study on the 4 gospels with student fellowship, well, I’m not yet a Christian, new to U.S.A., no car, no much to do or place to go to, no knowing much people, with free dinner and free ride every Friday, so I went. Not quite remember much what's about the Gospel, do appreciate those advisers' efforts and kindness.

Using the song, come alive (dry bones), as a background music to pray and meditation together.

Do you want your kids, when they grow up, become merely an obeisance men or women? Or do you wish them be a grownup with their own thoughts, a fairy good judgement? Become a leader, a disciple? 

The 4 gospels is a biography of Jesus, be like Him, not only be with Him but also be able to lead others to be with Him. Parables, miracles, everything Jesus did.

Jesus is not only flesh and bones, but He is also the Creator of all things.

Matthew 馬 太 福 音 22:34-46

The Greatest Commandment 最大的誡命

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Whose Son Is the Messiah? 基督的身份

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied.

43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says, 44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’ 45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
³⁴ 法利賽人聽見耶穌堵住了撒都該 的口，他們就聚集。³⁵ 內中有一個人是律法師，要試探耶 穌，就問他說：³⁶ 夫子，律法上的誡命，那一條是最大的呢？³⁷ 耶穌對他說：你要盡心、盡 性、盡意愛主 ─ 你的神。³⁸ 這是誡命中的第一，且是最大的。³⁹ 其次也相倣，就是要愛人如 己 。⁴⁰  兩條誡命是律法和先知一切 理的總綱 。

⁴¹ 法利賽 聚集的時候，耶穌問他們說：⁴² 論到基督，你們的意見如何？他是誰的子孫呢？他 們回答說：是大衛的子孫。⁴³ 耶穌說：這樣，大衛被聖靈感動，怎麼還稱他為主，說：⁴⁴ 主 對我主說：你坐在我的右邊，等我把你仇敵放在你的腳下。⁴⁵ 大衛既稱他為主，他怎麼又是 大衛的子孫呢？⁴⁶ 他們沒有一個人能回答一言。從那日以後，也沒有人敢再問他甚麼。

Loving is a choice, not a feeling.

But, biblical love is not passive. It is not something that occurs to us without our control or will. Biblical love is something we do. It is loving-kindness, merciful action that is both generous and continuous. Herein is the good news for Christian people. To love neighbor as oneself is to act toward the other as one would act toward those close to you. We treat the stranger as well as we treat those that we love emotionally.

How can Jesus be David's Lord yet at the same time David's son, younger in age yet superior in rank?

Matthew 19

Divorce

The Little Children and Jesus

The Rich and the Kingdom of God

Matthew 20

The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time

A Mother’s Request

Two Blind Men Receive Sight

Matthew 21

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King

Jesus at the Temple

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree

The Authority of Jesus Questioned

The Parable of the Two Sons

The Parable of the Tenants

Matthew 22

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar

Marriage at the Resurrection

The Greatest Commandment

Whose Son Is the Messiah?

Matthew 23

A Warning Against Hypocrisy

Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees