Jesus was here on his Father's business.
What are you here for?
You won't find your answer in the Jewish book of Matthew, that's for certain.
The book of Matthew doesn't contain our hands-on, day-to-day, applicable doctrine.
No, we know this, too, because we can read, and, and we can comprehend what we're reading.
This KJB, thank the Lord, it was written on a 5th to 6th grade reading level, and, and your mail was not delivered to Matthew's mailbox.
We can see that when we just have a little discernment, and slowly walk through the scriptures.
That's not your mailbox regardless of what manology has told us.
Today, as we go through a few verses, that's what we're going to do here,
we're going to just read and believe them, okay?
Just read and we'll believe what we read.
We will agree with God.
Can we do that?
Let them say what they say to whom they say it.
While the last song was playing back there, I flipped over to the, ah, 6th chapter of Matthew, and found one, one here that we can begin with.
Matthew 6, drop down to verse 30, Matthew 6:30, here the Lord said,
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
(Verse 31), Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Yet, your wife, she's planned out the children's school lunches for all week, and probably your family's dinner, too.
So, something just doesn't square here, does it?
When you read through Matthew, something's a little off.
It's not really relatable to the but now time, which we live.
Something doesn't square here, does it?
But, just like a letter in the mailbox, when we see who it is addressed to, things make sense.
When Jesus sent out his 12 men, he instructed them, Matthew chapter 10 verses, ah, ah, 5 and 6, he said, he commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Ah, no wonder it sounded strange.
This isn't our mail.
And the next verse, back here in Matthew 6 verse 32, the one that followed the "take no thought" verse.
Here the Lord says, (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)
Making more sense by the minute.
The word of truth is amazing once it's properly divided.
For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.
So, Jesus isn't addressing us, that's who we would have been.
He's not addressing the Gentiles here, but rather talking about the Gentiles.
So, this is not our mail.
Because at this time in our Bible, we were Ephesians 2:11 Gentiles without Christ, strangers without hope.
Listen closely to Paul's words, Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh,
So, remember now, when, when he was writing to these Ephesians, they were no longer Gentiles.
At this time, at the time of him writing, they were already saved and members of the church the body of Christ, but he's reminding them of their time past.
Okay?
Then he says, Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
and that would have been the citizens of Israel then.
OK, verse 12, That at that time..., that's time past, ...ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Wow, this truth, it just excludes us of anything going on back here in the book of Matthew.
Listen this just this simple, when you're over there reading the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, always remember that your identity would have been at that time, you would have been 1, without Christ, 2, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, 3, strangers from the covenants of promise, 4, you had no hope, and 5, without God in the world.
So, it's no wonder why Jesus said, (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) (Matthew 6:32a), it wasn't speaking to us back there because he was Matthew 15:24, quote-unquote, "Not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel," and even Paul himself backs up this truth in Romans chapter 15, when he said there in ah, verse 8, Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to confirm the promises made unto the fathers.
Jesus was here on his father's business, what are you here for?
See, his father's business, much like a business today, it comes with a handbook on how things function, a staff manual, so to speak.
For us, it's the Bible, and more specifically, it's Paul's 13 books, that's our manual.
That's our faith of Christ.
It's where we find policies to be upheld and followed like, like a business with company policies, and, and they have procedures, just like that, our staff manual functions as a guide.
Our guide is Paul's books, and is why he wrote, Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
The reason we follow Paul as he followed Christ, and not Peter, James, or John, is because we're under a different administration with different economic policies, and we have different instructions.
So, let's flip a few pages here and, and go take a look at chapter 10, Matthew 10 verse 30.
The Lord here is addressing Israel, remember, not us.
This was under the previous administration.
OK, he says, But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Now, as much as we hate to bust the religious bubble, today, Jesus isn't concerned with how many hairs we have.
We're not Israel.
We're not God's chosen generation.
We're not in covenant with him.
This isn't about our hairs, sorry.
OK, let's put it in reverse and back up.
If we're going to be unashamed workmen, then let's work these scriptures.
If Jesus was here on his Father's business, we should be too.
So, flip back to Matthew chapter 8, and, ah, I'll give you a second to get there.
Let's drop in, um, Matthew, Matthew 8, drop down to verse 21, And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Verse 22, But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Let the dead bury their dead.
What does that mean?
Well, the dead here are those who didn't believe that Jesus was the son of God, their Messiah.
They didn't accept him as their King, and would have had no part in the kingdom.
So, let the dead, let the unbelieving dead go bury their unbelieving relatives is what this is.
But for the believers, the believers there in the presence of the King that knew that, getting ready to go into the kingdom, they need not be concerned with burying their relatives.
There's something much more important going on concerning them, just like when Jesus over there in, well, let's go read it.
Let's go read it.
Um, let's go, let's go to Matthew 12.
Let's go read it and believe it.
Let's allow scripture to speak for itself.
That's a problem today.
That's a problem.
These out here that, uh, they're all about interjecting their own opinions, poisoning and perverting God's word with personal conjecture.
Okay, here we are, Matthew chapter 12.
Watch this, watch this, verse 46, While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Verse 47, Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Verse 48, but watch this, watch how Jesus handled this, But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? Verse 49, And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
(Verse 50), For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Here, we see Jesus giving a new definition to family, right?
A much broader view.
He said his family now is the whosoevers.
Whosoever was in the little flock was considered family.
For whosoever shall do the will of my father, which is in heaven, the same as my brother, and sister, and mother.
Hey, these folk were in the midst of their long awaited Messiah, their King, the Son of God.
And, and here he's teaching them about what's about to go down.
And someone distracted him just to tell him that his family wanted to speak to him.
Not a chance.
He wasn't having it.
Remember what he said over there?
It's in Luke (2:48-49).
Uh, Jesus was a child at the time, and he wandered off.
He wandered off from Joseph and Mary.
And when they found him, Mary, being curious to, to where her son had been, she says, Why did you do this this way?
Your father and I have been searching for you.
And what did he say?
Why?
Don't you know I must be about my father's business?
The eternal word that was made manifest in the flesh didn't come to earth to play games.
He was born to be about his father's business.
This was his life.
He was here on business.
What are you here for?
We can have a clear bird's eye view of why we're here, but it's not found in the book of Matthew.
It's not found in Luke, John, or Mark.
The answer to the question, Why am I here, is found in the 13 books of Paul.
It's called the Faith of Christ.
So, the verse we cited earlier, let the dead bury their dead, has no application for anyone today.
We are to be concerned with burying our dead.
Paul says both us and our saved loved ones will be exiting the grave in the resurrection.
Different instructions for different dispensations.
This is how the Bible's laid out.
So, when you're in the presence of someone scoffing at you because you see God's word through your dispensational lenses, just know that you're dealing with someone who you're not going to be able to have an intelligent Biblical conversation with.
It's a shame is what it is.
More evidence of our doctrine not being over there in the book of Matthew as found in the very first chapter.
In chapter 1, there's about 16 or 17 verses on genealogy.
Talks about all the generations from Abraham to David, from David to the carrying away into Babylon, and from there until Christ.
42 generations, I think it is, but in this current dispensation, the study of genealogy isn't going to help us, spiritually speaking, that is.
Some have good reason, some have good reason to go research their family tree, but the point being, it does nothing for us on a spiritual level.
Here's what our Apostle Paul said about it.
1 Timothy 1:3, As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
(Verse 4a), Neither give heed to fables..., and here it is, ...endless genealogies.
See that?
Which do what?
which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
The words Paul wrote, 1 Corinthians 14:37, says were the commandments of the Lord, so we're commanded to not be overly concerned with endless genealogies.
Genealogy was, it was important to the children of Israel.
They used it to try and prove their righteousness, but as former Gentiles, our faith isn't based on pedigree.
And some didn't get the memo, so they take it and use it to try to improve their image among men, to show some sort of privilege.
The black Hebrew Israelites are guilty of this very thing, unaware that tracing your genealogy back to a certain group has no spiritual value.
We're in a different administration.
But, you won't know this if you don't rightly divide the word of truth.
Before you and I were saved, we were called, Gentiles.
Those genealogies aren't about us.
We're children of God by faith, not by genealogy.
Our righteousness is found in Christ alone.
Who your parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents are, cannot benefit you spiritually.
Every person under the current administration is going to be judged by Paul's gospel.
In time past under the law program, there was an advantage to being born into the Jews' religion.
There was even an advantage to being born a male.
Luke chapter 2 verse 23, (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
See that?
Every male, not female.
Every male that opened the womb shall be called holy unto the Lord.
But now, watch, ever since the dispensational change, being born male no longer carries any weight.
Galatians 3:28, There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female:..., there it is, ...for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Praise God.
Only a fool would deny all these vast differences we're uncovering here today.
What Paul wrote, his gospel is antithetical, to that found in this Jewish book of Matthew.
And that's okay.
That's why we're given the 2 Timothy 2:15 instruction to rightly divide the word of truth.
It's okay, it's all right, it's all good.
These who we read about throughout the book of Matthew, they were set apart for a specific reason.
Matthew 5:15, Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
The question most don't ask is, who is the, "all that are in the house?"
Having zoomed right past the answer, which is in verse 14, Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Paul never referred to us as a city.
No, this is a reminder to Israel of what they were chosen to do.
It explains what function that light will have to bring home the lost sheep of the house of Israel, Matthew 10:5 and 15:24.
Jesus was here to be about his Father's business, and there was a divine order to be followed.
That's why we must, we must rightly divide the word of truth.
Matthew 5:5, watch this, Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
What does this match?
Luke chapter 12 verse 32, Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
It also matches Acts 1:6, When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
See, we're waiting to go to heavenly places, but the little flock, they're waiting for their earthly kingdom.
So, while Matthew 5:5 matches Luke 12:32 and Acts 1:6, it has to be divided from Colossians 1:5.
It has to be divided from chapter 3 verse 2.
It has to be divided from Ephesians 1:3 and 2 Corinthians 5:1.
Go do your homework and read these, but let's do 2 Corinthians real quick.
2 Corinthians 5:1, For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands..., here it is, ...eternal in the heavens.
Where's the earthly kingdom?
It's not for us.
That's in another mailbox.
Doesn't even sound remotely like an earthly kingdom, it's in the heavens, eternal in the heavens is what Paul penned, and that's what you should believe.
Just believe the Bible.
Just read it and believe it.
I know we grew up hearing this in church, hearing that this all was about us and everything, streets of gold, and mansions, but the evidence simply doesn't support that idea.
That's something that's going to take place right here where we're at on earth, this is an earthly kingdom, Jesus will be King of Israel.
It's good news for the little flock, but does absolutely nothing for any one of us today.
Not a thing.
We're looking to either be caught up, or die and resurrect and go to heaven.
Not one Jew in time past desired to do that.
They were looking to inherit their earthly kingdom.
Two different programs going on in your Bible.
In Matthew 6:11, Jesus teaching them to pray says, Give us this day our daily bread.
This was literal, not spiritual, as most teach.
It has no application for us.
They were praying for daily bread, but there you are with a loaf in the cabinet and two in the freezer.
They were praying for bread on a daily basis.
This prayer, it matches up precisely, real nicely, to Exodus chapter 16.
Exodus 16, look at verse 14, And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Hoar frost, that, it's something that looks like white crystals.
Verse 15, And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Aha, here's the children of Israel's daily bread.
Verse 16, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons;
An omer, that's, uh, it's one tenth, that's what that means.
This is how they measured the bread.
Fascinating how rightly dividing Israel's time past prophetic program from our but now mystery program helps to connect all the dots, to pull back the drapes, and let the light in.
Here, we have the children of Israel over there getting supernatural Door Dash from God, while conversely, Paul, he has us over here following the instruction that if a man doesn't work, neither should he eat.
2 Thessalonians 3:10.
You see, without rightly dividing things, they can get real messy real quick.
Okay, drop down, eight verses, and take a look at verse 19, Matthew 6:19, Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Under this gospel of the kingdom being preached here, Jesus is instructing them to not lay up treasures upon earth for themselves, yet you and I have a savings account.
This isn't our mail, never has been.
This instruction matches Acts 2:44 and 45, and chapter 3 verse 6.
It matches chapter 5 verses 32 through 35, but it must be divided from 2 Corinthians 12:14.
Our mail, our mail for today, watch, Paul wrote, Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not..., now watch this next part, ...
for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Do what?
But Paul, hey, Paul, don't you know what Jesus said to the children of Israel about laying up treasures here on earth?
Yes, I do, but this is what Jesus told me to tell you.
The church which is his body.
Here, Paul says that parents are, they are to lay aside and make sure they provide for their children.
Something Jesus would have never said during his Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John earthly ministry.
No way, because they wasn't concerned with clothes, they wasn't concerned with money and food, and a place to lay their head, houses and land, and on and on it goes.
Because why?
Because, before the postponement of the dispensation of grace, they were looking to go into the kingdom with their King, and in a kingdom with a King, he will provide.
He would have provided for all that was within his domain, but all of Israel did not believe.
They rejected him.
Only a little flock accepted him as the Messiah.
And that's why we see the program change.
It changed to the dispensation of grace, and that's where we are right now.
Jesus was here on his father's business, and if you want to be about the father's business, you're going to need to be a workman who rightly divides, so you won't be ashamed.
Grace and Peace.
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