Matthew 12, Greater Than The Temple, Who Is This Lord Of The Sabbath?, Man Is More Valuable, Justice To The Gentiles, Why Didn't Jesus Defend His Innocence?, The Son Of David, Beelzebul, The Unpardonable Sin, The Holy Spirit An Impersonal Force?, The Day Of Judgment, Do The Father’s Will, Sabbath Work, Hospitality, human worth, miracles, revival, JUSTICE, Gentiles, Son Of David, Beelzebul, Unpardonable Sin, Blaspheme, Holy Spirit person, ss,

1. Matthew 12
The Lord Of
The Sabbath

2. Matthew 12:1, Guilty Sinners?
• Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through
the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His
disciples became hungry and began to pick
the heads of grain and eat. 2 But when the
Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look,
Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a
Sabbath.“
• Are they breaking the Law?

3. Is Picking Grain To Eat Breaking The
Law?
• There were no McDonald’s along the highway
then.
• Hospitality was a life or death matter in the
desert.
• Inhospitality to a desert traveler could be
considered an act of was.
• Deuteronomy 23:25 "When you enter your
neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the
heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a
sickle in your neighbor's standing grain.

4. Is Picking Grain To Eat Breaking The
Law?
• There were no McDonald’s along the highway
then.
• Hospitality was a life or death matter in the
desert.
• Inhospitality to a desert traveler could be
considered an act of was.
• Deuteronomy 23:25 "When you enter your
neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the
heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a
sickle in your neighbor's standing grain.

5. Matthew 12:4, The Consecrated Bread
• Matthew 12:4 how he entered the house of God, and
they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful
for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the
priests alone?
• Leviticus 24:9 "It shall be for Aaron and his sons, and
they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to
him from the LORD'S offerings by fire, his portion
forever.“
• David is fleeing from Saul in, 1 Samuel 21:6 So the
priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no
bread there but the bread of the Presence which was
removed from before the LORD, in order to put hot
bread in its place when it was taken away.

6. Matthew 12:5, Priests Break The
Sabbath?
• Matthew 12:5 "Or have you not read in the
Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the
temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
• John 7:23 "If a man receives circumcision on
the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not
be broken, are you angry with Me because I
made an entire man well on the Sabbath?
• Slaughtering an animal was work on the
Sabbath

7. Matt 12:6
Greater Than
The Temple

8. Matthew 12:6, Greater Than The
Temple
• Matthew 12:6 "But I say to you, that something greater
than the temple is here….8 "For the Son of Man is Lord
of the Sabbath.“
• NAU NIV CSB ESV NAS NET ... something greater than the
temple is here.
• KJV NKJ ... One greater than the temple.
• YLT ... a greater than the temple is here;
• The “greater” and “temple” are neuter, the “is” is 3rd.
Person (he, she, or it)
• 2076 ἐστί esti {es-tee'}
• Meaning: 1) third person singular of "to be“…

9. Matthew 12:8, Who Is This Lord Of The
Sabbath?
• Matthew 12:8 "For the Son of Man is Lord of the
Sabbath.”
• This is not the 1st. time the WORD overruled it;
• Joshua 5:15 The captain of the LORD'S host said to
Joshua…
• Joshua 6:2-4 The LORD said to Joshua….4 "Also seven
priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams' horns
before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall
march around the city seven times, and the priests
shall blow the trumpets.
• The captain of the LORD'S host commanded 7 times as
much work to be done on the Sabbath.

10. Matthew 12:1-12, Work On The Sabbath
• The Pharisees split hairs over work on the Sabbath…
• “For example, one could swallow vinegar for a sore
throat on the Sabbath but could not gargle with it, for
that would be work; and a woman should not look in a
mirror on the Sabbath because she might see a gray
hair and pluck it out—that would also be work.”
• - John Commentary, pg 27 - Chester McCalley
• Exodus 31:15 'For six days work may be done, but on
the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete
rest, holy to the LORD; whoever does any work on the
sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
• False teeth, wooden leg, rope between
houses, elevators

11. Matthew 12:10, Heal On Sabbath?
• Matthew 12:10 And a man was there whose hand
was withered. And they questioned
Jesus, asking, "Is it lawful to heal on the
Sabbath?"-- so that they might accuse Him.
• There is nothing in the Old Testament that would
forbid healing on the Sabbath. However Jewish
tradition denied the right to practice medicine on
the Sabbath. The Old Testament does not allow
anyone to work on the Sabbath, but it would be
okay to heal.

12. Matthew 12:12, Man Is More Valuable
• Matthew 12:12 "How much more valuable
then is a man than a sheep!...

13. Matthew 12:12, Man Is More Valuable
• Matthew 12:12 "How much more valuable then is a
man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on
the Sabbath.“
• Man is also more valuable than baby seals, spotted
owls, spotted water darters, and even some
salamanders.
• Genesis 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put
him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
• As our culture increasingly says that it’s OK to kill baby
humans, as long as you don’t touch baby seals, we
need to look to Scripture to get our position.

14. Matthew 12:12, Man Is More Valuable
• Genesis 1:28 God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be
fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and
rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky
and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
• Genesis 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him
into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
• <08104> shamar (1036b)
• Meaning: to keep, watch, preserve…
• Usage: attend(4), being
careful(1), beware(8), bodyguard*(1), careful(32), careful
to keep(1), cares(1), charge(4), confine(1) …defending
(1…diligently keep (1), doorkeeper* (1…gatekeepers*
(1…giving heed (1), guard(20), guarded(7), guards(4)
…have charge(1), heed to yourself and keep(1), heeds(1),

16. Matthew 12:13, Restored To Normal
• Matthew 12:13 Then He said to the man, "Stretch
out your hand!" He stretched it out, and it was
restored to normal, like the other.
• Divine healing is visible, verifiable, obviously a
great miracle even to critics, not psychosomatic.
• A withered hand, blind from birth, dead people
(dead 4 days), lepers, etc.
• Matthew 11:5 the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and the
lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf
hear, the dead are raised up, and the POOR HAVE
THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.

17. Matthew 12:14, Pharisees Went Out
• But the Pharisees went out and praised God
that He had sent Messiah into their midst to
heal…..
• No!
• Matthew 12:14 But the Pharisees went out
and conspired against Him, as to how they
might destroy Him.
• Go figure! For healing a cripple?

18. Matthew 12:18 By My Spirit
• If revival is being withheld from us it is because some idol remains
still enthroned; because we still insist in placing our reliance in
human schemes; because we still refuse to face the unchangeable
truth that, "It is not by might, but by My Spirit.“ Jonathan Goforth
(February 10, 1859 - October 8, 1936, Canadian Missionary to China)
• The church needs reformation, before revival!
• Zechariah 4:6 Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to
Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,'
says the LORD of hosts.
• Isaiah 42:1 "Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in
whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring
forth justice to the nations.
• Joel 2:28 …after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind…
• Ezekiel 36:27, Haggai 2:5

19. Mat 12:18, JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
• Matthew 12:18…HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO
THE GENTILES.
• “JUSTICE” carries the idea of a legal, judicial
decision, a rendering, (DLK says, think acquittal
because our fine has been paid! AMEN!)
• 2920 κρίσις krisis {kree'-sis}
• Meaning: 1) a separating, sundering, separation
1a) a trial, contest 2) selection 3) judgment 3a)
opinion or decision given concerning anything
3a1) esp. concerning justice and injustice, right
or wrong…

20. Matthew 12:19-22, Why Did Jesus Not
Defend His Innocence?
• Matthew 12:19 "He will not quarrel, nor cry
out; Nor will anyone hear His voice in the
streets. 20 "A battered reed He will not break
off, And a smoldering wick He will not put out,
Until He leads justice to victory. 21 "And in His
name the Gentiles will hope." 22 Then there
was brought to Him a demon-possessed man
who was blind and dumb, and He healed him,
so that the dumb man spoke and saw.

21. Mat 12:18, JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
• Matthew 12:18…HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE
GENTILES.
• The “Good News” to the gentiles is in Gen 3:15;
• Genesis 12:3 …in you all the families of the earth will be
blessed.“
• Luke 2:32 A LIGHT OF REVELATION TO THE GENTILES…
• Acts 10:45…the Holy Spirit…poured out on the Gentiles…
• James quoted Amos 9:12 in, Acts 15:17 SO THAT THE REST OF
MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD, AND ALL THE GENTILES WHO
ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,'
• Luke 21:24… Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the
Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Matthew 12:21…IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE."

22. Matthew 12:23, The Son Of David
• Matthew 12:23 All the crowds were amazed, and were
saying, "This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?“
• This is a deity reference;
• Matthew 21:9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and
those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna [hosanna=
save, we pray ] to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO
COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the
highest!“
• Matthew 22:42 "What do you think about the
Christ, whose son is He?" They said to Him, "The son of
David." 43 He said to them, "Then how does David in
the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying,…..

23. Matthew 12:24, Beelzebul
• Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard this,
they said, "This man casts out demons only by
Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.“
• Matthew 12:26 "If Satan casts out Satan…
• Jesus defines “Beelzebul”
• Jesus defines “demons ”
• 2 Corinthians 11:14…Satan disguises himself as an
angel of light. 15 Therefore it is not surprising if his
servants also disguise themselves as servants of
righteousness….
• In 12:26, Jesus equates Satan and “his servants”
demons

24. Mat 12:31, The Unpardonable Sin

25. Matthew 12:31, The Unpardonable Sin
• Matthew 12:31…but blasphemy against the
Spirit shall not be forgiven.
• The “The Unpardonable Sin” is not
divorce, even in spite of what another
church, here in Anderson Valley, has taught.
• God “allowed” divorce, made a “Certificate of
Divorce” legal, and God Divorced Israel.
• So divorce cannot be sin, it is the result of sin.

26. Matthew 12:31, The Unpardonable Sin
• Matthew 12:31…but blasphemy against the Spirit
shall not be forgiven.
• How were sins forgiven under the Old Testament
dispensation?
• How was the sin of blaspheme forgiven?
• KJV 1 Kings 21:13 …Naboth did blaspheme God
and the king. Then they carried him forth out of
the city, and stoned him with stones, that he
died.
• Was/is the sin of blaspheme forgivable?

27. Leviticus 24:11, The Unpardonable Sin
• Leviticus 24:11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed
the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses….
• 12 They put him in custody so that the command of the
LORD might be made clear to them. 13 Then the LORD
spoke to Moses, saying, 14 "Bring the one who has cursed
outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands
on his head; then let all the congregation stone him. 15 "You
shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his
God, then he will bear his sin. 16 'Moreover, the one who
blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to
death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The
alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the
Name, shall be put to death.
• Matthew 28:19…in the name of the Father and the Son and
the Holy Spirit,

28. Matthew 12:31, The Unpardonable Sin
• Matthew 12:31…but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not
be forgiven.
• John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who
sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
• Who is Jesus, in effect, giving credit to for healing this man?
• Matthew 12:32 "Whoever speaks a word against the Son of
Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against
the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this
age or in the age to come.
• Jesus healed a man, they credited it to Satan, Jesus brings
in the Spirit. Why “blasphemy against the Spirit”?
• Matthew 12:18 "BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE
CHOSEN; MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-
PLEASED; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM…

29. Matthew 12:31, Dr. Ryrie
• Matthew 12:31 study note in Ryrie Study Bible
"blasphemy against the Spirit.
Technically, according to the scribes, blasphemy
involved direct and explicit abuse of the divine
name. Jesus here teaches that it also may be the
reviling of God by attributing the Spirit's work to
Satan. The special circumstances involved in this
blasphemy cannot be duplicated today;
therefore, this sin cannot now be committed.
Jesus exhorted the Pharisees to turn and be
justified (vv. 33, 37).

30. Matthew 12:31, The Unpardonable Sin
• Matthew 12:31…but blasphemy against the Spirit shall
not be forgiven.
• This unpardonable sin was committed by the Jewish
leaders, who had the witness of John the Baptist, the
Old Testament prophecies, the Father speaking at
Christ's baptism, all the miracles, Christ own
testimony, and the Holy Spirit’s witness. When they
accredited the miracle to Satan, they committed the
unpardonable sin. It could be done then, but not now.
• By “blasphemy against the Spirit” they have rejected
the Spirit’s ministry, the Spirit’s witness, work, and Him

31. Mat 12:31, Is It Possible To Blaspheme
An Impersonal Force?
• Matthew 12:31…blasphemy against the Spirit…
• Acts 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan
filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit…?
• Ephesians 4:30 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of
God…
• Acts 13:2…the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me
Barnabas and Saul…
• Matthew 1:18 …His mother Mary …was found to
be with child by the Holy Spirit. 20 …the Child who
has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

32. Holy Spirit Impersonal?
• Mark 13:11…not you who speak, but it is the Holy
Spirit.
• Luke 4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit…
• Luke 12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you…
• Acts 9:31 …in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of
the Holy Spirit…
• Acts 13:4…being sent out by the Holy Spirit…
• Acts 15:28…it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to
us…
• Acts 16:6…having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit…
• Acts 20:23…the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies…

33. Holy Spirit Impersonal?
• Acts 20:28…the Holy Spirit has made you
overseers…
• Acts 21:11…This is what the Holy Spirit says…
• Acts 28:25…The Holy Spirit rightly spoke…
• 2 Corinthians 13:14…the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit…
• Hebrews 10:15…the Holy Spirit also testifies…
• Jude 1:20 …praying in the Holy Spirit…

34. Holy Spirit Impersonal?
• I invited a Jehovah's Witness here today to
discuss the Watchtower doctrine that the
“Holy Spirit is nothing more than an
impersonal, invisible, active force.”

35. Is Blaspheme Forgivable Now?
• Matthew 12:31…blasphemy…shall not be forgiven.
• How can “blasphemy be forgiven people” now?
• Can “blasphemy be forgiven” now if they have a
different spirit, reject the Spirit, or are not called by the
Spirit?
• 2 Corinthians 11:4 For if one comes and preaches
another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you
receive a different spirit which you have not
received, or a different gospel which you have not
accepted…
• Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as
also you were called in one hope of your calling;
• John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life [2 Corinthians 3:6]
• NKJ Romans 8:10…the Spirit is life…

36. Matthew 12:33, Need New Nature
• Matthew 12:33 "Either make the tree good, and its
fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for
the tree is known by its fruit. 34 "You brood of vipers,
how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the
mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. 35 "The
good man out of his good treasure brings forth what is
good; and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings
forth what is evil.
• John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you,
unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.

37. Matthew 12:36, The Day Of Judgment
• Matthew 12:36 "But I tell you that every careless
word that people speak, they shall give an
accounting for it in the day of judgment.
• Hebrews 9:27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for
men to die once and after this comes judgment,
• 1 John 4:17 By this, love is perfected with us, so
that we may have confidence in the day of
judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this
world.

38. Slides about Jesus’ Mother And Brothers are in
Bible in Five, Ppt. in Matt 1, slides 39-43
• Matthew 12:46 While He was still speaking to the
crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing
outside, seeking to speak to Him. 47 Someone said to
Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing
outside seeking to speak to You.“
• Mar 3:31 And His mother and His brothers arrived, and
standing outside they sent word to Him, and called Him.
• Mat 13:55 "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His
mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph
and Simon and Judas?
• John 2:12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He and
His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and there
they stayed a few days.
• Galatians 1:19 But I did not see any other of the apostles
except James, the Lord's brother.

39. So, In Conclusion
Matthew 12:50, Let’s Do The
Father’s Will

40. Matthew 12:50, Do The Father’s Will
• Matthew 12:50 "For whoever does the will of My
Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister
and mother.“
• Matthew 5:19…commandments…whoever keeps and
teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom
of heaven.
• John 8:51 "Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My
word he will never see death.“
• John 14:21 "He who has My commandments and keeps
them is the one who loves Me…
• 1 John 2:5…whoever keeps His word, in him the love of
God has truly been perfected…

41. Matthew 12:50, Do The Father’s Will
• 1 John 3:24 The one who keeps His
commandments abides in Him, and He in him.
We know by this that He abides in us, by the
Spirit whom He has given us.
• 1 John 5:18 We know that no one who is born of
God sins; but He who was born of God keeps
him, and the evil one does not touch him.
• Revelation 2:26 'He who overcomes, and he who
keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL
GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS;

42. THE END

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44. Matthew 12:20, Sweet Smell Of Success
• Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.
• Today is November 21, 2012
Verse of the Day -- 2 Corinthians 2:14 Thanks be to God, who always leads
us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of
the knowledge of Him in every place.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
• In Jesus we have the sweet smell of success.
MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAY
• In Paul's day, when Roman generals returned from war in victory, they
were usually honored with a large parade. In the parade, the generals
would show off their captured loot and conquered captives. After the
parade, a victory feast would be prepared and the entire city would
celebrate. For the victors, the air was filled with the sweet smell of
success. But for the captives, the rich smells were a stinging reminder of
defeat.

45. Matthew 10:25 Mark 3:22 Luke 11:15

46. Slides about Jesus’ Mother And Brothers are in
Bible in Five, Ppt. in Matt 1, slides 39-43
• Matthew 12:46 While He was still speaking to the
crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing
outside, seeking to speak to Him. 47 Someone said to
Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing
outside seeking to speak to You.“
• Mar 3:31 And His mother and His brothers arrived, and
standing outside they sent word to Him, and called Him.
• Mat 13:55 "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His
mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph
and Simon and Judas?
• John 2:12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He and
His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and there
they stayed a few days.
• Galatians 1:19 But I did not see any other of the apostles
except James, the Lord's brother.