Lord's Day Sermon

September 30, 2018

Sure Growth of God's Kingdom

Matthew 13:31-35 Michael Mang Series: Matthew

Sermon Details

Title
Sure Growth of God's Kingdom
Scripture
Matthew 13:31-35
Preacher
Michael Mang
Series
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The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”

Prophecy and Parables

34 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[a]

“I will open my mouth in parables;
    I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

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Footnotes

Matthew 13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet

Cross references

Matthew 13:31 : For ver. 31, 32, see Mark 4:30-32; Luke 13:18, 19 Matthew 13:31 : ch. 17:20; Luke 17:6 Matthew 13:33 : Luke 13:20, 21 Matthew 13:33 : Gen. 18:6 Matthew 13:33 : 1 Cor. 5:6; Gal. 5:9 Matthew 13:34 : ver. 3; Mark 4:33, 34; [John 16:25, 29] Matthew 13:35 : Cited from Ps. 78:2 Matthew 13:35 : [ver. 11; Rom. 16:25, 26; 1 Cor. 2:7] Matthew 13:35 : ch. 25:34; Luke 11:50; [John 17:24; Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20]

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