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  • Mark 13:33-37 | Take heed, watch

    Mark 13:33-37 | Take heed, watch
    2025/04/30
    The Lord Jesus said that one day He will come back. And He also described how He will come back. It is going to be a sudden and unexpected return. Let’s read His teaching in Mark 13:33-37. Mark 13:33. Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. 35 Watch therefore — for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning — 36 lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: Watch.”
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    29 分
  • Matthew 24:34 | This generation will not pass away

    Matthew 24:34 | This generation will not pass away
    2025/04/30
    The Lord Jesus taught that His second coming will be sudden and unexpected. But although it will be sudden and unexpected, there will be signs pointing to His coming. All sorts of events will take place leading up to His coming. We saw what these events will be in previous lessons. Then Jesus goes on to say this puzzling sentence in Matthew 24:34. Matthew 24:34. Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. ‘This generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.’ This has been a very difficult verse for Christians to interpret. When you read commentaries, you see that the main difficulty lies in this word ‘generation.’ What does this ‘generation’ mean? This generation will not pass away until all these things take place. This will be the subject of our study.
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    25 分
  • Matthew 25:1-13 | The parable of the ten virgins

    Matthew 25:1-13 | The parable of the ten virgins
    2025/04/29
    The theme of separating the good from the bad is a frequent theme of the parables. Remember the Parable of the Tares where there is mention of the ‘good’ wheat and the ‘bad’ tares. In the Parable of the Dragnet, Jesus spoke about sorting out the ‘good’ fish from the ‘bad’ fish. Today we are going to talk about ‘good girls’ and ‘bad girls,’ or more exactly about ‘wise virgins’ and ‘foolish virgins’ in the Parable of the Ten Virgins. Let us read Matthew 25:1-13.
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    28 分
  • Matthew 25:14-30 | The parable of the talents

    Matthew 25:14-30 | The parable of the talents
    2025/04/29
    The topics of judgment, reward and punishment are rather unpopular in Christian circles, and not often preached from the pulpit. But they are important in Jesus’ teaching. In the Parable of the Talents, Jesus taught that while He is away, the believer must do the work of the kingdom faithfully and diligently, knowing that at the return of his Lord, his work will be greatly rewarded or severely judged. Let us read this parable, the Parable of the Talents, in Matthew 25:14-30.
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    28 分
  • Matthew 24-25 | The parables of the Second Coming

    Matthew 24-25 | The parables of the Second Coming
    2025/04/29
    In the last two lessons, we studied the Parable of the Talents and the Parable of Ten Virgins. These two parables are found in Matthew 25, from v. 1 to v. 30, and they share the common theme of the Second Coming of Christ. At the end of Matthew 24, we find another parable which is also concerned with the Second Coming of Christ. It is the Parable of the Faithful and Unfaithful Servants in Matthew 24:45-51. So these three parables, the Parable of the Talents, the Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Parable of the Faithful and Unfaithful Servants, have one subject in common: the return of Christ. But they have more in common than that, and in this lesson, I would like to highlight seven points that these parables share together.
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    27 分
  • Matthew 25:31-46 | As a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats (1)

    Matthew 25:31-46 | As a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats (1)
    2025/04/29
    In the NT, the theme of separation is often linked with the topic of judgment. In the language of the Bible, separation means judgment. Look at these examples. In Matthew 3:12, the wheat is separated from the chaff. John the Baptist says that the wheat is gathered into the barn while the chaff is burned up with unquenchable fire, a reference to the last judgment. Similarly, in Matthew 13:30, the tares are separated from the wheat. The tares are tied into bundles and burned; the wheat is gathered into the barn. In Matthew 13:49-50, Jesus says that at the end of the age, angels will separate the wicked from the just, and throw the wicked into the furnace of fire, another reference to the last judgment. We recently saw that the foolish virgins were separated from the wise ones when they found the door locked and heard the bridegroom say to them, ‘I do not know you’ (Matthew 25:12). In the following parable, the lazy servant who buried his one talent is separated from the other servants when he was thrown outside into the darkness, another reference to the last judgment (Matthew 25:30).
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    29 分
  • Matthew 25:31-46 | As a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats (2)

    Matthew 25:31-46 | As a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats (2)
    2025/04/29
    This is the second lesson on the teaching of Jesus concerning the separation of the sheep and goats in Matthew 25:31-46. In the first lesson, we discussed mostly the meaning of the goats. What do the goats represent in Matthew 25? We saw that the goats, just like the sheep, represent Christians. Today we will concentrate on the topic of separation, which in biblical language means judgment. What did Jesus say about the judgment of mankind?
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    25 分
  • John 14:21 | I will manifest myself (1)

    John 14:21 | I will manifest myself (1)
    2025/04/29
    In discussing the existence of God with non-believers, there are typical questions that can be expected. ‘Prove to me that God exists. Where is God now? Show me that He is real. How can I believe in someone that I don’t see?’ These are certainly fair questions but as we know, they are not necessarily easy to answer. It is not like showing a building to a person. We can understand a nonbeliever when he asks this type of questions. But when it comes from a disciple, it can be somewhat puzzling. Take for example John 14.
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    23 分