The Most Terrifying Words Ears Can Hear, Part 1

In this part of the sermon: These words are terrifying because they are spoken by Christ Himself, not a madman or the devil. He speaks from the majesty of His person as the God-man (Son of Man) and the might…

Martin contrasts Christ's veiled glory as a peasant and crucified corpse with His future unveiled glory, seen by the disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration, to emphasize the power of the one who will judge.

He will speak them from his mighty position as the exalted Lord and King of glory. While the Son of Man shall come in his glory, When the Son of Man was here in the days of his flesh, his glory was primarily and for the most part veiled. When people looked upon Jesus of Nazareth, all they saw was someone who had about him all the commonness of a peasant of that particular area of Palestine.

13:04 - 13:38 Read in full sermon

The point: Hear what Christ says to you now in His word while the door of mercy is still open, because in that day you must hear the word of the judge.

Martin recounts how Christ's enemies taunted Him with His own words about raising the temple and judging the world, even at His crucifixion, to highlight the irony and ultimate validation of His claims through resurrection.

He did in this passage, they did not forget His words. Early in His ministry, as recorded in John 2, He said, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up. And it's interesting that at His trial...

18:24 - 18:40 Read in full sermon

The point: Do you know anything of a righteousness that rests on a different foundation and is constructed on different principles, where the eye of God and the heart matter more than the eye of man and externals?

An analogy of a hostess meticulously cleaning the outside of a teacup but never the inside is used to illustrate the Pharisees' concern for external appearance over internal purity, and to challenge listeners about their own priorities.

Your concern must be what your father sees when you give, when you pray, when you fast. It's what your father sees that counts in true godliness. Furthermore, in Matthew 23 he says, these Pharisees are all the time scrubbing the outside of the cup and of the platter. Imagine a hostess in this building who's had company once a week for six months, and every time she takes out her best china, and after every time she's served tea, she carefully polishes the outside.

45:13 - 45:44 Read in full sermon