Matthew 3:10-12

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Jesus is King and living in that victory So therefore we're going into Matthew because Matthew the theme of Matthew what he is doing for us

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And and let me know that you're watching So tonight we're continuing in Matthew. Jesus is

King. We're living in that victory We want to look at Matthew and how he

Shows us how Jesus is King where Matthew chapter 3 if you want to follow along in in God's Word Matthew chapter 3

We're going to be looking at verses 10 through 12 Not too many verses tonight

And I'm gonna be reading and looking back as some verses that we looked at before but it's because We're kind of in the same section

Touching on some some similar issues topics and It helps us to understand what we want to do is we want to to harmonize all of Scripture one part of Scripture cannot

Contradict the other part of Scripture. So we want to make sure that we're harmonizing Scripture We learn from the

Old Testament Many things and in many ways how to understand what they are saying in the in the

New Testament Not every place is Is it spelled out for us so well as as Matthew does here when he he?

quotes directly From the prophets and and he even gives us their name whether it be

Jeremiah or Isaiah And he tells us he's quoting from those prophets not everywhere.

Is it that specific but we do know That we can look back in the

Old Testament and and see Concepts Analogies pictures

We know that it's all pointing to Jesus but we can we can go back to the Old Testament and see how they understood these things and And how they were pointing back to those things so that we would know how to understand them correctly and all together

Understanding it In harmony with one another so that we don't misinterpret

Scripture. We don't misapply it to our lives And and that's what we want to do so we're gonna we're gonna go back to the

Old Testament We're gonna understand what he's talking about here And we're gonna look at probably some familiar passages passages.

We've already looked at before but that's okay Matthew chapter 3 verses 10 through 12 and and let me read it for us real quick starting in verse 10 and The axe is already laid at the root of the trees

Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire as For me

I baptize you with water for repentance But he who is coming after me is mightier than I and I am not fit to remove his sandals

He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire Verse 12 and his winnowing fork is in his hand and he will thoroughly clear his threshing floor

And he will gather his wheat into the barn and he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire

It's kind of weird that that I ended in verse 9 and started in verse 10 because verse verse 10

Kind of wraps up John the Baptist sermon To a degree to the

Pharisees and Sadducees that that came to where he was baptizing Chapter 3 is the introduction of John the

Baptist to us in the book of Matthew We we read in verse 23 of Chapter 2 the last quote

There were four quotes from the Old Testament from the prophets in chapter 2 The last one was it was in verse 23 and then you have that that gap

In Jesus's life and Matthew picks back up starting with John the Baptist Where John the

Baptist is in the wilderness it describes What he's wearing Where he's located what he's doing

He's baptizing and the folks are coming from from all Judea from Jerusalem to be baptized and hear the

Pharisees and Sadducees Come and he sees them coming and he says you you brood of vipers you offspring or family of vipers

Who warned you from the wrath to come so? He's speaking directly and even in in verse 10.

He's speaking directly to the Pharisees and Sadducees and in this section, it's interesting it comes across almost as a lot of warning

Negative But there's also there's positive and negative. There's both going on here

When he says who warned you so there's there's the positive aspect, you know, God could just give us what we deserve but here there's the idea of the concept of who who warned you so that's

That's a positive aspect of this sermon and and that's part of God's mercy is is his warning to us

The the consequence but yet the the warning this is this is what's to come but then here's here's the

Good offer the gospel So you see both positive and negative here in John's sermon to the

Pharisees and Sadducees I'm in verse 9. He's telling them

Well verse 8 he says You know who warned you from the wrath to come therefore bring forth fruit in keeping with with repentance so he

You have some concepts here that that you don't need to leave like like in verse 8 when he speaks of Bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance that that concept the idea of fruit

There's things that you don't need to leave in those verses as you continue to read

It's called reading it in context studying in context interpreting understanding in context

So we want to know What comes before what comes after we want to know the passage.

We want to know the chapter We want to know the book and and as I was talking to you earlier We want to know the

Old Testament so that we can understand what the author of the

Being a man and also being the Holy Spirit is speaking to us So it that's the importance of reading and understanding and interpreting in context

So you don't just leave that that concept especially if it's brought back up later

So we we need to recall remember retain what we read and then when that concept is brought back up later there's there's possibly connections there that we need to make and Go back read it again

And see what connections the author is wanting us to make verse 8 is is one of those

Bring forth fruit And we want to hold on to that word fruit in keeping with repentance in verse 9 and do not suppose

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So, yeah, he's got this sermon He's preaching to the Pharisees and Sadducees and and he's telling them bring forth fruit and keeping with repentance

And don't say to yourselves we have Abraham as our father our lineage our heritage is

What's going to make us right with God? You need to you need to repent and bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance because God can raise up children out of these stones from Abraham which many scholars believe that it's possible that that John the

Baptist here and Jesus when he's Has his triumphal entry into Jerusalem and he is

The Pharisees and Sadducees there are wanting him to hush the crowd because they're praising him

Worshipping a Hosanna Hosanna to the king and they're wanting him to hush the crowd

And Jesus tells them, you know, if they don't praise then then the rocks will cry out

So it's possible that here with John and there with Jesus that we could be

They could be referencing the Gentiles that were there And we'll speak of the

Gentiles here again in just a moment So so here we are with some positive with some negative negative who warns you

To flee the wrath to come and then he's bring forth fruit It's almost like he's giving them a chance an opportunity bring bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance but You need to recognize who you are and and who you're not and who you're not is

Right with God if you're standing on your your heritage here and then verse 10 if that's where you stand

If that's where you're gonna stand This this lineage this heritage. I'm gonna be right with God because of my family heritage my lineage

John is saying that the axe is Already laid it's it's in the place

Of aim it's it's making its aim. He says the axe is already laid at the root of the trees

So This points us back to the this is where I was talking about keep keep things in mind

Remember the context remember things that you read before So he's speaking to them that this judgment that this warning

The the axe is already laid at the root of the trees so you you hang on to this

The axe is gonna start chopping But where did we learn about the a root and trees before and we're gonna look at this chapter two times tonight

But two separate times the we're gonna look at the first part of Isaiah chapter 11 because Remember I referenced

Matthew chapter 2 verse 23 the the last quote from the from the prophets that Matthew gives he says and he came and resided in the city of Nazareth that That what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled

He shall be called a Nazarene and we talked about how that's that's not the Nazarite vow

That and and we shouldn't compare him to Samson. That's not what it's talking about and and there's no particular

Verse that that says this. So how did they understand it when he said this?

What would they have recalled and what they would have recalled because? Nazareth or or a

Nazarene means Branch or sprout and they would have recalled

Isaiah chapter 11 Then a shoot will spring forth from the stem of Jesse and a branch from his roots

Will bear fruit and and we see this reference also in Isaiah chapter 53 but here's here's the reference to this tree and then a

Shoot and a branch that's going to come forth from his roots. So it seems

To have happened what John the Baptist was warning about?

Where the axe was laid at the root of the tree The tree was eventually cut down and I think that that we may see that and this is

In AD 70 when when Jerusalem was destroyed this whole this whole time period with this final rebellion

And here this final chance John the Baptist is preaching

He's the herald that the King is coming. The King is here. The King is here The kingdom of heaven is at hand

So John the Baptist is proclaiming this final warning and and proclaiming that the King is here.

Jesus preached repent and believed the gospel But you also have the the final covenant breaking and then you have the the tree being cut down and And in Jerusalem and the temple are destroyed in 70

AD But the good news is

The prophecy is also fulfilled that Matthew chapter 2 verse 23 speaks of and Isaiah 11

Isaiah 53 speaks of where this the sprout This branch from the root of Jesse comes up that bears fruit and that speaks to that that next part of verse 10

Every tree there therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire

So it did not produce good fruit, right? And so it was cut down But then you have this sprout this branch from the root of Jesse that springs up and Jesus does bear good fruit and and I think it's

Micah was the reference that Jesus is is the fig tree that we can go to and and rest under So Jesus is the tree and he bears good fruit and we can rest in him but this this warning came to pass the the axe was

There it was laid at the root and it finally swung and that tree was cut down but praise

God we have The the branch the sprout from the root of Jesse that come up and then the tree that That does not bear good fruit

It says it will be thrown into the fire And then there's our next word fire that we want to hang on to because it's gonna come up in our next few verses so there's a there's a lot of concepts that we need to hang on to and And we need to recall as we continue to read in context.

So let's flip over and look at verse 11 as for me John the

Baptist is still preaching. He's still speaking to them as for me. I baptize you with water for repentance so This is my understanding that this baptism

Concept was something more familiar to them in the fact that it was it was more for Proselytes which would be

Gentile converts to Judaism So if you were a Gentile and you came into the religion of Judaism, they would baptize you into this religion the religion of Judaism so that's baptism was for Someone other than them and what

John the Baptist that this idea of repentance here throughout the chapters chapter 3

Which we've already looked at He's in the wilderness. He's in Judea and the Jordan He's baptizing this concept and and what he's calling them to this this baptism and this repentance

This was not supposed to be for them. This was for The Gentiles who would be proselytes converts into Judaism.

So to me, it's almost an Offensive thing to call them to repentance to call them to baptism because John the

Baptist is saying to them you're out You're not in you're out and he going back to their their idea of Abraham and Holding on to their lineage there

You're you're out. You're not in You need to be Baptized into something else you need to repent of that And be baptized into something else and this baptism that I'm doing

John is saying It's just more ritualistic.

It's clearing the way and and these Old Testament passages that we read Speak of that so so masterfully and beautifully speaking of You know the the mountains coming down and the valleys going up So everything is is flat and and the path is being cleared.

That's what John the Baptist is doing He's clearing that way for the gospel for Jesus Christ And that's what repentance is

Getting things out of the way so that there's a flat smooth path with no obstacles so that that You can come directly and straight to Jesus And he can come to you with nothing in the way, but of course this was an offense to them to Have them be called to this

Because he was saying to them you're out But this wasn't enough

John was saying There's one that's gonna come he who was coming after me

John says and this is this is our King This is this is the climax. This is who we're speaking of.

This is who we're exalting He is coming after me John he says he's mightier than I so John is not out in the wilderness exalting himself

You know seeking to grow his kingdom to grow his ministry to to you know have all this money

What what is on John's mind is leading people clearing the path For them receiving

Jesus and what he has to offer He's coming and he's mightier than I and I'm not fit to remove his sandals

You know the the the job that was reserved for the the least person in in the household

What the washing of the feet? removing of the sandals washing of the feet

John says I'm not even fit To untie his sandals to take his shoes off Much less wash his feet much less be in his presence.

He's not he John sees who he is In comparison with with Jesus with God himself

I'm not fit to untie his sandals So John has this this right understanding which which we all should which should lead us to repentance

The the holiness of God will lead us to repentance The law of God reflects the holiness of God.

So therefore the law of God will lead us to repentance the kindness of God leads us to repentance because His kindness is so Exalts his holiness how good he is how wonderful he is

So every every character every aspect of who God is When we when we look at him and observe him and reflect upon him will will lead us to repentance

Clearing away a turning away from everything So that we can have all of Jesus all of the

Holy Spirit But he says when he comes

Jesus he will baptize you John said I baptized you with just water

For repentance just to clear the way but when he comes he will baptize you with Holy Spirit with the

Holy Spirit and fire I'm gonna start with a second one because Starting with the

Holy Spirit. I want to end with the Holy Spirit because it's so magnificent. It's so wonderful But I think he's talking about two separate things

I don't think that John is speaking of the Holy Spirit and fire and and them being spiritually the same here and the reason is because Fire is another one of those words

That we need to hang on to because it comes up again it's already come up before actually and and fire often in Scripture is understood as judgment and And what happened what happened in the previous verse?

The tree that did not bear good fruit. What happened to it? it was cut down and thrown into the fire and What happens when you're thrown into the fire that the trees burn up burn till crisp it's gone and so staying within that context

You're gonna you're gonna be in Jesus either way you're gonna either be in him through the

Holy Spirit we're gonna look at that in a second or you're gonna be in him in his judgment and Here that judgment is fire that he's talking about.

If you don't know if you do not bear good fruit which is Repentance of your your self -righteousness and trying to trying to bear good fruit on your own and turning to the one who

Actually bore good fruit Jesus and putting your faith and trust in him if you don't do that Then you will be cut down and you will be baptized in fire in judgment

Look at verse 12 his winnowing fork his tool that separates You've got the harvest there on the threshing floor

And you use that tool that winnowing fork to separate the wheat from the chaff

And what happens to the chaff when he separates the chaff? It will be burned up in unquenchable fire

So that's where we are being baptized in the Holy Spirit or being baptized in in judgment in fire

The fruit the tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and Tossed into the fire

You will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. You'll be baptized with fire judgment and then

Here's the analogy if you're the chaff The tree that did not bear good fruit if you're not in him

If you do not turn from your sins and put your faith and trust in him our King You'll be thrown into the unquenchable fire

So there's the warning there's the judgment there's the the negative But the negative also in this case because For many there's still time

It's mercy Because it's still a warning for many.

It's not anymore But for many today and many to come it's mercy because it's a it's still a warning for us

It's still a warning for you it's still a warning for our friends our family our neighbors

If you do not bear good fruit Which means turning from your sins Turning from your efforts to bear good fruit and turning to the one who did bear good fruit putting your faith and trust in him you will be thrown into the fire baptized with fire with judgment and Cast into the unquenchable fire

So there's the warning now, let's go back to being baptized in the Holy Spirit And this is we're gonna where we're gonna go back to the

Old Testament And we're gonna see Some context we're gonna see

Where the Holy Spirit was working the Old Testament and how it ties into here and it's gonna be good.

It's gonna be glorious So we're gonna start and we're gonna look at two chapters. We're gonna go back to Isaiah chapter 11

Because John the Baptist says he he who is mightier than I he's going to come and he's gonna baptize with the

Holy Spirit, so let's go back to Isaiah chapter 11 and Look look at How it speaks of the

Holy Spirit and then we're gonna see how it relates to us and being baptized in the

Holy Spirit So in verse 1 of chapter 11, we read we read about the shoot the the branch

From the root of Jesse it will bear fruit and then in verse 2 listen what it says in verse 2

This this stem this branch, of course, this is a messianic prophecy speaking of Jesus Jesus fulfilled this prophecy verse 2 and the

Spirit of the Lord Will rest on him So the

Holy Spirit God's Spirit he will rest on him The spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and strength

Okay, so follow along with what Isaiah is saying about the

Messiah And what's what's taking place in him?

Okay, so the Holy Spirit is resting upon him and Due to that and and a reaction to that and what's being produced through that Is what we're reading about now and and keep it log it in your mind.

Hold on to it But listen to what he's saying Listen to what's going on the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and strength the spirit of knowledge and the fear of The Lord and he will delight in the fear of the

Lord and he will not judge by what his eyes see Nor make a decision By what his ears hear

But with righteousness he will judge the poor Hold on to that and I Keep stopping because I want us to hold on to these concepts.

Hold on to what we hear is going on But with righteousness he will judge the poor

He decide with and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips.

He will slay the wicked Also righteousness will be the belt about his loins and faithfulness the belt about his waist and the wolf

Will dwell with the lamb and the leopard will lie down with the kid And the calf with the young lion and the fatling together and the little boy will lead them also

The cow and the bear will graze their young will lie down together And the lion will eat straw like the ox and the nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra

And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den and they will not hurt or destroy

In all my holy mountain for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the lord

As the waters cover the sea Then it will come about in that day

Then that the nations will resort to the and here's the other bookend You have verse one speaking of the root of jesse and here's the other bookend

So we're talking about the messianic prophecy Jesus fulfilling that fulfilling this prophecy

There in the first century That the nations will resort to the root of jesse who will stand as a signal for the peoples

And his resting place will be glorious All right.

So the holy spirit is resting on the messiah and this is what we're going to be seeing happened through the messiah

But what does that have to do with? The messiah coming and baptizing with the holy spirit

We just read about the holy spirit resting upon him. What does it have to do with us? So hang on to all those concepts that we just read about that That's going to be taking place through the messiah

After the holy spirit rests on him flip over to isaiah chapter 42

And this is going to bring us into the mix that help us to understand what happens in matthew chapter 3 verse 11 and 11 and 12 starting in verse 1

Behold My servant whom I uphold My chosen one in whom my soul delights messianic prophecy

I have put my spirit upon him There's there's that concept again.

God has put his spirit upon him What's going to happen he will bring forth justice to the nations

He will not cry out or raise his voice Nor make his voice heard in the streets so that uh, there there's not this

Great and mighty uh immediate Calamity type situation going on.

He's not going to cry out. He's not going to raise his voice He's not gonna make his voice heard in the street verse 3 same concept a bruised reed.

He will not break There's not this immediate snapping going on And a dimly burning wick.

He will not extinguish He will faithfully bring forth justice

Okay, so it's not happening like this It's patient And he will faithfully bring forth justice

So in isaiah 11 isaiah 42 you have the holy spirit resting coming upon the messiah

Which jesus fulfilled Right And now we have what's going to be happening

As a result of that faithfully He will faithfully bring forth justice

He will not be disheartened or crushed Until he has established justice where in jerusalem

In the earth, so we're speaking globally here, right? He will not be disheartened or crushed until he has established

Remember, it's not it's not calamity. It's not fast. He's faithfully bringing justice

In the earth and the coastlands Will wait expectantly for his law

There's there's a new Uh, there's something going on with with nature with the earth

They're expecting they're expectantly waiting for his law Thus says god the lord who created the heavens

And stretched them out and who spread out the earth and its offspring

Who gives breath breath to the people of it? And a spirit

All right Now here's where we're going back to matthew chapter 3, okay, so what have we learned

There's a messiah coming And the holy spirit is going to Be upon him is going to rest on him

And these are the things that are going to be taking place As it fills the earth.

He's going to be bringing justice to the earth Not like this Not breaking a reed.

He's not going to blow out a candle He's going to be faithfully bringing justice to the earth and the coastlands are going to are

Expectantly waiting for this for his justice to be spread out to come to them and now and the and the spirit

Verse five middle of verse five who gives breath to the people On it and spirit

To those who walk in it So he's going to be giving his spirit To the people

I am the lord I have called you now. We're in transition. So what happened in matthew chapter 3 verse, um 11

He who is coming is mightier than I and he's going to baptize you in the spirit and with the holy spirit

All right So the old testament says there's a messiah coming and the holy spirit is going to rest on him

It's going to lay on him be upon him and then when he comes john the baptist says he's going to baptize you with the holy spirit so that Jesus agenda through the holy spirit now becomes your agenda and jesus is going to be working

In and through you through the holy spirit because you're now baptized in the holy spirit

And what was his work faithfully bringing forth justice in the holy? Um in in the earth and isaiah chapter 42, um

Starting at the the halfway mark of verse five The prophecy even speaks to those who um who walk in it

Um will receive the holy spirit. He will he will give them his spirit. He says i'm the lord.

I have called you Those those who have the spirit I have called you in righteousness

I will also hold you By the hand and watch over you And I will appoint you as a covenant to the people as a light to the nations

So those who are baptized in the holy spirit, we're going to be doing the work that jesus is doing

We're going to be bringing justice into the earth and we're going to be a light to the nations.

He says to open blind eyes God is using us through the work of the holy spirit to be a light to the nations to open blind eyes to bring out

Prisoners from the dungeon and those who dwell in darkness from prison.

I am the lord. That is my name I will not give my glory to another nor my praise to a graven image

Behold the former things have come to pass And I think we're going to be speaking of this saturday saturday morning at 7 30 with daniel self

We're going to be speaking of these things Behold the former things have come to pass

Now I declare what? New things the old things are past with the messiah with the holy spirit on the messiah

And the messiah baptizing us with the holy spirit Is new a new thing has come the old things are past The axe was laid to the root and the tree was chopped down The branch come forth from the root of jesse in the desert

Desert land it grew as isaiah 53 tells us where nothing else could grow

Only this tree grew and could grow and it bears good fruit It's a new thing

Now I declare new things before they spring forth. I proclaim them to you Sing to the lord a new song sing his praise from the end of the earth

You who go down to the sea and all that is in it you islands

And those who dwell on them let the wilderness and and its cities lift up their voices the settlements

Where qadar inhabits let the inhabitants of selah sing aloud Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains

Let them give glory to the lord and declare his praise in the coastlands The lord will go forth like a warrior.

He will arouse his zeal like a man of war He will utter a shout. Yes, he will raise a war cry

He will prevail against his enemies. Isn't that a wonderful promise? He will prevail against his enemies and he's working through us to bring justice in the earth

Isn't that amazing? That god is doing that through us through his people I believe looking at the harmony of scripture

That's what it means to be baptized By the messiah with the holy spirit that god is now working in and through us

Because we have the holy spirit in us Doing the work of the messiah bringing justice to the earth.

We're alive in the nations I mean that was written to those that god has called out in righteousness

He will give them the spirit And we will be a light to the nations open a blind

Open eyes of the blind bring those who are in darkness out of the dungeon those who are prisoners bring them out

That's the we're bringing justice to the whole earth That's the what the messiah is doing through us through the gospel

Through evangelism But it's not just that By faithfully following jesus christ in everything that we do all of jesus all of christ for all of life if you're a husband and You're You're doing

We could just go on with all kinds of examples But whatever you're doing

That you think is is unnoticed that is unimportant whatever you're doing

Do it as unto the lord Because you're bringing justice to this earth through what you're doing

And it's bringing glory to god When When someone is doing something in obedience scripture says

Whatever you do Do it as unto the lord You're being obedient to the lord

And so every time you're being obedient to the lord You're being bringing justice to the earth and you're filling the earth with justice god's justice

So it's more Than evangelism. It's more than teaching.

It's more than service ministry it's all of it together for the glory of god and exalt in christ

It's all of it all of christ for all of life. It's everything So if you've not

If you've not come to christ I would I would plead with you that you would come to him turn from your sin turn from Whatever is keeping you from jesus

And come to him put your faith and trust in him because he he's the king Jesus is the king everything was made by him for him and through him

He he is the king of the universe whether we Like it or not if we're if we're not in him, we definitely don't like it

But whether we acknowledge it or not, he is king And he is establishing justice in the earth as king

And he's doing it through us when we are baptized with the holy spirit He is working in and through us

To bring his justice In the earth And to fill the earth with his justice

And his kingdom is going to grow and continue to grow And we are fortunate we are blessed because the mercy and grace of god to be a part of that kingdom

So, please if you not turn to christ turn to him today if I can pray for you

Let me know that I can do that. I'd love to be able to pray for you And let's go ahead and do that Right now and we'll wrap things up father.

We thank you for the time that you've given us to spend in your word tonight I pray that if there's anyone who listens that does not know you as their savior

I pray that You would work repentance in their heart that The mountains would be made low the valleys would be would come up and all the obstacles would be pushed away through repenting of their sins

So that they can receive your forgiveness through faith and trust in jesus christ

Thank you for your kingdom Thank you that we get to be a part of your glorious work in this earth we're

So blessed and Unworthy And humbled that you would

Rescue us and save us despite who we are and what we've done against you

So father we thank you and we glorify you worship and praise you And we we hope that you will receive all the glory through our time together

In jesus name we pray amen Thank you for watching Remember that jesus is king

Go live in that victory and let's continue to get out there and proclaim the gospel and Bring forth justice on the earth.