Teaching Missions: Growing in God’s Grace

The kingdom of heaven is like the unnatural growth of the mustard plant trying to be a tree

Jesus begins using parables, explains a bit of why to the disciples and gives the parable of the sower

When Jesus' mother and brothers came to speak with him, he showed the crowd that his disciples were his family, those who were doing the Father's will, and that is true for us as well.

Jesus describes an evil spirit, after being removed from a person, wanting to return to "his house." If it is empty, he gets 7 worse spirits to join him. We need to actively seek Christ after freedom from evil spirits

Jonah and the men of Nineveh will witness against the Pharisees and so will the Queen of Sheba

Jesus healed a blind and dumb man. The Pharisees attribute his power to Satan. 

He heals a man; this demonstrates the truth of the suffering servant passages in Isaiah.

The Pharisees challenge Jesus about healing on the sabbath. He says that a man would lift a sheep out of a pit on the sabbath; a man is worth more than a sheep. He then heals the man's hand

The Pharisees accuse the disciples of breaking the sabbath by plucking grain. Jesus defends them with two Biblical examples

We are free to serve Christ, not our old sin-nature