Passion: Judgment of False Teachers•
A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
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I. PROMISE OF JESUS
A. ACTION
Mt 23:34a Therefore to you [Jews] I will send prophets, wise men and scribes
THEREFORE
MESSENGERS
B. REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL
Mt 23:34b some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will beat in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
REJECT MESSIAH
REJECT FOLLOWERS OF MESSIAH
II. PURPOSE OF JUDGMENT
A. OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT
Mt 23:35a in order that on you may come all the righteous blood ever shed on earth
B. EVIDENCE OF GUILT
Mt 23:35b from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
III. PROCLAMATION OF JUSTICE
A. FATE OF THAT GENERATION
Mt 23:36 Truly, I say to you, all these things will happen to this generation.
B. FATE OF GENERATIONS TO COME