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J. Knox Chamblin
2 sermons · All people cited
Free Grace Baptist Church - October 22, 2017 AM
Matthew 27 records the layered mockery poured upon Christ at Calvary — by the chief priests, scribes, and elders, and even by the revolutionaries crucified alongside him. The sermon exposes three lines of their reproach: his supposed inability to save, the illegitimacy of his kingship, and the apparent abandonment by his Father. Throughout, the mockers speak more truth than they know, for it is precisely because Christ will not come down from the cross that sinners are saved, and the dying thief stands as the living proof of that saving power exercised in the midst of agony and derision.
The Parable of the Sower Stated
Matthew 13:1–17 presents the parable of the sower and Christ's explanation of why he teaches in parables. The sermon works through two sections: the parable itself (vv. 1–9), exposing four types of hearers — hardened, shallow, crowded, and fruitful — and the purpose of parabolic teaching (vv. 10–17), which is both to reveal kingdom mysteries to the converted and to conceal them from the unconverted by divine design. The two-fold purpose of parables is grounded in sovereign election, drawing on Isaiah 6:9–10 and the language of Matthew 11:25–27, pressing hearers to examine whether they are genuinely receptive soil and to submit to the Godhood of God rather than resist his sovereign purposes in grace.