3)
Jesus’ Wilderness Victory and Galilee Takeover Matthew 4:1–25 (NKJV)
The Jordan coronation still echoes (3:17), and the Spirit immediately drives Jesus into the wilderness. This is no retreat—it’s the opening battle of the kingdom war. The serpent’s seed strikes first; the seed of Eve still stands (Gen. 3:15). The kingdom isn’t coming through temple politics—it’s marching out of the desert.
The Temptation: Three Rounds, One Winner (vv. 1–11) “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.”
The Spirit drives Him in. No food, no backup—just raw dependence on the Father. The devil smells blood.
1. “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” Hunger’s the hook. Turn rocks into loaves—solve it your way. Jesus swings Deuteronomy 8:3: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Round 1: KO. No shortcuts.
2. “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down…” Devil quotes Psalm 91:11–12—twists it into a dare. Force angels to catch You. Make it a spectacle. Jesus counters Deuteronomy 6:16: “You shall not tempt the Lord your God.” Round 2: KO. No manipulation.
3. “All these kingdoms I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” The big offer: global power, no cross. Same deal the Edomites took through Rome. Jesus ends it Deuteronomy 6:13: “You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.” Round 3: TKO. Devil flees. Angels roll in with supplies.
Fulfillment: Jesus is the true Israel—40 days in the wilderness, quoting Torah, where Israel failed 40 years. The Last Adam (1 Cor. 15:45) passes the test.
The Light Hits Galilee (vv. 12–17) “Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee… that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet…”
Herod locks up John. Jesus doesn’t hide. He plants His flag in Galilee of the Gentiles—Zebulun and Naphtali, the forgotten north.
His message? Same as John’s, but now the King speaks it: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Fulfillment: Isaiah 9:1–2—“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.” The northern tribes, crushed by Assyria, now get first dibs on the Messiah.
The First Recruits: Fishermen, Not Pharisees (vv. 18–22) “And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew… ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ They immediately left their nets…”
No temple elites. No Herodian plants. Jesus calls four working-class Galileans:
• Peter and Andrew mid-cast.
• James and John mending nets with dad Zebedee.
One sentence. They drop everything—nets, boat, family. No negotiation.
Fulfillment: Jeremiah 16:16—“I will send for many fishermen… and they shall fish them.” The restoration of Israel starts with ordinary seed of Jacob, not the infiltrated elite.
The Ministry That Went Viral (vv. 23–25) “Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching… preaching… healing all kinds of sickness… Then great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.”
Three-pronged attack:
1 Teaching in synagogues—no oral law.
2 Preaching the kingdom.
3 Healing every disease—leprosy, paralysis, demons.
Crowds explode from Syria to beyond the Jordan. The light leaks into pagan zones. Fulfillment: Isaiah 52:10 (“All the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God”) and Psalm 107:20 (“He sent His word and healed them”).
Why This Changes Everything This isn’t a warm-up act. Jesus beats the devil at his own game, fulfills Israel’s wilderness failure, and launches the kingdom from the margins.
The war is on. The Light has landed. And the darkness? It’s already losing ground.
Jesus’ Wilderness Victory and Galilee Takeover Matthew 4:1–25 (NKJV)
The Jordan coronation still echoes (3:17), and the Spirit immediately drives Jesus into the wilderness. This is no retreat—it’s the opening battle of the kingdom war. The serpent’s seed strikes first; the seed of Eve still stands (Gen. 3:15). The kingdom isn’t coming through temple politics—it’s marching out of the desert.
The Temptation: Three Rounds, One Winner (vv. 1–11) “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.”
The Spirit drives Him in. No food, no backup—just raw dependence on the Father. The devil smells blood.
1. “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” Hunger’s the hook. Turn rocks into loaves—solve it your way. Jesus swings Deuteronomy 8:3: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Round 1: KO. No shortcuts.
2. “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down…” Devil quotes Psalm 91:11–12—twists it into a dare. Force angels to catch You. Make it a spectacle. Jesus counters Deuteronomy 6:16: “You shall not tempt the Lord your God.” Round 2: KO. No manipulation.
3. “All these kingdoms I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” The big offer: global power, no cross. Same deal the Edomites took through Rome. Jesus ends it Deuteronomy 6:13: “You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.” Round 3: TKO. Devil flees. Angels roll in with supplies.
Fulfillment: Jesus is the true Israel—40 days in the wilderness, quoting Torah, where Israel failed 40 years. The Last Adam (1 Cor. 15:45) passes the test.
The Light Hits Galilee (vv. 12–17) “Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee… that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet…”
Herod locks up John. Jesus doesn’t hide. He plants His flag in Galilee of the Gentiles—Zebulun and Naphtali, the forgotten north.
His message? Same as John’s, but now the King speaks it: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Fulfillment: Isaiah 9:1–2—“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.” The northern tribes, crushed by Assyria, now get first dibs on the Messiah.
The First Recruits: Fishermen, Not Pharisees (vv. 18–22) “And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew… ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ They immediately left their nets…”
No temple elites. No Herodian plants. Jesus calls four working-class Galileans:
• Peter and Andrew mid-cast.
• James and John mending nets with dad Zebedee.
One sentence. They drop everything—nets, boat, family. No negotiation.
Fulfillment: Jeremiah 16:16—“I will send for many fishermen… and they shall fish them.” The restoration of Israel starts with ordinary seed of Jacob, not the infiltrated elite.
The Ministry That Went Viral (vv. 23–25) “Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching… preaching… healing all kinds of sickness… Then great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.”
Three-pronged attack:
1 Teaching in synagogues—no oral law.
2 Preaching the kingdom.
3 Healing every disease—leprosy, paralysis, demons.
Crowds explode from Syria to beyond the Jordan. The light leaks into pagan zones. Fulfillment: Isaiah 52:10 (“All the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God”) and Psalm 107:20 (“He sent His word and healed them”).
Why This Changes Everything This isn’t a warm-up act. Jesus beats the devil at his own game, fulfills Israel’s wilderness failure, and launches the kingdom from the margins.
The war is on. The Light has landed. And the darkness? It’s already losing ground.
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Jesus’ Kingdom Constitution: The Sermon That Rewrote Reality
Matthew 5:1–48 (NKJV)
A Galilean hillside, late morning. The air smells of wild thyme and lake water. Jesus sits—legs crossed, dust on His sandals—surrounded by fishermen still stiff from nets, a tax collector counting glances instead of coins, mothers with toddlers on hips, and a few curious kids weaving through knees. No velvet cushions. No incense. Just one voice, cutting through centuries of religious noise.
Down in Capernaum and Jerusalem, the Pharisees—many of them Edomite descendants or loyalists installed by Herod the Great after he torched the priestly genealogies (Josephus, Antiquities 14.78)—are busy measuring prayer fringes and debating whether swallowing a gnat on Sabbath counts as work. Up here, the true King is about to expose the entire scam.
Who Gets the Kingdom? (vv. 1–12)
Jesus doesn’t open with commandments. He opens with blessings—nine of them, each one a gut punch to pride.
1) “Blessed are the poor in spirit…” Not the spiritually impressive. Not the ones with perfect attendance at synagogue. Poor in spirit = beggars at God’s door. They know they have zero spiritual currency. Reward: The kingdom of heaven is theirs. “As long as we harbor illusions about our own spiritual resources, we will never receive from God what we absolutely need to be saved.”
2) “Blessed are those who mourn…” Not the laughing crowd at the feast. These mourn sin—their own, and the world’s. It’s the godly sorrow Paul later calls “repentance to salvation” (2 Cor. 7:10). Reward: They shall be comforted. Grief is the path, not the destination.
3) “Blessed are the meek…” Meek ≠ weak. “Meek comes from an old word meaning ‘companion’ or ‘equal’—someone who doesn’t lord it over others, knowing every good thing is a gift from God.” (Clarke) They submit to God’s authority, not man’s. They let go of “rights.” Reward: They shall inherit the earth (Ps. 37:11). God defends the cause of the gentle.
4) “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…” Not power. Not comfort. Not even happiness. Righteousness—justice, holiness, things set right. “He does not hunger that his party wins, but that righteousness prevails in the land.” (Spurgeon) Reward: They shall be filled—a filling that satisfies and keeps you coming back.
5) “Blessed are the merciful…” David spared Saul—twice. God spared David. Mercy isn’t weakness; it’s kingdom currency. Reward: They shall obtain mercy.
6) “Blessed are the pure in heart…” Not pure in ceremony, speech, or diet. Heart—the control center. No hidden lust, greed, or deceit. “Polluting sins blind us. Purity opens the eyes.” (Spurgeon) Reward: They shall see God.
7) “Blessed are the peacemakers…” Not peace-keepers (avoiding conflict). Peacemakers—wall-breakers, bridge-builders. Reward: They shall be called sons of God. They carry the family resemblance.
8–9). “Blessed are those persecuted for righteousness… Blessed are you when they insult you…” The world hates light. Jesus says: Leap for joy. Reward: Great is your reward in heaven. You’re in the prophets’ club—and Jesus’.
Salt, Light, and the Law That Never Fades (vv. 13–20)
“You are the salt… You are the light…”
Salt stops rot.
Light exposes truth.
Hide either? Useless. The Pharisees wanted spotlight. Jesus wants reflection—of the Father.
“I have not come to destroy the Law… but to fulfill.”
The oral law—thousands of man-made rules—was never in Torah. Jesus doesn’t scrap Moses. He completes him. Your righteousness must surpass the Pharisees—not in show, but in substance.
Jesus’ Kingdom Constitution: The Sermon That Rewrote Reality
Matthew 5:1–48 (NKJV)
A Galilean hillside, late morning. The air smells of wild thyme and lake water. Jesus sits—legs crossed, dust on His sandals—surrounded by fishermen still stiff from nets, a tax collector counting glances instead of coins, mothers with toddlers on hips, and a few curious kids weaving through knees. No velvet cushions. No incense. Just one voice, cutting through centuries of religious noise.
Down in Capernaum and Jerusalem, the Pharisees—many of them Edomite descendants or loyalists installed by Herod the Great after he torched the priestly genealogies (Josephus, Antiquities 14.78)—are busy measuring prayer fringes and debating whether swallowing a gnat on Sabbath counts as work. Up here, the true King is about to expose the entire scam.
Who Gets the Kingdom? (vv. 1–12)
Jesus doesn’t open with commandments. He opens with blessings—nine of them, each one a gut punch to pride.
1) “Blessed are the poor in spirit…” Not the spiritually impressive. Not the ones with perfect attendance at synagogue. Poor in spirit = beggars at God’s door. They know they have zero spiritual currency. Reward: The kingdom of heaven is theirs. “As long as we harbor illusions about our own spiritual resources, we will never receive from God what we absolutely need to be saved.”
2) “Blessed are those who mourn…” Not the laughing crowd at the feast. These mourn sin—their own, and the world’s. It’s the godly sorrow Paul later calls “repentance to salvation” (2 Cor. 7:10). Reward: They shall be comforted. Grief is the path, not the destination.
3) “Blessed are the meek…” Meek ≠ weak. “Meek comes from an old word meaning ‘companion’ or ‘equal’—someone who doesn’t lord it over others, knowing every good thing is a gift from God.” (Clarke) They submit to God’s authority, not man’s. They let go of “rights.” Reward: They shall inherit the earth (Ps. 37:11). God defends the cause of the gentle.
4) “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…” Not power. Not comfort. Not even happiness. Righteousness—justice, holiness, things set right. “He does not hunger that his party wins, but that righteousness prevails in the land.” (Spurgeon) Reward: They shall be filled—a filling that satisfies and keeps you coming back.
5) “Blessed are the merciful…” David spared Saul—twice. God spared David. Mercy isn’t weakness; it’s kingdom currency. Reward: They shall obtain mercy.
6) “Blessed are the pure in heart…” Not pure in ceremony, speech, or diet. Heart—the control center. No hidden lust, greed, or deceit. “Polluting sins blind us. Purity opens the eyes.” (Spurgeon) Reward: They shall see God.
7) “Blessed are the peacemakers…” Not peace-keepers (avoiding conflict). Peacemakers—wall-breakers, bridge-builders. Reward: They shall be called sons of God. They carry the family resemblance.
8–9). “Blessed are those persecuted for righteousness… Blessed are you when they insult you…” The world hates light. Jesus says: Leap for joy. Reward: Great is your reward in heaven. You’re in the prophets’ club—and Jesus’.
Salt, Light, and the Law That Never Fades (vv. 13–20)
“You are the salt… You are the light…”
Salt stops rot.
Light exposes truth.
Hide either? Useless. The Pharisees wanted spotlight. Jesus wants reflection—of the Father.
“I have not come to destroy the Law… but to fulfill.”
The oral law—thousands of man-made rules—was never in Torah. Jesus doesn’t scrap Moses. He completes him. Your righteousness must surpass the Pharisees—not in show, but in substance.
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5) Six Heart Surgeries (vv. 21–48)
Jesus doesn’t raise the bar. He relocates it—from behavior to being.
1) Anger = Murder
Insult someone? You’re already on trial. Reconcile before the altar.
2) Lust = Adultery One look with intent = guilt. “If your eye causes you to sin—gouge it out.” Hyperbole? Yes. Point? Deadly serious.
3) Divorce Oral law: Divorce for any reason. Jesus: Only sexual immorality. Anything else = adultery.
4) Oaths Pharisees swore by heaven, earth, Jerusalem—loopholes. Jesus: Let your yes be yes. Truth needs no props.
5) Retaliation “Eye for eye” was limit, not license. Jesus: Turn cheek. Give cloak. Walk two miles. Disarm evil with absurd generosity.
6) Love Your Enemies “Hate your enemy”? Nowhere in Torah. Pharisee invention. Jesus: Love them. Pray for them. “Be perfect”—complete, mature—like your Father who sends rain on just and unjust.
The War Beneath the Words
The Pharisees weren’t just strict. They were political appointees. After John Hyrcanus forced Edomites to convert (Josephus, Ant. 13.257), Herod—an Edomite descendant—seized power, burned the genealogies, and packed the Sanhedrin with loyalists—many not of Judah’s seed, but Esau’s, nursing a 1,000-year grudge over Jacob’s blessing.
Their oral law wasn’t devotion. It was control—a cage dressed as piety.
Jesus tears the mask off:
You can look clean…
But hate in your heart = murder.
You can avoid adultery…
But lust in your mind = guilt.
He’s not making rules harder. He’s showing rules were never the point. The heart is.
So What Now?
This isn’t a “try harder” speech. It’s a diagnosis.
Look in the mirror:
Are you poor in spirit—or pretending you’re fine?
Do you mourn sin—or laugh it off?
Is your love enemy-proof?
The kingdom isn’t coming through temple votes, Herodian decrees, or anyone’s bloodlines. It’s growing in cracked, hungry, repentant hearts—and spreading from there.
Jesus doesn’t raise the bar. He relocates it—from behavior to being.
1) Anger = Murder
Insult someone? You’re already on trial. Reconcile before the altar.
2) Lust = Adultery One look with intent = guilt. “If your eye causes you to sin—gouge it out.” Hyperbole? Yes. Point? Deadly serious.
3) Divorce Oral law: Divorce for any reason. Jesus: Only sexual immorality. Anything else = adultery.
4) Oaths Pharisees swore by heaven, earth, Jerusalem—loopholes. Jesus: Let your yes be yes. Truth needs no props.
5) Retaliation “Eye for eye” was limit, not license. Jesus: Turn cheek. Give cloak. Walk two miles. Disarm evil with absurd generosity.
6) Love Your Enemies “Hate your enemy”? Nowhere in Torah. Pharisee invention. Jesus: Love them. Pray for them. “Be perfect”—complete, mature—like your Father who sends rain on just and unjust.
The War Beneath the Words
The Pharisees weren’t just strict. They were political appointees. After John Hyrcanus forced Edomites to convert (Josephus, Ant. 13.257), Herod—an Edomite descendant—seized power, burned the genealogies, and packed the Sanhedrin with loyalists—many not of Judah’s seed, but Esau’s, nursing a 1,000-year grudge over Jacob’s blessing.
Their oral law wasn’t devotion. It was control—a cage dressed as piety.
Jesus tears the mask off:
You can look clean…
But hate in your heart = murder.
You can avoid adultery…
But lust in your mind = guilt.
He’s not making rules harder. He’s showing rules were never the point. The heart is.
So What Now?
This isn’t a “try harder” speech. It’s a diagnosis.
Look in the mirror:
Are you poor in spirit—or pretending you’re fine?
Do you mourn sin—or laugh it off?
Is your love enemy-proof?
The kingdom isn’t coming through temple votes, Herodian decrees, or anyone’s bloodlines. It’s growing in cracked, hungry, repentant hearts—and spreading from there.
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30’s yo female that has excruciating knee pain and snapping when trying to extend it - no discernible trauma
Completely in alignment
YES Test finds exactly where the spine is caught up, and preventing the unraveling - and Once cleared then her C1 and C2 unraveled the next layer.
Once C1 and C2 cleared, all of a sudden her knee responds !
Who would have thought ?
They even made a song about it.
“The knee bone connected to the thigh bone, The thigh bone connected to the hip bone, The hip bone connected to the back bone..”
Connected how?
Via electricity
And all it needs is to be re-established, the lights will turn on, and the body will function as it should again!!!
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Jesus Teaches the Hidden Life: Prayer, Fasting, and Where Your Real Treasure Is
Matthew 6:1–34 (NKJV)
The hillside sermon continues. The crowds are still packed in—ordinary Galileans, the sick who’ve been healed, sinners who finally feel seen. Down in the cities, the Pharisees (many of them Edomite-descended loyalists placed in power after Herod destroyed the genealogical records) are busy performing their “righteousness” in public: long prayers at corners, dramatic almsgiving, disfigured faces during fasts. Jesus turns everything upside down again: kingdom life is hidden, not advertised.
1. Do Good in Secret – Your Father Sees (vv. 1–18)
“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them… But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.”
Three examples—giving, praying, fasting:
1 Giving to the poor
Pharisees blew trumpets (literally or figuratively) in synagogues and streets.
Jesus: Give in secret. Your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
2 Prayer
Pharisees loved long, public prayers full of repetition to sound holy.
Jesus: Go into your room, shut the door, pray to your Father in secret.
Then He gives the Lord’s Prayer—short, direct, God-centered:
◦ Our Father in heaven → relationship and reverence
◦ Hallowed be Your name → His glory first
◦ Your kingdom come → His rule on earth
◦ Give us this day our daily bread → dependence
◦ Forgive us… as we forgive → mercy received and given
◦ Lead us not into temptation → protection
3 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
4 Fasting
Pharisees disfigured their faces—ash, long looks, dramatic sighs.
Jesus: Wash your face, anoint your head, look normal. Fast unto God, not men.
The principle is brutal for the show-religion crowd:
If you do it for applause, that applause is your only reward.
God rewards what is truly done for Him.
2. Treasure in Heaven – Where Your Heart Really Lives (vv. 19–24)
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth eats clothes, where worm and rot eat grain, and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven…”
Earthly treasure gets devoured:
• Fine garments → moth-eaten rags.
• Stored grain → worms, weevils, mold, rats.
• Hidden coins → stolen by a midnight thief digging through the wall.
Nothing you hoard is safe.
Everything earthly is food for something else.
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Then the body analogy:
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good [single, clear], your whole body will be full of light.”
A focused eye = fixed on God’s kingdom.
A bad eye = greedy, divided, full of darkness.
“No one can serve two masters… You cannot serve God and mammon (money).”
The Pharisees claimed to serve God while hoarding temple wealth and taxing the poor. Jesus says it’s impossible.
3. Do Not Worry – Your Father Knows (vv. 25–34)
“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on.”
Look at the birds—they don’t sow or reap, yet God feeds them.
Look at the lilies—they don’t toil or spin, yet Solomon in all his glory wasn’t dressed like one.
“O you of little faith…”
Gentiles (pagans) run after food and clothes.
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
Worry is practical atheism.
Tomorrow has enough trouble—one day at a time.
The War Beneath the Practices
The Pharisees built an entire system on being seen:
• Public almsgiving → prestige
• Public prayer → reputation
• Public fasting → admiration
They served mammon while pretending to serve God, collecting temple taxes while widows starved (Mark 12:40 coming soon).
Jesus flips the noscript:
Kingdom citizens live before the Father’s eyes only.
Their giving, praying, fasting, and even their bank account are hidden transactions with God.
Matthew 6:1–34 (NKJV)
The hillside sermon continues. The crowds are still packed in—ordinary Galileans, the sick who’ve been healed, sinners who finally feel seen. Down in the cities, the Pharisees (many of them Edomite-descended loyalists placed in power after Herod destroyed the genealogical records) are busy performing their “righteousness” in public: long prayers at corners, dramatic almsgiving, disfigured faces during fasts. Jesus turns everything upside down again: kingdom life is hidden, not advertised.
1. Do Good in Secret – Your Father Sees (vv. 1–18)
“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them… But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.”
Three examples—giving, praying, fasting:
1 Giving to the poor
Pharisees blew trumpets (literally or figuratively) in synagogues and streets.
Jesus: Give in secret. Your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
2 Prayer
Pharisees loved long, public prayers full of repetition to sound holy.
Jesus: Go into your room, shut the door, pray to your Father in secret.
Then He gives the Lord’s Prayer—short, direct, God-centered:
◦ Our Father in heaven → relationship and reverence
◦ Hallowed be Your name → His glory first
◦ Your kingdom come → His rule on earth
◦ Give us this day our daily bread → dependence
◦ Forgive us… as we forgive → mercy received and given
◦ Lead us not into temptation → protection
3 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
4 Fasting
Pharisees disfigured their faces—ash, long looks, dramatic sighs.
Jesus: Wash your face, anoint your head, look normal. Fast unto God, not men.
The principle is brutal for the show-religion crowd:
If you do it for applause, that applause is your only reward.
God rewards what is truly done for Him.
2. Treasure in Heaven – Where Your Heart Really Lives (vv. 19–24)
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth eats clothes, where worm and rot eat grain, and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven…”
Earthly treasure gets devoured:
• Fine garments → moth-eaten rags.
• Stored grain → worms, weevils, mold, rats.
• Hidden coins → stolen by a midnight thief digging through the wall.
Nothing you hoard is safe.
Everything earthly is food for something else.
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Then the body analogy:
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good [single, clear], your whole body will be full of light.”
A focused eye = fixed on God’s kingdom.
A bad eye = greedy, divided, full of darkness.
“No one can serve two masters… You cannot serve God and mammon (money).”
The Pharisees claimed to serve God while hoarding temple wealth and taxing the poor. Jesus says it’s impossible.
3. Do Not Worry – Your Father Knows (vv. 25–34)
“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on.”
Look at the birds—they don’t sow or reap, yet God feeds them.
Look at the lilies—they don’t toil or spin, yet Solomon in all his glory wasn’t dressed like one.
“O you of little faith…”
Gentiles (pagans) run after food and clothes.
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
Worry is practical atheism.
Tomorrow has enough trouble—one day at a time.
The War Beneath the Practices
The Pharisees built an entire system on being seen:
• Public almsgiving → prestige
• Public prayer → reputation
• Public fasting → admiration
They served mammon while pretending to serve God, collecting temple taxes while widows starved (Mark 12:40 coming soon).
Jesus flips the noscript:
Kingdom citizens live before the Father’s eyes only.
Their giving, praying, fasting, and even their bank account are hidden transactions with God.
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The Edomite-infiltrated leadership measured holiness by how many people watched.
Jesus measures it by how few people know—except the Father.
So What Does This Mean for Us?
Every time you pray in the car, give anonymously, fast without posting about it, or choose the kingdom over the next paycheck—you’re living Matthew 6.
The serpent’s offspring wanted the spotlight.
The woman’s seed lives in the secret place.
And that’s where the real power is.
Jesus measures it by how few people know—except the Father.
So What Does This Mean for Us?
Every time you pray in the car, give anonymously, fast without posting about it, or choose the kingdom over the next paycheck—you’re living Matthew 6.
The serpent’s offspring wanted the spotlight.
The woman’s seed lives in the secret place.
And that’s where the real power is.
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Jesus Closes the Sermon: The Final Warnings and the Unshakable Foundation Matthew 7:1–29 (NKJV)
Jesus is not wrapping up with a nice benediction. He is forcing every person on that hillside—and every person who has ever read these words—to make an irreversible choice. The kingdom He has just described is not a suggestion. It is a line in the sand.
1. The Most Misused Verse in the Bible – What “Judge Not” Actually Means (vv. 1–6)
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” (v. 1–2; quoted in Luke 6:37–38; Rom. 2:1–3; James 2:13)
This is the verse people love to weaponize the moment anyone calls sin “sin.”
But Jesus is not abolishing all judgment—He has already commanded us to judge trees by their fruit (Matt. 12:33–37) and will, in this very chapter, command us to beware false prophets by their fruit (7:15–20).
What He forbids is hypocritical, self-righteous, plank-eyed judgment.
The Pharisees (many Edomite-descended infiltrators whose genealogies were deliberately destroyed by Herod) spent their lives nit-picking everyone else’s “specks” while a redwood forest of unrepented sin stuck out of their own eyes—murder in the heart, lust, greed, pride, and blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Jesus says:
The measuring cup you use on others is the exact cup God will use on you.
If you judge with arrogance and unrepented sin, you are writing your own sentence.
Then the sequence:
>First remove the plank from your own eye (v. 5) — brutal, honest repentance in the very area you want to correct someone else.
>Then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye — loving, restorative correction is now not only allowed, it is commanded.
>And still you must judge wisely: “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine” (v. 6; cf. Prov. 9:7–8; Matt. 15:26; Phil. 3:2; Rev. 22:15).
>>>Some people are spiritual dogs and pigs—they will trample the gospel and then turn and tear you. Discernment is not optional; it is protection.
Jesus is not wrapping up with a nice benediction. He is forcing every person on that hillside—and every person who has ever read these words—to make an irreversible choice. The kingdom He has just described is not a suggestion. It is a line in the sand.
1. The Most Misused Verse in the Bible – What “Judge Not” Actually Means (vv. 1–6)
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” (v. 1–2; quoted in Luke 6:37–38; Rom. 2:1–3; James 2:13)
This is the verse people love to weaponize the moment anyone calls sin “sin.”
But Jesus is not abolishing all judgment—He has already commanded us to judge trees by their fruit (Matt. 12:33–37) and will, in this very chapter, command us to beware false prophets by their fruit (7:15–20).
What He forbids is hypocritical, self-righteous, plank-eyed judgment.
The Pharisees (many Edomite-descended infiltrators whose genealogies were deliberately destroyed by Herod) spent their lives nit-picking everyone else’s “specks” while a redwood forest of unrepented sin stuck out of their own eyes—murder in the heart, lust, greed, pride, and blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Jesus says:
The measuring cup you use on others is the exact cup God will use on you.
If you judge with arrogance and unrepented sin, you are writing your own sentence.
Then the sequence:
>First remove the plank from your own eye (v. 5) — brutal, honest repentance in the very area you want to correct someone else.
>Then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye — loving, restorative correction is now not only allowed, it is commanded.
>And still you must judge wisely: “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine” (v. 6; cf. Prov. 9:7–8; Matt. 15:26; Phil. 3:2; Rev. 22:15).
>>>Some people are spiritual dogs and pigs—they will trample the gospel and then turn and tear you. Discernment is not optional; it is protection.
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2. Ask, Seek, Knock – The Father Who Gives the Holy Spirit Freely (vv. 7–12)
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
This is not a blank-check promise for a new car. The parallel account in Luke 11:13 makes the “good gift” explicit: the Holy Spirit.
The Father’s greatest delight is to give His own presence and power to those who keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking.
The section ends with the summary of the entire Law and Prophets: “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (v. 12; the Golden Rule – quoted in Luke 6:31; fulfills Lev. 19:18; Rom. 13:8–10; Gal. 5:14; James 2:8)
3. Two Gates, Two Trees, Two Declarations (vv. 13–23)
Two gates (vv. 13–14): >The wide gate and broad way that most people travel leads to destruction.
>The narrow gate and difficult way that few find leads to life (echoes Deut. 30:19; Ps. 1:6; Jer. 21:8).
>The Pharisees thought their strictness put them on the narrow path. Jesus says the narrow gate is Himself alone—and very few are willing to enter.
Two trees (vv. 15–20): “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.”
>You will know them by their fruit (repeats Matt. 12:33–37; cf. Deut. 13:1–5; 18:20–22; Jer. 23:16; 2 Pet. 2:1–3).
>A wolf in sheep’s clothing still produces wolf fruit—pride, greed, manipulation, hatred of true sheep. The serpent’s offspring can quote Scripture and perform signs, but the fruit always betrays them.
Two declarations (vv. 21–23): “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”
>Many will stand at the judgment boasting miracles, prophecy, and exorcisms in Jesus’ name.
>His answer: “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness” (v. 23; quoted in Luke 13:27 from Ps. 6:8; cf. Ps. 5:5; Hos. 8:2–3).
>Gifts, noscripts, and supernatural power prove nothing.
>>>Intimate relationship (“I never knew you”) + obedience (“does the will of My Father”) prove everything.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
This is not a blank-check promise for a new car. The parallel account in Luke 11:13 makes the “good gift” explicit: the Holy Spirit.
The Father’s greatest delight is to give His own presence and power to those who keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking.
The section ends with the summary of the entire Law and Prophets: “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (v. 12; the Golden Rule – quoted in Luke 6:31; fulfills Lev. 19:18; Rom. 13:8–10; Gal. 5:14; James 2:8)
3. Two Gates, Two Trees, Two Declarations (vv. 13–23)
Two gates (vv. 13–14): >The wide gate and broad way that most people travel leads to destruction.
>The narrow gate and difficult way that few find leads to life (echoes Deut. 30:19; Ps. 1:6; Jer. 21:8).
>The Pharisees thought their strictness put them on the narrow path. Jesus says the narrow gate is Himself alone—and very few are willing to enter.
Two trees (vv. 15–20): “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.”
>You will know them by their fruit (repeats Matt. 12:33–37; cf. Deut. 13:1–5; 18:20–22; Jer. 23:16; 2 Pet. 2:1–3).
>A wolf in sheep’s clothing still produces wolf fruit—pride, greed, manipulation, hatred of true sheep. The serpent’s offspring can quote Scripture and perform signs, but the fruit always betrays them.
Two declarations (vv. 21–23): “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”
>Many will stand at the judgment boasting miracles, prophecy, and exorcisms in Jesus’ name.
>His answer: “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness” (v. 23; quoted in Luke 13:27 from Ps. 6:8; cf. Ps. 5:5; Hos. 8:2–3).
>Gifts, noscripts, and supernatural power prove nothing.
>>>Intimate relationship (“I never knew you”) + obedience (“does the will of My Father”) prove everything.
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4. Two Builders and the Coming Storm (vv. 24–27)
Jesus saves the starkest image for last. After three chapters of kingdom teaching, He does not close with a prayer or a blessing. He closes with a storm.
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
>>(parallel in Luke 6:47–49; cf. Ezek. 13:10–16 on false prophets building with untempered mortar)
Both builders hear the same words—they both sat on the same hillside, heard chapters 5–7. Hearing alone is worthless. The Pharisees heard more Scripture than anyone—and rejected it.
The difference is obedience (“does them”):
Wise man = hears + does → digs deep, hits bedrock (the rock is Christ Himself – Ps. 18:2; 1 Cor. 10:4).
Foolish man = hears but does not do → builds on sand (convenience, tradition, feelings, public opinion).
The storm comes to both houses—the same rain (judgment from above), floods (troubles rising from below), and winds (demonic assaults and persecution). The storm is inevitable and impartial (cf. Heb. 12:25–29 – the final shaking that removes everything not founded on Christ).
The difference is revealed only when the storm hits. Outwardly, both houses looked identical while the sun was shining.
When the storm ends:
The rock-founded house stands unshaken.
The sand-founded house experiences “great was its fall” — total, catastrophic collapse.
The Edomite-infiltrated leadership had built the most impressive religious house in Israel’s history: beautiful temple, strict rules, public prayers, fasting displays, miracles, and loud “Lord, Lord.” But it was sand—man-made oral law, rejection of the Holy Spirit, murder plots against the Messiah. Forty years later (70 AD), the storm came—Roman armies, fire, total destruction. The house fell, and great was its fall (exactly Jesus’ words in Matt. 24:2 about the temple).
Meanwhile, the true remnant—the poor in spirit, the pure in heart, the ones who do the Father’s will—are building on the Rock that cannot be moved.
The War Beneath the Closing
The Edomite-infiltrated leadership believed their outward conformity, miracles, and loud “Lord, Lord” guaranteed them the kingdom. Jesus declares the exact opposite:
They are on the broad road wearing sheep costumes.
Their fruit is hypocrisy, murder plots, and rejection of the Holy Spirit.
Their house is built on sand and is about to be shattered.
At the same moment, the true remnant—the poor in spirit, the pure in heart, the ones who do the Father’s will—are entering the narrow gate, producing good fruit, and building on the rock that cannot be moved.
The sermon ends. The crowd is stunned because “He taught as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (v. 29; cf. Matt. 28:18 – all authority given to Him).
The dividing line is drawn. The storm is coming.
Only one question remains: Which are you doing?
Jesus saves the starkest image for last. After three chapters of kingdom teaching, He does not close with a prayer or a blessing. He closes with a storm.
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
>>(parallel in Luke 6:47–49; cf. Ezek. 13:10–16 on false prophets building with untempered mortar)
Both builders hear the same words—they both sat on the same hillside, heard chapters 5–7. Hearing alone is worthless. The Pharisees heard more Scripture than anyone—and rejected it.
The difference is obedience (“does them”):
Wise man = hears + does → digs deep, hits bedrock (the rock is Christ Himself – Ps. 18:2; 1 Cor. 10:4).
Foolish man = hears but does not do → builds on sand (convenience, tradition, feelings, public opinion).
The storm comes to both houses—the same rain (judgment from above), floods (troubles rising from below), and winds (demonic assaults and persecution). The storm is inevitable and impartial (cf. Heb. 12:25–29 – the final shaking that removes everything not founded on Christ).
The difference is revealed only when the storm hits. Outwardly, both houses looked identical while the sun was shining.
When the storm ends:
The rock-founded house stands unshaken.
The sand-founded house experiences “great was its fall” — total, catastrophic collapse.
The Edomite-infiltrated leadership had built the most impressive religious house in Israel’s history: beautiful temple, strict rules, public prayers, fasting displays, miracles, and loud “Lord, Lord.” But it was sand—man-made oral law, rejection of the Holy Spirit, murder plots against the Messiah. Forty years later (70 AD), the storm came—Roman armies, fire, total destruction. The house fell, and great was its fall (exactly Jesus’ words in Matt. 24:2 about the temple).
Meanwhile, the true remnant—the poor in spirit, the pure in heart, the ones who do the Father’s will—are building on the Rock that cannot be moved.
The War Beneath the Closing
The Edomite-infiltrated leadership believed their outward conformity, miracles, and loud “Lord, Lord” guaranteed them the kingdom. Jesus declares the exact opposite:
They are on the broad road wearing sheep costumes.
Their fruit is hypocrisy, murder plots, and rejection of the Holy Spirit.
Their house is built on sand and is about to be shattered.
At the same moment, the true remnant—the poor in spirit, the pure in heart, the ones who do the Father’s will—are entering the narrow gate, producing good fruit, and building on the rock that cannot be moved.
The sermon ends. The crowd is stunned because “He taught as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (v. 29; cf. Matt. 28:18 – all authority given to Him).
The dividing line is drawn. The storm is coming.
Only one question remains: Which are you doing?
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Jesus Descends the Mountain: Authority That Shatters Every Barrier
Matthew 8:1–34
The Sermon on the Mount is over. The crowd is still reeling from the final storm parable. Jesus stands up, walks down the hillside, and immediately proves every word He just spoke is backed by raw, uncontainable power. This chapter is a rapid-fire demonstration of the kingdom breaking in—over sickness, over nature, over demons, over distance, over ethnicity. The Edomite-infiltrated religious system is nowhere to be seen; the true King is on the move.
1. The Leper – Touching the Untouchable (vv. 1–4)
“Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Leprosy = living death. Total isolation. No one touches or really even associates with a leper—ever. Certainly not a Pharisee.
Jesus does the unthinkable: He touches him.
“I am willing; be cleansed.”
Immediate healing.
Then quiet authority:
>Tell no one (Not time yet).
>Show yourself to the priest, offer the gift Moses commanded (Lev. 14) — as a testimony to them.
>>>The Pharisee controlled temple system is forced to certify what it itself cannot produce.
(fulfills Isaiah 53:4 – “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses”; the Suffering Servant absorbs uncleanness to make clean)
2. The Centurion – Faith That Amazes God (vv. 5–13)
A Roman centurion (Gentile, oppressor) begs for his servant.
Jesus: “I will come and heal him.”
Centurion: “Lord, I am not worthy of you to enter my house… You only need to say a Word.”
>>He understands Authority better than any Israelite present.
Jesus marvels (only twice in the Gospels):
“Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!”
Then the bombshell prophecy (v. 11–12):
“Many will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
This is not a gentle “everyone’s welcome” statement.
It is a death sentence on the current leadership and a declaration of reversal.
>“From east and west” = Gentiles streaming in from every direction to feast with the patriarchs (fulfills Psalm 107:3; Isaiah 49:12; Malachi 1:11).
>“Sons of the kingdom” = those who claim Abraham’s blood and the temple system as their birthright (the Edomite-infiltrated leadership and those who follow them).
>“Cast out into outer darkness… weeping and gnashing of teeth” = total exclusion from the banquet of salvation, followed by physical and spiritual anguish.
“Weeping” = the bitter tears of exile and loss (Isaiah 22:12; Lamentations 1:2, 16; 2:11 – Jerusalem weeping when destroyed).
“Gnashing of teeth” = rage, pain, and regret (Psalm 112:10; Acts 7:54 – enemies gnashing at Stephen).
James later warns the rich oppressors: “Weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you” (James 5:1).
Jesus is foretelling 70 AD and beyond:
The physical sons of the kingdom (many not even true seed of Abraham) will be thrown out, weeping in anguish as the temple burns and the Romans exile them, while Gentile believers take their seats at Abraham’s table.
The servant is healed that same hour—from miles away, by a word.
(foreshadows the Gentile inclusion; fulfills Psalm 107:20 – “He sent His word and healed them”)
The kingdom is being ripped from the hands of the infiltrated stewards and given to a nation bearing its fruit (Matt. 21:43).
The centurion just got a preview.
And the “sons of the kingdom” just got their eviction notice.
3. Peter’s Mother-in-Law and the Evening Invasion (vv. 14–17)
Jesus enters Peter’s house. Peter’s mother-in-law is burning with fever.
One touch → fever gone → she rises and serves.
Evening comes (Sabbath ends).
All Capernaum brings their demon-possessed and sick.
Jesus casts out spirits with a word and heals all who came.
Matthew steps in:
“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: ‘He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.’” (Isaiah 53:4)
Matthew 8:1–34
The Sermon on the Mount is over. The crowd is still reeling from the final storm parable. Jesus stands up, walks down the hillside, and immediately proves every word He just spoke is backed by raw, uncontainable power. This chapter is a rapid-fire demonstration of the kingdom breaking in—over sickness, over nature, over demons, over distance, over ethnicity. The Edomite-infiltrated religious system is nowhere to be seen; the true King is on the move.
1. The Leper – Touching the Untouchable (vv. 1–4)
“Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Leprosy = living death. Total isolation. No one touches or really even associates with a leper—ever. Certainly not a Pharisee.
Jesus does the unthinkable: He touches him.
“I am willing; be cleansed.”
Immediate healing.
Then quiet authority:
>Tell no one (Not time yet).
>Show yourself to the priest, offer the gift Moses commanded (Lev. 14) — as a testimony to them.
>>>The Pharisee controlled temple system is forced to certify what it itself cannot produce.
(fulfills Isaiah 53:4 – “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses”; the Suffering Servant absorbs uncleanness to make clean)
2. The Centurion – Faith That Amazes God (vv. 5–13)
A Roman centurion (Gentile, oppressor) begs for his servant.
Jesus: “I will come and heal him.”
Centurion: “Lord, I am not worthy of you to enter my house… You only need to say a Word.”
>>He understands Authority better than any Israelite present.
Jesus marvels (only twice in the Gospels):
“Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!”
Then the bombshell prophecy (v. 11–12):
“Many will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
This is not a gentle “everyone’s welcome” statement.
It is a death sentence on the current leadership and a declaration of reversal.
>“From east and west” = Gentiles streaming in from every direction to feast with the patriarchs (fulfills Psalm 107:3; Isaiah 49:12; Malachi 1:11).
>“Sons of the kingdom” = those who claim Abraham’s blood and the temple system as their birthright (the Edomite-infiltrated leadership and those who follow them).
>“Cast out into outer darkness… weeping and gnashing of teeth” = total exclusion from the banquet of salvation, followed by physical and spiritual anguish.
“Weeping” = the bitter tears of exile and loss (Isaiah 22:12; Lamentations 1:2, 16; 2:11 – Jerusalem weeping when destroyed).
“Gnashing of teeth” = rage, pain, and regret (Psalm 112:10; Acts 7:54 – enemies gnashing at Stephen).
James later warns the rich oppressors: “Weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you” (James 5:1).
Jesus is foretelling 70 AD and beyond:
The physical sons of the kingdom (many not even true seed of Abraham) will be thrown out, weeping in anguish as the temple burns and the Romans exile them, while Gentile believers take their seats at Abraham’s table.
The servant is healed that same hour—from miles away, by a word.
(foreshadows the Gentile inclusion; fulfills Psalm 107:20 – “He sent His word and healed them”)
The kingdom is being ripped from the hands of the infiltrated stewards and given to a nation bearing its fruit (Matt. 21:43).
The centurion just got a preview.
And the “sons of the kingdom” just got their eviction notice.
3. Peter’s Mother-in-Law and the Evening Invasion (vv. 14–17)
Jesus enters Peter’s house. Peter’s mother-in-law is burning with fever.
One touch → fever gone → she rises and serves.
Evening comes (Sabbath ends).
All Capernaum brings their demon-possessed and sick.
Jesus casts out spirits with a word and heals all who came.
Matthew steps in:
“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: ‘He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.’” (Isaiah 53:4)
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4. The Cost of Following – No Delays, No Excuses (vv. 18–22)
Crowds swell. Jesus gives orders to cross the lake.
Two would-be disciples step forward:
A scribe: “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
Jesus: “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
Following means no security, no fixed address.
Another disciple: “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
This is not “Dad just died, funeral tomorrow.”
It is a first-century idiom meaning: “Let me stay home until my father dies (could be years), inherit the estate, fulfill family obligations, then I’ll follow You.”
In other words: Jesus, You’re important… but not yet. Family and inheritance come first.
Jesus’ answer is razor-sharp:
“Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Two kinds of “dead” here:
>Spiritually dead people (those who have not been made alive in Christ) can perfectly well handle physical funerals and family estates.
>Spiritually alive people (those who have heard the call of the King) have only one priority: immediate, total allegiance.
The spiritually dead can bury the physically dead.
The spiritually alive must not linger with either.
Anyone truly in Jesus is given eternal (spiritual) life, and is not worth waiting on the world and its worldly things.
5. The Storm and the Terrified Disciples (vv. 23–27)
Jesus gets in the boat. A great tempest (σεισμὸς μέγας – literally an “earthquake” on the water) hits. Waves cover the boat.
Jesus is asleep.
Disciples scream: “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
Jesus: “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?”
He rebukes the winds and sea → great calm.
The men marvel: “What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”
(fulfills Psalm 107:23–30 – He commands and stills the storm; cf. Jonah 1 – the only other man asleep in a storm, but Jesus is greater)
6. The Gadarene Demoniacs – “Have You Come to Torment Us Before the Time?” (vv. 28–34)
They cross to the Gadarenes (Decapolis—deep Gentile territory). Two violently demon-possessed men meet Him—so fierce no one could pass that way.
The demons immediately recognize who He is:
“Jesus, Son of the Most High God… have You come here to torment us before the time?”
They know their final judgment is locked in (Rev. 20:10) and that this is not yet that time—but Jesus’ presence is already torment.
They beg to be sent into a nearby herd of pigs (about 2,000 – Mark 5:13).
Jesus gives one word: “Go.”
Instantly the entire herd rushes down the steep bank, plunges into the sea, and drowns.
Now the reaction of the locals:
The herdsmen run to the city and tell everything.
The whole city comes out to meet Jesus—and when they see Him, they beg Him to leave their region.
Why beg the One who just freed two men from hell?
Two reasons:
>Raw fear – They have just witnessed power that can command legions of demons and destroy 2,000 animals with a single word.
This is not a traveling rabbi; this is God walking their shore.
They are terrified of what else He might do.
Economic – Pigs were their livelihood (Gentile area, no kosher laws).
2,000 pigs = a fortune gone in minutes.
In their eyes, Jesus just wasted their entire herd.
Pigs were unclean animals anyway (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:8), so Jesus permitting the demons to enter them is both a judgment on the unclean trade and a visible demonstration that demons have no authority against Him.
They choose money and comfort over deliverance.
They would rather keep their pigs and their demons than have the Son of God in their region.
Crowds swell. Jesus gives orders to cross the lake.
Two would-be disciples step forward:
A scribe: “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
Jesus: “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
Following means no security, no fixed address.
Another disciple: “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
This is not “Dad just died, funeral tomorrow.”
It is a first-century idiom meaning: “Let me stay home until my father dies (could be years), inherit the estate, fulfill family obligations, then I’ll follow You.”
In other words: Jesus, You’re important… but not yet. Family and inheritance come first.
Jesus’ answer is razor-sharp:
“Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Two kinds of “dead” here:
>Spiritually dead people (those who have not been made alive in Christ) can perfectly well handle physical funerals and family estates.
>Spiritually alive people (those who have heard the call of the King) have only one priority: immediate, total allegiance.
The spiritually dead can bury the physically dead.
The spiritually alive must not linger with either.
Anyone truly in Jesus is given eternal (spiritual) life, and is not worth waiting on the world and its worldly things.
5. The Storm and the Terrified Disciples (vv. 23–27)
Jesus gets in the boat. A great tempest (σεισμὸς μέγας – literally an “earthquake” on the water) hits. Waves cover the boat.
Jesus is asleep.
Disciples scream: “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
Jesus: “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?”
He rebukes the winds and sea → great calm.
The men marvel: “What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”
(fulfills Psalm 107:23–30 – He commands and stills the storm; cf. Jonah 1 – the only other man asleep in a storm, but Jesus is greater)
6. The Gadarene Demoniacs – “Have You Come to Torment Us Before the Time?” (vv. 28–34)
They cross to the Gadarenes (Decapolis—deep Gentile territory). Two violently demon-possessed men meet Him—so fierce no one could pass that way.
The demons immediately recognize who He is:
“Jesus, Son of the Most High God… have You come here to torment us before the time?”
They know their final judgment is locked in (Rev. 20:10) and that this is not yet that time—but Jesus’ presence is already torment.
They beg to be sent into a nearby herd of pigs (about 2,000 – Mark 5:13).
Jesus gives one word: “Go.”
Instantly the entire herd rushes down the steep bank, plunges into the sea, and drowns.
Now the reaction of the locals:
The herdsmen run to the city and tell everything.
The whole city comes out to meet Jesus—and when they see Him, they beg Him to leave their region.
Why beg the One who just freed two men from hell?
Two reasons:
>Raw fear – They have just witnessed power that can command legions of demons and destroy 2,000 animals with a single word.
This is not a traveling rabbi; this is God walking their shore.
They are terrified of what else He might do.
Economic – Pigs were their livelihood (Gentile area, no kosher laws).
2,000 pigs = a fortune gone in minutes.
In their eyes, Jesus just wasted their entire herd.
Pigs were unclean animals anyway (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:8), so Jesus permitting the demons to enter them is both a judgment on the unclean trade and a visible demonstration that demons have no authority against Him.
They choose money and comfort over deliverance.
They would rather keep their pigs and their demons than have the Son of God in their region.
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The War in One Chapter
>He touches Israel’s untouchables.
>He amazes at a Gentile’s faith while pronouncing judgment on “sons of the kingdom.”
>He bears sickness in His body.
>He demands total, immediate allegiance—no delays for inheritance or family duty.
>He calms creation with a word.
>He terrifies demons who know their appointed time is coming.
>The Pharisees are silent.
>The true King is on the move, and every barrier—disease, distance, demons, storms, ethnicity—is falling before Him.
>The kingdom is not coming through Pharisees’ and the religious elites’ approval.
>It is invading from Galilee to the Gentiles, one healed body, one rebuked storm, one liberated soul at a time.
>He touches Israel’s untouchables.
>He amazes at a Gentile’s faith while pronouncing judgment on “sons of the kingdom.”
>He bears sickness in His body.
>He demands total, immediate allegiance—no delays for inheritance or family duty.
>He calms creation with a word.
>He terrifies demons who know their appointed time is coming.
>The Pharisees are silent.
>The true King is on the move, and every barrier—disease, distance, demons, storms, ethnicity—is falling before Him.
>The kingdom is not coming through Pharisees’ and the religious elites’ approval.
>It is invading from Galilee to the Gentiles, one healed body, one rebuked storm, one liberated soul at a time.
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Wrong.
Every disease is NOT caused by parasites in combo with a pollutant.
Disease isn’t even a thing like people think - that you have caught something and it needs to be defeated.
Dis-ease is more appropriate name, as it describes what is actually happening
1. Some degree of Loss of electrical function from your computer and hard drive (CNS) to the rest of the body
2. CAUSING a LOSS of flow- CSF flow, blood flow, lymphatic drainage, backed up filters and the removal of waste/toxicity.
3. This causes a back up of metabolic waste and toxicity in the body, trapped in places with the loss of flow, and causing damage to these tissues further compounded by the CNS’s inability to properly instruct the affected area to heal
4. Lack of necessary nutrients required to run the body’s billions of simultaneous functions , leading to delays and stops in body function, regeneration, DNA repair, mitosis, detoxification, hormone and neurotransmitter production and regulation, healing, etc etc etc
Parasites, like bacteria and fungi, exist to decompose foods, toxicity, waste, degenerative and toxic tissue, etc
So WHEN you have a loss of flow and create stagnation problems, they step in to help and proliferate in certain areas.
This is why only certain parts of people are affected, and not everyone is affected the same, or even at all depending on health of the human - which is maintained by your own autonomous function.
IF they get into the blood this becomes a big problem , and their metabolic waste does exacerbate the issues if it also gets backed up due to loss of flow , but…..
Simply killing them all through drugs and antibiotics does absolutely nothing to correct the REASON they proliferated in the first place.
And if those systems are not turned back on to restore function to the body , whatever condition you’re dealing with WILL come back , and now you have dysbiosis that won’t help you next time.
The body heals itself
Period.
Turning the systems back on fully , restoring nutrients, detoxifying, and cleaning your filters allows the body to heal itself - in miraculous ways
Every disease is NOT caused by parasites in combo with a pollutant.
Disease isn’t even a thing like people think - that you have caught something and it needs to be defeated.
Dis-ease is more appropriate name, as it describes what is actually happening
1. Some degree of Loss of electrical function from your computer and hard drive (CNS) to the rest of the body
2. CAUSING a LOSS of flow- CSF flow, blood flow, lymphatic drainage, backed up filters and the removal of waste/toxicity.
3. This causes a back up of metabolic waste and toxicity in the body, trapped in places with the loss of flow, and causing damage to these tissues further compounded by the CNS’s inability to properly instruct the affected area to heal
4. Lack of necessary nutrients required to run the body’s billions of simultaneous functions , leading to delays and stops in body function, regeneration, DNA repair, mitosis, detoxification, hormone and neurotransmitter production and regulation, healing, etc etc etc
Parasites, like bacteria and fungi, exist to decompose foods, toxicity, waste, degenerative and toxic tissue, etc
So WHEN you have a loss of flow and create stagnation problems, they step in to help and proliferate in certain areas.
This is why only certain parts of people are affected, and not everyone is affected the same, or even at all depending on health of the human - which is maintained by your own autonomous function.
IF they get into the blood this becomes a big problem , and their metabolic waste does exacerbate the issues if it also gets backed up due to loss of flow , but…..
Simply killing them all through drugs and antibiotics does absolutely nothing to correct the REASON they proliferated in the first place.
And if those systems are not turned back on to restore function to the body , whatever condition you’re dealing with WILL come back , and now you have dysbiosis that won’t help you next time.
The body heals itself
Period.
Turning the systems back on fully , restoring nutrients, detoxifying, and cleaning your filters allows the body to heal itself - in miraculous ways
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Major Updates:
With New Docs trained in the Master Reset in NC and AZ, this December trip to NC and January trip to AZ will be my last, and these new docs will take over those areas!
But wait.... there's more:
Starting January 14, 2026
‼️NEW Location‼️
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>10 minutes from the DFW International Airport
>Available one week on and one week off alternating with Stephenville office
>All prices reduced to match Texas prices !!!!
Click here for more information:
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OG Mag+ Released
Dr. C's OG Protocol has been Updated
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With New Docs trained in the Master Reset in NC and AZ, this December trip to NC and January trip to AZ will be my last, and these new docs will take over those areas!
But wait.... there's more:
Starting January 14, 2026
‼️NEW Location‼️
Southlake, Texas in DFW
>10 minutes from the DFW International Airport
>Available one week on and one week off alternating with Stephenville office
>All prices reduced to match Texas prices !!!!
Click here for more information:
https://drchw17.substack.com/p/2026-travel-dates-and-major-updates
OG Mag+ Released
Dr. C's OG Protocol has been Updated
FInd out more HERE:
https://drchw17.substack.com/p/og-daily-mini-liver-gallbladder-and
Substack
2026 Travel Dates / NEW Location / Major Updates / OG Mag+ RELEASED
We finally have new docs permanently set up in North Carolina and Arizona, which means I am no longer going to travel to these states to treat!!!
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Which Christian denomination is the correct one?
IMO: None.
True membership in the body of Christ—the Church of Jesus Christ—comes from personally knowing God.
Denominations reduce “knowing” God (gnosis) to intellectual pursuits: studying theology, debating doctrines, or mastering Scripture - all based in boasting works.
But truly knowing God isn’t about translating ancient texts, reciting His resume from the Bible, or sharing testimonies of what He’s done in others’ lives.
Knowing God means encountering Him directly—experiencing His presence in a deeply personal, one-on-one relationship where you discover for yourself that He is exactly who He claims to be.
This is why no one can ever “prove” God to another person through debate, evidence, or logic alone.
The only way to truly know Him is through your own lived experience—a VERY REAL and transformative encounter that must be sought and received individually.
Therefore, belonging to any denomination , or sitting in any building, does not bring about Salvation, make anyone a Christian, or allow you to Know God.
Salvation, true Christian identity, and knowing God are not conferred by affiliation with any denomination or church, regular attendance, or participation in its rituals and programs.
These things can be helpful—fellowship, teaching, worship, and community often support growth—but they are not the essence.
They do not, in themselves, produce regeneration, justify a person before God, or create that intimate, personal knowledge of Him.
Jesus made this clear when He said:
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
(Matthew 7:21–23)
Notice the chilling phrase: “I never knew you.”
Not“You didn’t attend the right church,”
or “You weren’t in the correct denomination,” but a broken relationship—“I never knew you.”
Knowing God is relational, not institutional.
It begins with a personal encounter: repentance, faith in Christ, and being born again by the Spirit (John 3:3–8).
From that point forward, it deepens through ongoing communion—prayer, obedience, abiding in His Word, and walking with Him daily.
And lastly, let us not forget:
When Jesus died on the cross and took his last breath, the veil of the Temple was torn in two. (Matthew 27:51)
That veil (or curtain) in the Temple was no ordinary fabric. It separated the Holy of Holies—the earthly dwelling place of God’s presence—from the rest of the Temple. Only the high priest could enter beyond it, and only once a year on the Day of Atonement, after elaborate rituals and sacrifices, to intercede for the people’s sins.
For anyone else to approach would mean instant death.
The tearing of the veil from top to bottom proclaimed a Divine truth:
Direct access to God is now open to every believer through the finished work of Christ.
Jesus Himself became the final, perfect High Priest and the final, perfect sacrifice. No more need for human intermediaries, sacrifices, or a physical temple structure to approach God. The old system of mediated access was fulfilled and superseded.
The true Church is not a building or an organization with a name on a sign—it is the living body of all those, across every place and tradition, who have been redeemed by Christ’s blood and personally know the Father through the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit.
“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh… let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.”
(Hebrews 10:19–22)
IMO: None.
True membership in the body of Christ—the Church of Jesus Christ—comes from personally knowing God.
Denominations reduce “knowing” God (gnosis) to intellectual pursuits: studying theology, debating doctrines, or mastering Scripture - all based in boasting works.
But truly knowing God isn’t about translating ancient texts, reciting His resume from the Bible, or sharing testimonies of what He’s done in others’ lives.
Knowing God means encountering Him directly—experiencing His presence in a deeply personal, one-on-one relationship where you discover for yourself that He is exactly who He claims to be.
This is why no one can ever “prove” God to another person through debate, evidence, or logic alone.
The only way to truly know Him is through your own lived experience—a VERY REAL and transformative encounter that must be sought and received individually.
Therefore, belonging to any denomination , or sitting in any building, does not bring about Salvation, make anyone a Christian, or allow you to Know God.
Salvation, true Christian identity, and knowing God are not conferred by affiliation with any denomination or church, regular attendance, or participation in its rituals and programs.
These things can be helpful—fellowship, teaching, worship, and community often support growth—but they are not the essence.
They do not, in themselves, produce regeneration, justify a person before God, or create that intimate, personal knowledge of Him.
Jesus made this clear when He said:
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
(Matthew 7:21–23)
Notice the chilling phrase: “I never knew you.”
Not“You didn’t attend the right church,”
or “You weren’t in the correct denomination,” but a broken relationship—“I never knew you.”
Knowing God is relational, not institutional.
It begins with a personal encounter: repentance, faith in Christ, and being born again by the Spirit (John 3:3–8).
From that point forward, it deepens through ongoing communion—prayer, obedience, abiding in His Word, and walking with Him daily.
And lastly, let us not forget:
When Jesus died on the cross and took his last breath, the veil of the Temple was torn in two. (Matthew 27:51)
That veil (or curtain) in the Temple was no ordinary fabric. It separated the Holy of Holies—the earthly dwelling place of God’s presence—from the rest of the Temple. Only the high priest could enter beyond it, and only once a year on the Day of Atonement, after elaborate rituals and sacrifices, to intercede for the people’s sins.
For anyone else to approach would mean instant death.
The tearing of the veil from top to bottom proclaimed a Divine truth:
Direct access to God is now open to every believer through the finished work of Christ.
Jesus Himself became the final, perfect High Priest and the final, perfect sacrifice. No more need for human intermediaries, sacrifices, or a physical temple structure to approach God. The old system of mediated access was fulfilled and superseded.
The true Church is not a building or an organization with a name on a sign—it is the living body of all those, across every place and tradition, who have been redeemed by Christ’s blood and personally know the Father through the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit.
“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh… let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.”
(Hebrews 10:19–22)
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It’s not enough to have new “guidelines”
We need to BAN ALL:
-use of plastics to contain or make our food
-artificial and “natural”flavors
-artificial colors
-citric acid (black mold derived)
-non nutrients inside food
-refined foods
-fortified foods
-pasteurization of dairy
-GMO food
-glyphosate all together
-all chemical use on any crop or animal that is food
-any hormones or antibiotics on or in food
-hybridization of wheat and corn
-high fructose corn syrup
-corn syrup
-seed oil use
-nitrites/nitrates
-sulfites
-PFAs
-gums
-polysorbate 80
-brominated Anything
-estrogen dominant foods
-anything synthetic
Because of the things in the pyramid below contain any of these KNOWN carcinogens, hormone disrupters, toxic substances that lead to (severe) disease states - we are still not healthy
We need to BAN ALL:
-use of plastics to contain or make our food
-artificial and “natural”flavors
-artificial colors
-citric acid (black mold derived)
-non nutrients inside food
-refined foods
-fortified foods
-pasteurization of dairy
-GMO food
-glyphosate all together
-all chemical use on any crop or animal that is food
-any hormones or antibiotics on or in food
-hybridization of wheat and corn
-high fructose corn syrup
-corn syrup
-seed oil use
-nitrites/nitrates
-sulfites
-PFAs
-gums
-polysorbate 80
-brominated Anything
-estrogen dominant foods
-anything synthetic
Because of the things in the pyramid below contain any of these KNOWN carcinogens, hormone disrupters, toxic substances that lead to (severe) disease states - we are still not healthy
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How many times have you been “diagnosed” with a “condition” or “disease” and were told there is no cure ?
That’s because the “science” is looking at it inverted.
The human body cures itself - and it’s a one way street. Things can “assist” or “stimulate” certain processes but ultimately if the body doesn’t handle it itself , it won’t happen.
You have to:
1. Turn the lights on
2. Unwind the spine to free the CNS
(Your electrical system)
3. Upload all essential nutrients
(Including sunlight and clean water)
4. Detox the body and Clean the filters
5. Move your body
The body then heals itself
It’s called Innate Intelligence
And God created us this way so that no man can boast of being able to heal better than others - your conscious mind can’t control it, and neither can anyone else.
That’s because the “science” is looking at it inverted.
The human body cures itself - and it’s a one way street. Things can “assist” or “stimulate” certain processes but ultimately if the body doesn’t handle it itself , it won’t happen.
You have to:
1. Turn the lights on
2. Unwind the spine to free the CNS
(Your electrical system)
3. Upload all essential nutrients
(Including sunlight and clean water)
4. Detox the body and Clean the filters
5. Move your body
The body then heals itself
It’s called Innate Intelligence
And God created us this way so that no man can boast of being able to heal better than others - your conscious mind can’t control it, and neither can anyone else.
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