Sunday 25th May 2025
Read: Jonah 1:1-2:10; Matthew 16:1-12
Sermon: Matthew 16:1-12
Introduction
Jonah and the sign
Matthew and the kingdom of God
Matthew 16:1-4 Interpreting signs
16:1 Pharisees signs of testing
16:2-3 interpreting weather
16:4 interpret the sign of Jonah
Matthew 16:5-12 Beware the Pharisees’ failure to interpret the signs
16:5-8 bread and the leaven of the Pharisees
16:9-10 perceiving the meaning of feeding bread in the wilderness
16:11-12 failure to perceive turning to understanding
Interpreting signs now