Unshaken Saints

Matthew 11-12, Luke 11: ”I Will Give You Rest”

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 11-12, and Luke 11. This lesson focuses on sending people to Jesus, John the Baptist as "more than a prophet," playing religion, much required, trusting the Father, rest for the heavy laden, the two-sided handcart, gleaning grain, scriptural precedents, the Sabbath made for man, the withered hand, bruised reeds, a house divided, with me or against me, sign seeking, the family of Christ, and more.
0:00 Introduction
8:22 Sending People to Jesus
26:08 Shaken Reeds & Soft Raiment
33:57 More than a Prophet
40:55 Responding to John's Message
49:29 Playing Religion
55:52 Much Given, Much Required
1:02:14 Trusting the Father & Revealing Him
1:07:51 Rest for the Heavy Laden
1:16:20 Seeing the Father through the Son
1:21:30 The Two-Sided Handcart
1:30:47 Gleaning Grain on the Sabbath
1:37:10 Scriptural Precedents
1:45:41 The Sabbath Was Made for Man
1:54:16 Healing the Withered Hand
2:06:23 Bruised Reeds & Smoking Flax
2:14:01 A House Divided Against Itself
2:20:17 With Me or Against Me
2:26:04 Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost
2:34:44 The Family of Christ
2:38:58 Sign Seeking
2:44:02 Empty, Swept, and Garnished
2:51:53 The Mother of the Lord
2:54:18 Conclusion

Matthew 9-10, Mark 5, Luke 9: When Virtue Flows

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 8-10, Mark 5, and Luke 9 (covering the raising of the daughter of Jairus, the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, and the calling and instructing of the Twelve Apostles). This lesson focuses on glad tidings, certain women, a 911 call, an issue of blood, the hem of His garment, emotional roller coasters, touching Christ, making the impossible possible, blind eyes & a dumb mouth, calling and qualifying, wise as serpents & harmless as doves, taking no thought, preparing for persecution, perceptions of prophets, don't look back, and more.
0:00 Introduction
6:40 Glad Tidings of the Kingdom
10:09 Certain Women
14:50 Jairus's 911 Call
22:38 The Woman with the Issue of Blood
31:40 Nothing Bettered, Only Worse
35:19 The Hem of His Garment
40:30 The Emotional Roller Coaster
47:59 Who Touched Me?
57:36 Thy Faith Hath Made Thee Whole
1:03:58 Be Not Afraid, Only Believe
1:11:35 Raising the Daughter of Jairus
1:18:59 Faith to Make the Impossible Possible
1:29:35 Blind Eyes & a Dumb Mouth
1:38:06 Sheep without a Shepherd
1:41:33 Context for the Call
1:55:03 The Original Twelve Apostles
2:03:01 Instructions to the Twelve
2:13:01 Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves
2:17:09 Take No Thought Beforehand
2:21:25 Prepare for Persecution
2:33:05 Confessing Christ at All Costs
2:38:59 Perceiving Prophets as Prophets
2:45:41 Don't Look Back
2:50:27 Conclusion

Matthew 8, Mark 2-4, Luke 7: A Ministry of Miracles

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 8, Mark 2-4, and Luke 7, covering the miracles involving the leper, the centurion's servant, Peter's mother-in-law, the storm at sea, the legion of devils, the man with the palsy, the son of the widow of Nain, and the woman who anointed the Savior's feet). This lesson focuses on braving the multitudes, questioning power or permission, the cleansing ritual, the Messianic secret, giving God His marching orders, the demands of discipleship, letting Jesus sleep, home & friends, physical and spiritual healing, the calling of Matthew, eating with publicans and sinners, to fast or to feast, new wine in old bottles, passing judgment, the most love and the most forgiveness, and more. 
0:00 Introduction
8:47 Cleansing the Leper
13:53 Braving the Multitudes
17:37 Questioning Power or Permission
28:02 The Cleansing Ritual
43:00 Keeping the Messianic Secret
46:04 Healing the Centurion's Servant
52:51 Giving God His Marching Orders
1:03:27 Healing Peter's Mother-in-Law
1:08:35 The Demands of Discipleship
1:19:39 Let the Dead Bury their Dead
1:24:52 The Storm at Sea
1:31:18 Letting Jesus Sleep
1:43:12 A Legion of Devils
1:57:13 Naming Legion & Casting Him Out
2:11:39 Go Home to Thy Friends
 

Matthew 6-7: The Sermon on the Mount Continues

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 6-7 (the second half of the Sermon on the Mount). This lesson focuses on reciprocity & generosity, going past perfection, purifying our motives, the Lord's Prayer, treasures in heaven, overanxiety, seeking the kingdom of God, judging others, motes & beams, pearls & swine, stones & bread, wide gates & narrow ways, rock & sand, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Temple Changes
9:27 Reciprocity or Generosity
20:41 The Golden Rule
27:23 Going Past Perfection
29:19 Serving to Be Seen
42:15 Praying to Be Heard
53:35 The Lord's Prayer
1:16:41 Fasting
1:18:27 Treasures in Heaven & the Light of the Eye
1:23:53 No Man Can Serve Two Masters
1:30:54 Overanxiety
1:41:29 Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God
1:46:41 Judging Others
1:55:41 Motes & Beams
2:03:23 Pearls Before Swine
2:11:17 Ask & Ye Shall Receive
2:18:31 Stones or Bread
2:27:51 Wide Gates or the Narrow Way
2:30:05 By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them
2:38:54 Words, Deeds, or Relationships
2:45:23 Building on Rock or Sand
2:56:52 Conclusion

Matthew 5: The Sermon on the Mount

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 5, the first chapter of the famous "Sermon on the Mount." This lesson focuses on being perfected in Christ, the mount or the plain, preparing for His preaching, getting set, poor in spirit, mourning and meekness, hunger and thirst, mercy and purity, peacemaking and persecution, salt and light, to destroy or fulfill, exceeding the Pharisees, anger management, adultery & lust, marriage & divorce, honesty & integrity, perfection pending, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:13 Teaching the Savior's Sermon
9:08 Perfect or Perfected
17:08 Matthew or Luke, Mount or Plain
22:11 Preparing for His Preaching
28:44 Jesus Gets Set for His Sermon
37:58 The Beatitudes, Founded on Faith
41:13 Poor in Spirit
45:07 Mourning & Comfort
49:07 Meekness
52:58 Hunger & Thirst
59:15 Mercy, Purity, & Peacemaking
1:04:09 Persecuted for the Savior's Sake
1:12:20 The Beatitudes as Cumulative Crescendo
1:17:55 Woes to the Well-Off
1:25:54 Salt & Light
1:40:58 Destroy or Fulfill
1:55:00 Exceeding the Pharisees
2:03:18 The Antitheses
2:07:52 Anger Management
2:21:46 The Two Great Commandments
2:31:56 Agreeing with Your Adversary
2:39:39 Adultery & Lust
2:54:20 Marriage & Divorce
3:02:20 Honesty & Integrity
3:11:00 Reciprocity
3:16:43 Love Your Enemies
3:28:10 Perfection Pending
3:33:50 Conclusion

John 2-4: Water to Wine, Nicodemus, and the Woman at the Well

A verse-by-verse study of John 2-4 (which includes the stories of Jesus changing water to wine, the visit of Nicodemus, and Christ's conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well). This lesson focuses on the marriage at Cana, filling the waterpots, faith precedes the miracle, multiplying our joy, cleansing the Temple, being born again, catching the wind, understanding symbolism, ascending or descending, God's love for the world, John decreasing and Jesus increasing, Jews and Samaritans, gifts to give, deep wells and living water, where or how we worship, spirit and truth, fields to harvest, the healing of the nobleman's son, and more. 
0:00 Introduction
2:27 The Grand Inquisitor
11:34 John 2-4 and The Chosen
14:59 The Marriage at Cana
19:46 Mary's Plea
25:40 Filling the Waterpots
34:06 Water to Wine
37:55 Faith Precedes the Miracle
41:34 Lessons from the Miracle
47:39 Multiplying Our Joy
53:40 Cleansing the Temple
1:07:10 Zeal and Authority
1:16:44 Nicodemus
1:23:20 Born Again
1:28:31 Catching the Wind
1:32:52 Great Expectations
1:38:30 Understanding Symbolism
1:45:57 Ascending or Descending Wisdom
1:52:10 For God So Loved the World
2:07:19 John Decreasing, Jesus Increasing
2:18:33 Receiving a Testimony of Christ
2:27:03 Jesus & His Disciples Baptize
2:32:33 Passing through Samaria
2:37:41 The Woman at the Well
2:44:13 Literary Foils
2:47:15 Jesus, Samaritans, & Gifts to Give
2:55:46 Deep Wells & Living Water
3:05:56 A Call to Share & a Call to Repent
3:13:33 Where or How We Worship
3:24:56 In Spirit and in Truth
3:35:32 Jesus Reveals His Identity
3:40:59 Leaving Her Waterpot
3:45:11 Meat to Eat & Fields to Harvest
3:55:10 Gaining Our Own Testimony
4:00:00 Healing the Nobleman's Son
4:05:08 Conclusion

Matthew 4, Luke 4-5: ”The Temptations of Christ”

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 4 and Luke 4-5 (Christ is tempted and His ministry begins). This lesson focuses on the authority of John the Baptist, the mission of the Messiah, the timing of temptation, fasting, stones to bread, pride going before the fall, the kingdoms of the earth, types of temptation, Christ's Messianic announcement, fighting words, fishers of men, filling the nets, Peter's guilt gap, preaching with power, staying or spreading, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:32 The Authority of John the Baptist
16:41 The Mission Call of the Messiah
30:31 The Timing of Temptation
37:50 Fasting in the Wilderness
47:02 Temptation #1 - Stones to Bread
55:16 Not by Bread Alone
1:02:37 Temptation #2 - Leap from the Temple
1:10:21 Temptation #3 - Worldly Kingdoms
1:21:58 The Final Victory (for now)
1:32:43 The Three Types of Temptation
1:44:18 Jesus in the Synagogue of Nazareth
1:50:38 Jesus Quotes Isaiah 61
1:57:57 Christ's Messianic Announcement
2:06:37 A Prophet in His Own Country
2:12:31 Fighting Words
2:21:34 Shining Light in Darkness
2:27:29 Fishers of Men
2:34:26 Filling the Nets
2:43:10 Simon Peter's Guilt Gap
2:47:08 Leaving Full Nets
2:52:15 Preaching with Power, Not as the Scribes
3:06:07 Casting Out Devils & Healing the Sick
3:15:07 Staying or Spreading
3:22:39 Conclusion

Matthew 3, Mark 1, Luke 3: ”To Fulfill All Righteousness”

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 3, Mark 1, and Luke 3, which recount the ministry of John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus Christ. This lesson focuses on the Gospel of Mark, John the Baptist in the wilderness, preaching repentance, locusts and wild honey, a generation of vipers, stones unto Abraham, the axe and the fan, the Jordan River, the condescension of Christ, fulfilling all righteousness, teaching children about baptism, Luke's genealogy of Jesus, up and down the 4th Article of Faith, and more. 
0:00 Introduction
4:23 Unshaken Saints on Instagram
8:39 The Book of Mark
30:24 The Beginning of the Gospel
35:27 Preaching Repentance in the Wilderness
42:11 Urgency in Preparation
47:39 Locusts, Honey, Camel Hair, and Leather
57:17 A Generation of Vipers
1:08:26 Fruits of Repentance & Stones unto Abraham
1:13:39 The Axe at the Root
1:15:19 Counsel to the Repentant
1:28:08 Activism or the Doctrine of Christ
1:33:30 One Mightier than I
1:36:59 Winnowing the Wheat
1:47:34 The Baptism of Jesus
1:54:29 The Jordan River
2:00:51 The Condescension of Christ
2:10:07 Thus it Becometh Us
2:14:42 To Fulfill All Righteousness
2:24:15 Covenant, Experience, Relationship
2:28:58 Teaching Children about Baptism
2:39:29 The Baptism and Its Aftermath
2:42:27 Luke's Genealogy of Jesus
2:57:42 Up and Down the 4th Article of Faith
3:04:55 Conclusion

John 1: ”The Word Made Flesh”

A verse-by-verse study of John 1. This lesson focuses on the Gospel of John, pit or pedestal, the Logos, Life & Light, John the Baptist, the Word made flesh, grace for grace, the identity of John the Baptist, preparing the way of the Lord, receiving the Holy Ghost, calling disciples, Andrew & Peter, Philip & Nathanael, under the fig tree, and more.
0:00 Introduction
1:28 The Jesus of the Gospels
3:44 The Gospel of John
7:58 Pit or Pedestal
10:49 Authorship, Audience, Aim
15:55 Characteristics of the Book of John
21:42 Miracles & I Am Statements
26:52 In the Beginning Was the Word
40:25 Logos
46:57 The Joseph Smith Translation
55:41 Christ of Creation & Lord of Life & Light
1:08:01 John the Baptist
1:11:41 Becoming the Children of God 1:19:25 The Word Made Flesh
1:30:41 Grace for Grace
1:42:45 Law, Grace, & Truth
1:49:43 The Identity of John the Baptist
1:58:41 Preparing the Way of the Lord
2:07:52 Lamb & Dove, Descend & Abide
2:12:50 Receive the Holy Ghost
2:18:03 Disciples of John become Disciples of Jesus
2:22:43 Come and See
2:27:08 Andrew & Peter
2:36:25 Philip Called to Follow
2:40:54 An Israelite without Guile
2:49:44 Called from Under the Fig Tree
2:52:28 Greater Things than These
2:54:36 Conclusion

Matthew 2 & Luke 2: O Come Let Us Adore Him

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 2 and Luke 2, which together tell the Christmas story. This lesson focuses on waking the Baby, Matthew vs. Luke, registering in Bethlehem, no room for Jesus, the shepherds' faith, swaddling clothes, Mother Mary, circumcision & purification, Simeon, Anna, Jesus baby blessing, Herod the Great, seeking sincerely, the Star of Bethlehem, the gifts of the wise men, revelations & stewardships, the massacre of the innocents, questions & answers, tarrying in Jerusalem, growing up in God, and more.
0:00 Introduction
3:25 Waking the Baby
8:59 Matthew vs. Luke
13:19 Registered in Bethlehem
18:55 No Room for Jesus
31:18 Shepherds in the Fields
38:55 Savior, Christ, & Lord
41:58 Swaddling Clothes
47:41 The Heavenly Host & the Shepherds' Faith
54:05 Contemplative Mother Mary
56:55 Circumcision & Purification
1:08:40 Simeon the Spiritual
1:18:37 Jesus's Baby Blessing
1:22:59 Anna the Enduring
1:31:25 Matthew's Nativity Scene
1:36:44 Herod the Great
1:44:44 O Little Town of Bethlehem
1:49:44 Seeking Sincerely
1:53:39 Star of Bethlehem
1:59:06 Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh
2:09:06 Revelations & Stewardships
2:14:01 Time in Egypt
2:18:36 The Massacre of the Innocents
2:26:58 Returning the Branch to Nazareth
2:34:07 Jesus Grows Up
2:41:26 Tarrying Behind in Jerusalem
2:49:57 Questions & Answers
2:56:13 Seeking Jesus
3:05:44 About His Father's Business
3:09:07 Continuing Condescension
3:12:01 Growing Up in God
3:24:00 Conclusion