I trust that, like me, you have been spiritually nourished and challenged by our Sunday morning study of the many interesting questions that our Lord raised during His earthly ministry.  As we have examined the many interrogatory sayings of our Savior, we have discovered that there is a depth to the ‘red letters’ in our Bibles that, just perhaps, we have not fully recognized before.

My suspicion is that we will again be pleasantly surprised this coming Lord’s Day we begin an investigation of the words recorded in Matthew 19:1-9.  Placed within the drama depicted by Matthew (yet another encounter between Jesus and the Pharisees) is nothing short of a bombshell question raised by Jesus.  Without sounding unnecessarily dramatic, this may well be the most fundamental, sweeping, and controversial question that Jesus ever asked. In fact, I might even suggest that this one question touches the most significant issue of our day, and exposes the very epicenter of the spiritual and moral inferno that is raging before our eyes.  I believe that what we will discover in Matthew 19:4 is so very relevant and fundamental that we will spend two weeks examining these simple, yet massively weighty words of the Savior.

Let me encourage you to do a little homework before Sunday and take time to get familiar with the episode found in Matthew 19:1-9.  Then, let’s all pray that the Spirit of God will empower and bless the preaching and hearing of our Lord’s Holy Word.