Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on Matthew

We are signposts to the destination

Reading          Matthew 3 – NIV  In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for…

In your wilderness: put your trust in God

Gospel               Matthew 4.1–11 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said…

See clearly through the clouds

Gospel                 Matthew 17.1–9 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the…

Trust opens us up

Gospel                 Matthew 6.25–34  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not…

Unity: walk in the same direction

Gospel                 Matthew 4.12–23 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had…

Step in to the moment

Gospel                Matthew 3.13–end  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus…

What did you come looking for today?

Gospel               Matthew 11.2–11 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’ Jesus…

2000 years and still waiting

Gospel               Matthew 3.1–12  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’ This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said,…

Are you awake?

Gospel               Matthew 24.36–44  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   ‘But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the…