Michael Hewat
Michael Hewat is currently serving as the Senior Minister at West Hamilton Community Church, New Zealand
We are given the reminder that there is only one class of disciple in God’s kingdom, the blessed class. God gives the same new heart to all and rewards all equally. You are the light of the world.
In going...
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit (14)
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet...
James closes his letter as abruptly with simply a final appeal. His task has been to bring back the wanderer from the jagged, barren, dangerous landscape of ‘the world’ to what should be the sanctuary of God’s sheepfold
Whoever brings...
You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased (v38)
The LORD had declared centuries earlier, “my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways” (Isa 55:8). How graphically Luke illustrates this fact in the...
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man (52)
Here are two temple scenes. Jesus is in a holy place surrounded by pious folk. His is a family which performs everything according...
New wine is put into fresh wineskins
Matthew 9.9-34
Two of the most intriguing things about Jesus’ calling of his disciples are his apparent casualness and abruptness. As with the calling of the first disciples (4.18-22), the impression...
You give them something to eat (13)
Jesus’ sending out of the twelve recalls their appointment as apostles (6.12ff.), since which they have been largely passive - learning from him and being with him (8.1). When they have acted,...
Do not fear; only believe (50)
Whereas the previous narrative concluded with all the people fearful and asking Jesus to leave, this one begins with them welcoming and waiting for him. Whereas the healed demoniac was commanded to...
Who then is this…? (25)
To most of us, the idea of being fearful of Jesus is quite foreign. The Church in our day has placed so much emphasis on the accessibility of Jesus, presenting him almost solely as our...
Take care then how you hear (vs.18)
Amidst what are at times, difficult teachings to understand, Jesus drops in little keys. They’re easily missed, but not by those who listen carefully (18).
Firstly though, note that having just recounted Jesus’ ministry...
