February 2, 2025

Matthew 16:1-4 (NKJV)

1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.

2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’;

3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

       •  Those who see Signs

            o    Matthew 16:28

            o   Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of                     Man coming in His kingdom.”

           o   The Disciples

    • Those who seek Signs

        o    Matthew 16:1

        o   Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from                 heaven.

     o   Religious People

    • Those who understand Signs

        o   Matthew 16:9

        o   Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets                 you took up?

        o   Disciples with Discernment

        o   Acts 28:26-27

        o   ‘Go and say to this people: When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do,                 you will not comprehend.

        o   For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their                 eyes —so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and                 they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.’