{"podcast":{"title":"Awake Us Now","slug":"awake-us-now-3481","podcast_index_feed_id":3481,"rss_url":"https://awakeusnow.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.awakeusnow.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/c/f/b/0cfb11e159b4b02d/logo.jpg","author":"Rev. Christopher Dodge","episode_count":1107,"summary":"Awake Us Now is a body of believers who: WORSHIP the Triune God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Praise Him with joy and thanksgiving for He is God and He is good; WALK by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit. This is the clear teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and the clear declaration of the Scriptures. Such a daily walk is a far cry from mere religion or \"church as usual;\" WITNESS to Jesus Christ our Savior in daily life situations. Take seriously His call to make disciples. Be alert to the opportunities God provides to encourage and mentor others in the Christian life. Utilize the developing technologies to reach a new generation with the timeless Gospel of Christ.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481"},"episode":{"title":"The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 30","slug":"the-gospel-according-to-matthew-week-30","published_at":"2026-05-25T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/the-gospel-according-to-matthew-week-30","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481","url":"https://awakeusnow.libsyn.com/the-gospel-according-to-matthew-week-30","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/awakeusnow/The_Gospel_According_to_Matthew_-_Week_30.mp3?dest-id=246214","summary":"This teaching is from Matthew 21:23-46 and continues our dive into Jesus' final week of his ministry before his death and resurrection. The religious leaders are doing all they can to get Jesus to say something so that they can bring Him up on charges and get rid of Him. And there is a debate between Jesus and those leaders in the first verses of our study today. As the leaders (priests and elders) ask Jesus by what authority He was doing things in and who gave him this authority. This question might seem like a simple question but in reality it is a set up and they want him to reveal who He is so they can charge Him with blasphemy. These leaders should have understood who Jesus was; they had the opportunity to listen to His teachings, see His miracles, and hear testimonies of what Jesus had been doing. All these things predicted had been predicted by the prophets. Those with eyes to see could see who He was. Jesus takes their question and turns it around on them and responds that He'll answer them if they answer a question first. The question He gives them, they decide they can't answer. So there is a stalemate. So Jesus moves on into sharing three Parables that are addressed to the religious leaders. The Parables do the following: Indictment Sentence Execution The Indictment - the parable of the two sons. A father asks a son to go work in the vineyard and the son says, \"No,\" but then changes his mind later and does go out and work in the vineyard. To the other son the father says to go work in the vineyard, but that son says, \"Yes,\" but never goes and does it. Jesus poses the question, \"Which of the two sons did what his father wanted?\" The leaders reply, \"the first son: and Jesus hands down this indictment to the religious leaders, \"Truly I tell you, the tax collect…","meta_description":"This teaching is from Matthew 21:23-46 and continues our dive into Jesus' final week of his ministry before his death and resurrection. The religious lead…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1502,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/awake-us-now-3481/episodes/the-gospel-according-to-matthew-week-30/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/the-gospel-according-to-matthew-week-30.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}