This is from a sermon series on Bible prepositions; this lesson focuses on the word “with.”

1) Mt. 5:41.
2) Romans were able to compel Jewish people to carry their bags for a mile.
a) Can we think of someone who irritates us?
b) Is there a person who we see, someone who calls us, or someone that e-mails us that we don’t really like?
3) Jesus said, “Go with that person the second mile.”
a) Here the word “with” implies patience for those who irritate us.
b) Mt. 5:41 reminds us that we try to assist those we would really rather avoid.
4) This was how the Lord lived.
5) Mt. 9:11 says Jesus spent time WITH publicans and sinners.
a) Jesus was willing to get close to the unlovely—the people God considers to be spiritual enemies.
b) When the Lord said “go the second mile” in Mt. 5:41, He told people to do what He was doing.
6) We want to seek to live as Jesus lived for there are only two choices in life.
a) In Mt. 12:30 Jesus made a statement that must have startled some people.
b) He said, “He that is not WITH me is against me.”
7) Mt. 13:20.
a) Mt. 13:20 is part of a story where a man planted a crop.
b) Mt. 13:20 says – READ
c) A person cannot be with Jesus until he or she has “heard the word.”
8) People need to hear that God wants to be WITH man (Mt. 1:23).
9) This relationship with God is started by hearing the scriptures (the word of truth).
10) Mt. 16:27 – READ
a) Jesus is coming back and heaven’s angels will be “with” Him.
b) The end of this verse says “every man” is going to be judged when this time comes.
c) The word with reminds us that Jesus is raised, He will return, and He will judge all people.
11) Mt. 17:17 – says this – READ
a) Today there are still “faithless” and “perverse” people.
b) How long will people wait till they decide to act on what the word of God says?
12) Mt. 24:49. READ
a) This servant was WITH the drunken.
b) It does not say this man was intoxicated. This man was simply “with” those who were drunk.
c) Remember that passage we cited from Mt. 12?
d) This guy in Mt. 24 was somewhere else.
e) Such can also be true in our life.

13) Today we can be WITH the drunkards.
14) We can be with illegal drug users, with the sexually immoral, and with the liars.
15) Mt. 25:10, a passage that describes the five wise women. READ
16) The five wise women went WITH the bridegroom.
17) The word WITH describes the preparation that will determine where we spend eternity.
18) If we are like the five wise virgins, we have a weekly reminder of our future promise and reward.
a) Mt. 26:29 – READ
b) Do we realize that the Lord is with us when we partake of the Lord’s Supper?
19) If people read this verse they would not worship in a place that has the Lord’s Supper once a year.