So last week, we looked at Jesus’ take on good works, and on prayer, and on fasting. Things that we call spiritual disciplines, which means that they are things that are involved in the relationship that we are in with God almighty. But Jesus’ issue last week, that He was dealing with, is that people […]
So, in the last few weeks, Jesus spent the last chapter helping us understand God’s heart a little bit, understand His care for our heart, and begin to understand how a transformed heart will act differently if we really desire to follow Jesus. And this morning He is still very much in the middle of
Today we are going to make our way to the end of Matthew chapter 5. But what have we learned on our way here so far? The chapter started with the beatitudes, this list and progression of character traits that one of God’s people or a Kingdom Citizen should have. We talked through that study
So last week we went through verses 17 through 20 of Matthew 5 and we looked at how Jesus didn’t come to change or destroy the Law and the Prophets but did bring a new perspective to it. He talked about how it is still all important, but ultimately how it all pointed forward to
Last week we started Matthew chapter 5 and started into Jesus’ sermon on the mount. We looked at this like progression of growth and the characteristics of someone who is a believer or a citizen of God’s Kingdom. We talked about what it means to be the salt and light of the world. That we
