Our passage this week, which we will read in a minute, starts with the word “therefore”, which means that it is coming directly on the heels of, and in light of, what Jesus had just shared previously in this chapter. Last week we looked at verses 13 through 23. We looked at, what I believe, […]
In the last couple weeks, we have talked about judging people, we’ve talked about prayer, we’ve talked about doing good for others. And so, let’s see where Jesus is going now in our verses for today. Read Matthew 7:13-23 So, in Jesus’ first statements there in our passage today, He begins describing these gates and where they
Last week we heard from Jesus, about His thoughts, on judging people. About judging people from, this like automatically negative place, where we assume the worst of people. With maybe the roots of this judginess, if that’s even a word, being an over inflated view of ourselves, that maybe thinks that we’re better than other
The past few weeks of learning from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, have mainly been focusing on like, internal spiritual life things. Things such as our outlook on good works, and prayer, and fasting before the Lord. Also, our outlook on material things on this earth versus eternal things and the treasure of heaven. And
Last week, Jesus left us with a very important statement. He said that we cannot serve two masters. He then followed that up, very bluntly, by saying that we cannot serve God and money. It’s the two-master issue. He taught us that we will end up hating one and loving the other and being loyal
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
