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326. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

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King Duncan

... blind from birth. His disciples wanted to know was it his parents' sin or his own that was responsible for his condition? Please note, if you have not already done so, that Jesus consistently condemned the notion that human tragedy is punishment for sin. In the Sermon on the Mount he established this sacred principle once and for all: "[God] makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust." (Mt. 5:45) In other words, God does not reward us according to our virtues ...

327. An Our Good Works And Generosity

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

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Mark Ellingsen

Jesus was giving his famous Sermon on the Mount. In the middle of it he looked at the disciples from his sitting position (as was customary for Jewish rabbis of the first century when they were teaching). And Jesus said: "Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have ...

328. Learning to Give Thanks

Luke 17:11-19

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King Duncan

... had made, Wesley wrote something like this in his journal, "I shall never forget that porter. He convinced me there is something in religion to which I am a stranger. " (3) There are some of us who are strangers to this man’s faith. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus speaks these familiar words, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the ...

329. Magnanimity: The Essential Spirit of the Christian

Philippians 4:4-7

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James W. Moore

... persecution. He once said: “I will permit no person to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” That’s magnanimity! (4) But, of course, we see the best portrait of magnanimity in Jesus Christ. He taught it in The Sermon on The Mount: “Go the Second Mile,” “Turn the Other Cheek,” “Give your cloak as well as your coat,” “Love your enemies,” “Pray for those who persecute you,” “Be merciful like your Father in heaven is merciful.” That’s magnanimity! But, Jesus didn’t ...

330. The Man From Galilee III: The Touch Of His Hand

Matthew 8:14-17

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... . While staying in that city He had a room in the home of Simon Peter, the fisherman. That house was located only about a block away from the synagogue. So it was a convenient place for Jesus to stay. Matthew tells us that after Jesus had delivered the Sermon on the Mount near Capernaum, He came back to town where He met a Roman centurion. This man asked Jesus to heal his servant. When Jesus agreed to go to his home, the man said, "Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. But only say the ...

331. Converts Or Disciples?

Matthew 28:16-20

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William G. Carter

... where the Easter Jesus met his disciples. Do you remember from our text where that was? They went to Galilee, “to the mountain where he directed them.” What mountain? Anybody want to guess? It’s the mountain where we have been before – the Sermon on the Mount mountain. After Easter, he directed them back to the place where he gathered them together and began to teach. The Easter Christ continued to instruct us, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. You are the ...

332. Trying To Grasp The Meaning Of It All

Luke 2:21-40

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King Duncan

... she "served God with fastings and prayers night and day." Yet she, too, recognized that she was in the presence of the Messiah--and she broadcast that news to everyone she encountered. The stories of Simeon and Anna call to mind Jesus' own words in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5: 1-12): "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled . . . Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." What does it all mean? God in a manger. The hope of the world--the son of ...

333. Playing Church Or Playing Jesus

Leviticus 19:1-37

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King Duncan

... love the world for whom Christ died. The writer in Leviticus was the first to record God's command that we were to love our neighbor, but the boundaries of love's demands are expanded throughout the Old Testament and the New. In these words from the Sermon on the Mount Jesus counsels us that the life of love must also include our enemies. But it remained for St. John, the last of the Gospel writers, to instruct us that "God so loved the world . . ." It is not enough for the body of Christ to love God or ...

334. Good News about Thanksgiving

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... . you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not. Giving thanks reminds us how blessed we are. This is not to say that you and I do not have problems. We do, but for most of us, our blessings far outweigh our burdens. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus spoke these magnificent words: “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they ...

335. How Can Religion Go Bad Doing Good?

Matthew 7:21-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is the key to its continued existence. Jesus' harsh words to those whose actions look good, whose words even do good, uncovers the shoddy, sandy foundation upon which those words and deeds are perched. The law Jesus had been preaching in his Sermon on the Mount was the foundation he demanded. What does this foundational law, this most basic, bedrock Torah consist of? Blessed are the peacemakers . . . " (5:9). If you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment" (5:32). But if ...

336. Marriage is Forever

Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 19:1-12

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Bill Bouknight

... by the continuance of this marriage. Therefore, I am going to ask God's forgiveness for whatever fault I may bear in the failure of the marriage. Then I am going to receive God's forgiveness and make a new start. Here as in all of the Sermon on the Mount, we have absolute ideals and absolute grace, without one compromising the other. As we are healed by God's grace and equipped by the Holy Spirit, we are able to reach farther toward God's absolute ideals. Because our Lord is full of forgiveness and grace, I ...

337. Jesus, Our Rock Foundation

John 14:1-14

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... willingly choose other routes that are only detours, or paths which seem clear but are laden with obstacles, hurdles, and potholes. Other routes seems so easy and, thus, we take the path of least resistance. We must not forget, however, how clear Jesus was in the Sermon on the Mount, as reported by Saint Matthew, "Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life ...

338. What's Holding You Together?

Matthew 7:21-23

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Leonard Sweet

... whole. (Weymouth New Testament) No one who is alive is not being held together by the cross. But some of us are only held together by the cross of laminin. Jesus’ challenge to his disciples, and to the “listening-in” crowd at the “Sermon on the Mount,” was to also let ourselves be held together by the cross of Christ. What’s holding you together this morning? Physiologically we have no choice. The “cross” is the glue that holds you together. Willy-nilly. Spiritually we DO HAVE a choice. We ...

339. For Men Only?

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... we associate with the tyranny of a Pharaoh, than permission to divorce as one pleased. Jesus, as elsewhere, pushed the law to its limit for these individuals, and in doing so fulfilled the law, as he put it elsewhere. Remember the Sermon on the Mount? Jesus said “You have heard it said...” and told those listening that while the law forbade murder, those who insulted their brothers and sisters were murdering the self-esteem and integrity of another human being, through their verbal abuse. He said ...

340. Real Security

Luke 12:13-21

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... to be read, but when they are, they find an echo in Luke’s story of the man who wanted Jesus to act like a judge in a legal dispute that he was obviously having with his brother. Matthew reported that Jesus said, as part of the Sermon on the Mount: "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your ...

341. Doing The Right Thing

Acts 1:1-11

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E. Carver McGriff

... 'ts, of simple rules for successful living. Then one day, he decided to consult the Bible for additional help. He said that when he got to the fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the book of Matthew, he realized the book was already written. It was the Sermon on the Mount. He said that for all his expertise on the happy life, he could think of nothing to add to what Jesus had said there. He concluded by saying that if all the literature he'd ever read on the subject of successful living were compiled and ...

342. How To Be Truly Happy

Matthew 5:1-12

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King Duncan

... And the suicide rate is increasing the fastest among young people—nearly 300 percent among those 15 to 24 in the last twenty years. Is there anybody who is really happy? The Gospel lesson for All Saints Day is that portion of the Sermon on the Mount that we know as the Beatitudes. Most of us grew up knowing the Beatitudes as “Blessed are the poor in spirit . . .” Bless are those who mourn . . .” etc. However, some modern translators of the New Testament translate the Beatitudes in this way: “Happy ...

343. Our Inclusive Christ

Colossians 3:1-17

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Bill Bouknight

... other countries, we must not overlook the foreign mission opportunities that are on our very doorstep. The great Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi, attended college in South Africa. He was well on his way to becoming a Christian, having been profoundly influenced by Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. But one Sunday he visited a local church and was rudely turned away at the door. Gandhi vowed that day that he would never enter a Christian church again. Had it not been for some local church that failed to be the church ...

344. Matthew 5:21-37

Matthew 5:21-37

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Leonard Sweet

As Jesus' great sermon called the "Sermon on the Mount" progresses, its message grows in pungency and particularity. The soaring Beatitudes that begin this section are surprising in content but so lofty in scope that listeners or readers could avoid finding themselves personally challenged. Jesus' directive about "salt" and "light" begins to personalize his message by evoking the emphatic "you." ...

345. Why You Should Study the Bible

Psalm 119:105

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James Merritt

... % say the idea that “God helps those who help themselves” is taken directly from the pages of the Bible. 66% say there is no absolute truth. 63% cannot name the four gospels. 58% cannot name half or more of the Ten Commandments. 58% do not know Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. 52% do not know the book of Jonah is in the Bible. 48% do not know the book of Thomas is not in the Bible. 39% do not know Jesus was born in Bethlehem. 30% do not know there were twelve apostles.1 It reminds me of a Sunday ...

346. Epiphany 5

Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 5:13-16, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Isaiah 58:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... person - Jesus Christ: revelation - v. 2. b. A place - Golgotha, place of the cross; redemption - v. 2. 2. The Foundation Of Our Faith (2:5). Need: Upon what do you base your faith? It is obvious that a structure must have a good foundation. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus brought this out when he told of houses built on rock and sand. In Paul's day, the tendency was to build faith on oratory, on man's wisdom and rhetoric. This is a foundation of sand because wisdom is frail and futile. By contrast, Paul ...

347. Captive Free!

Romans 7:15-25a

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Steven E. Albertin

... forgiven us. We couldn't help ourselves. We couldn't have responded any other way to this story. We chose but we had no choice. We could not do otherwise. We were trapped between a rock and a hard place. Jesus does the same thing in the Sermon on the Mount. He cites the Fifth Commandment. "You have heard that it was said, ‘Thou shalt not kill.' " Everyone who hears this knows what Jesus is talking about. Don't kill anyone. We feel good about what Jesus has said because we know that we have not killed or ...

348. What Kind of Vote Would Jesus Get?

Mark 15:1-15

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Donald B. Strobe

... -pamby, bleeding-heart “liberal” stuff about turning the other cheek or loving one’s enemies from him. Barabbas is more up our alley. And it is a very dark alley, indeed. You can just imagine how far Jesus would get running on a platform of the Sermon on the Mount. About as far as He got back there in Jerusalem: a cross outside the city wall. We still prefer Rambo to the Redeemer. Or at least that’s the way it seems to this preacher, judging by our priorities as a nation and as individuals. Every ...

349. Christmas Concern

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James Bjorge

... Ambrose, not as a teacher of truth, which Augustine despaired of finding in the church, but as a fellow creature who was kind to him. More doors to God are opened by caring than perhaps any other way. Jesus came and told us that God cares. In his Sermon on the Mount he said, "If God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won’t he more surely care for you, O men of little faith? ... So don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day ...

350. Making Relationships Work

Matthew 5:21-26

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King Duncan

... be settled that quickly and that easily, don't you? I'm thinking of feuds in families, feuds in churches, feuds between spouses, etc. Actually Jesus has given us a formula for solving most of the interpersonal problems that afflict us. He did it in the Sermon on the Mount: "You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, 'You shall not murder'; and 'whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and ...

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