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Richard Gribble
... was more important than power, and that there was an absolute need to sacrifice, even to die to self and live for others in order to find life eternal. Jesus taught publicly through the veiled message of the parables and more directly through the famous Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:29). He used his ability to effect miraculous cures, of mind, spirit, and body to show God's love for the people. He never missed an opportunity to assist another, especially those who demonstrated faith. The woman with the ...
352. Love And Submission
Ephesians 5:22-33
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King Duncan
... sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." (Matthew 5:38-42) It always amuses me how some people take the entire Bible literally except the Sermon on the Mount. I suspect that St. Paul took Jesus' words literally. He also had Jesus' example to go by. As he writes in Philippians 2: "He humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." We are told that over the entrance to the Upper ...
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King Duncan
... , his grace is sufficient. Some of us are afraid of what lies ahead. Some of us are looking over our shoulder to what lies behind. Jesus says, "Look at today." There was another time he warned us about the C.D.T.’s. It was in the Sermon on the Mount. "Do not be anxious about your life," he said. And he mentioned our inner turmoil about what we shall eat and what we shall wear and other concerns of the outer person. He told us that if we would seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, we would ...
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Roy Howard
... has a moral earnestness that is deeply concerned that the gift of salvation we have been given issues forth in lives reflecting the way of the giver. There can be no separation of grace from ethics. The clearest example of this is the Sermon on the Mount that began with the Beatitudes followed by a description for practical living after the manner of Jesus. The scariest example may be the parable of the sheep and goats, where those who failed to recognize Jesus in the broken, battered, hungry, thirsty, and ...
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Bill Bouknight
... a barometer revealing the state of our souls. Our language is a daily advertisement of the hold Jesus Christ has on our lives. Jesus said, "It is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks." (Luke 6:45) In Jesus' famous Sermon on the Mount, he talked about swearing or oath-taking, but his underlying message was about the integrity and honesty of our commitments. In the First century, most people did not sign contracts. Instead, they took oaths as a way of binding and insuring their honesty. As ...
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Bill Bouknight
... remain in you, and that your joy may be full." (John 15:11) Jesus himself was so joyful that he was called the "Bridegroom of the world." His enemies attacked him for having too much fun. They called him a glutton and winebibber. A portion of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount could be entitled, "Nine Ways to be happy." That's what the Beatitudes are about. We who have claimed the treasure of Christ have the only joy that the world cannot take away. We have a pardon which no judge can overrule. We have an eternal ...
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Leonard Sweet
... founded true humanity upon the bedrock of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1‑17). Jesus turned these commandments into commentaries on relationships, making them personal, making them poignant, making them pregnant with relational possibilities. In his Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus was his most Jewish, Jesus emphasized the “blessedness” of those who were without power, who were without prestige, who embraced meekness, mercy, purity, and peace. By expanding the Shema’s “love the Lord your ...
358. He's Back
Mark 1:1-8
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Mark Trotter
... received this love?" Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great German theologian, who joined the resistance against Hitler, established an underground seminary during those days. Out of that experience he wrote a book called, The Cost of Discipleship. It's a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount. In it he makes the distinction between "cheap grace" and "costly grace." Cheap grace is going to church to hear the comfortable words, the good news about God's unconditional love. Then snuggling in it, as if it were a down ...
Teach the Text
C. Marvin Pate
... . Nero changed that, however, with his persecution of Christians in Rome, a precedent followed by Domitian after him (AD 81–96). 3. Several traditions inform Romans 12:9–21. The first is Jewish wisdom.1The second is Jesus’ teachings in the Sermon on the Mount/Plain.2The third, I suggest, is the covenant. Jesus’ new-covenant command to love one another resonates throughout this passage. Moreover, the “two ways” tradition (see Deut. 30:15–20)—choose good or choose evil—is echoed in 12:9, 21 ...
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Michael B. Brown
... is not quick afoot in front of a crowd does not mean s/he can't tell people about Jesus. The most effective communicating is always done one person at a time. For every incident in the gospels where Jesus addresses great crowds (e.g., the Sermon on the Mount or preaching from the boats by the Sea of Galilee), there are dozens of other occasions when he spoke to ones and twos: to Andrew who came asking questions; to Nicodemus who came under the cover of darkness; to Zacchaeus that day in the little scoundrel ...
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April Yamasaki
... each day, we can relax in the knowledge that God will lead us and never leave us. We don't need to be overly anxious about life, about what we will eat or drink or wear, or even how long we will live. As Jesus himself points out in the Sermon on the Mount, God cares for the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. "Are you not of more value than they?" he asks (Matthew 6:26). As adopted children of God, we have a special place in God's care, so we need not worry or fear. Yes, we ...
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Bill Bouknight
... great preacher in Houston, says that “the main job of the church is to teach people to pray.” I hope to help in that regard today, by offering some practical tips for powerful prayer. Our scriptural focus is Matthew 6, a portion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. First, in verses 5 and 6, Jesus taught: PRAY TO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, NOT TO PEOPLE. Now, some of the politically correct folks in America have been trying to persuade us to renounce all masculine pronoun references to God. But I’m not willing ...
Sermon
... church is long on talk and short on action. Does God - and do his people - care more for theology and less for physical involvement with others? Certainly the New Testament deals extensively with teachings - the parables of Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, the Pauline letters filled with advice. And certainly most churches today spend less money and energy offering practical help, such as soup kitchens or day care centers or clothing banks, than in giving such nontangibles as sermons, classes, and counseling ...
364. Jesus, The Light of the World
Revelation 21:10, 21:22-22:5
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Richard Gribble
... destiny of time and space. Yet, as we await this great event which will end life as we know it, we have a responsibility to God and one another to do what we can do to dispel darkness and bring the light to our world. Jesus said in his famous Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:14-16), "You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... Bible seemed to have their own “condensed version.” It usually consists of favorite passages from Daniel or the Book of Revelation which speak about hellfire and brimstone for those with whom they disagree. Rarely does their “condensed version” include the Sermon on the Mount or Jesus’ words about turning the other cheek and loving one’s enemies. A person claiming to be a fundamentalist once said to a friend of mine, “I take the Bible literally, cover to cover.” “Good,” said the friend ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
The Sermon on the Plain (6:17–49) is considerably shorter than Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount (cf. Matthew 5–7). The relationship between the two accounts is complex; one can probably explain some of the differences by the editorial work of the evangelists. Jesus opens the sermon by drawing radical contrasts between two kinds of people. Those who are poor, hungry, weeping, and hated are blessed. ...
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Eric Ritz
... though they both promise the abundant life, only one can actually produce it. All that glitters is not gold, and sometimes you must carefully examine a "diamond" to see if it is the real thing or a fake or counterfeit stone. Jesus teaches us in the Sermon on the Mount and other places in scripture that there are two roads in life. One of the roads is wide and leads to destruction. Another road is straight, narrow and leads to life. There is a great distinction between these two paths of life. The wide road ...
368. Simple Enough?
John 13:31-35
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Frank Ramirez
... and healing to so many. Yet though he was given a respectful hearing, there was not a second to his motion. This is not meant as a criticism of the WCC. It's the same everywhere. Christians are not willing to pledge that they will truly live the Sermon on the Mount, returning good for evil, turning the other cheek, and pledging not to kill in the name of Christ. So there it is. The key to success has been thrust into our hands. We've found the key — to love one another with a sacrificial love that will ...
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J. Howard Olds
... as God loves: not sentimental sweetness, but merciful righteousness. Not just anything goes, but seeking liberty and justice for all: for the saint and the sinner, for the pious and the prisoner, for our friends and for our enemies. So Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount as recorded both in Matthew and Luke, “But I say to you that listen, love your enemies.” Was Jesus an indiscriminate idealist or a practical realist? Was Jesus talking about the Kingdom of Heaven in some far off land or the Kingdom of ...
Sermon
Tony Everett
... by false claims of morality, contrary to the corrupt and unfaithful actions of previous leaders. He will act on behalf of the poor and weak in society (Isaiah 11:3-5). Do you catch a glimpse of Jesus here? Does this sound anything like the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7? Look on in this text as Isaiah describes the new order — God's upside-down and inside-out order of the coming kingdom of this righteous branch. In the new creation, natural predators will live in peace with their usual victims ...
371. You Can Be Intelligent
2 Chronicles 1:1-17
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Michael B. Brown
... right thing. But consulting and following his will, we shall, too. "So, how do I know what Jesus would do?" we reply. The answers are available in three words: scripture, prayer and consultation. When ethical decisions must be faced, read the Sermon on the Mount. When relational difficulties demand action, read of his dealings with publicans and prostitutes, the lame and the lost. Read the 15th chapter of Luke and its stories of reclamation and grace. Spend time in prayer, remembering as Harry Denman used ...
372. The Hungry Monkey
Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18
Sermon
Tony Everett
... of 1 Peter states it like this: "... you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9). In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus charges his followers: "... let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:16). You see, it's not about what we do, or even fail to do; it's about what God has ...
373. The New Moses
Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon
Dean Feldmeyer
... Egyptians, so this new Moses leads God’s people out of bondage to sin and estrangement. As the original Moses gave us salvation by way of the books of the Law, so this new Moses gives us salvation by grace as lived through the new, more exacting laws of the Sermon on the Mount. And all he asks of us is to respond as Joseph did in this story — earnestly, immediately, in faith, and with a sense of hope and joy. God grant us the faith and strength this Christmas to respond as Joseph did. Amen.
Sermon
King Duncan
... areas where it is most persecuted. As an example, he shares the story of his conversation with a Russian officer who had never seen a Bible, never attended a church, yet he desperately wanted to know about God. First, Pastor Wurmbrand read the Sermon on the Mount and some of Jesus’ parables. The Russian officer was so moved by Jesus’ words that he got up and danced around the room. Then, Pastor Wurmbrand read the story of Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion. All the blood drained from the officer’s face ...
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Susan R. Andrews
... amidst all the overwhelming evils of our day? The answer comes in our Gospel Lesson for today where Jesus speaks to our heart, where Jesus appeals to our personal integrity and to our personal power. These tough words from Jesus come as part of the Sermon on the Mount - the three chapters of ethical teaching that form the core of Matthew's Gospel. Just before these words today, Jesus has told the crowd that he has come not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Now this does not mean that he is replacing ...
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