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176. Opening and Closing Doors

Matthew 6:25-34

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Maxie Dunnam

... to take the whole of the meat and none of the parsley, and if you were to have these unadulterated bits of pure scientific knowledge concisely expressed by the most capable of living poets, you would have an awkward and incomplete summary of the Sermon on the Mount (quoted by Dr. Clarence J. Forsberg, “Tell Me Where It Hurts”, (How To Stop Worrying and Start Living) — February 12, 19811) Our scripture lesson today comes from that sermon find it in Chapters 5,6, and 7 off the Gospel of Matthew, Matthew ...

177. It's Not About Me

Luke 6:39-49

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Susan R. Andrews

... ones that most describe me. And when it comes to specks and logs, I am an expert. But then most of us are. These three parables at the end of Luke 6 are the very end of Jesus’ sermon on the plain — Luke’s version of the Sermon on the Mount. As you may remember in Matthew, Jesus’ most famous sermon takes place on a mountain far away from the crowd — hard and demanding words for just a few — the inner circle — the chosen twelve. But in Luke, this very same sermon is preached down on the plain ...

178. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... advised to heed. Its purpose is not to proclaim the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, yet here is wisdom and guidance for those who would be followers of the risen Lord. In fact, some have even thought it was a commentary on sections of the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout the Letter, you will find those words of James that sound very much like the words of Jesus. I like to think of it as a manual for discipleship, or as I said earlier, a manual of practical Christianity. We are going to take twelve ...

179. The Hiddenness Of Life’s Truths: Christian Life As Surprise

2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

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Mark Ellingsen

... in life will start to make sense to you. [1] Martin Luther, “Lectures On Romans” (1515-1516), in Luther’s Works, Vol.25 (63 vols.; St. Louis-Philadelphia: Concordia Publishing House-Fortress Press, 1955ff.), p.383. [2] Martin Luther, “The Sermon On the Mount” (1532/1534), in Luther’s Works, Vol.21, pp.163-164. [3] Martin Luther, “The Heidelberg Disputation” (1518), in Luther’s Works, Vol.31, pp.44. [4] Augustine, “On Marriage and Concupiscence” (419-420), in Nicene and Post-Nicene ...

180. Epiphany 3

Psalm 27:1-14, Isaiah 9:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Matthew 4:12-17, Matthew 4:18-22

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... in pure service to God. This week's gospel reading has continuity with the previous week's lessons because of the mention of the arrest of John in 4:12. The passage tells briefly of Jesus' early work in order to set up the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7. Structure. The text comprises three distinguishable units. Verses 12-17 indicate the motivation, the meaning, and the message of Jesus' ministry. Verses 18-22 tell of the call of the first disciples. And, v. 23 is disconnected from its true complement ...

181. Reaching Up—Reaching Out

Matthew 6:19-24

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J. Howard Olds

... I put it in the casket." The business man, with a grin on his face, spoke up and said, "I can't believe you fellows would do a thing like that. I took the whole $100,000 and wrote the old man a personal check." When Jesus gave us the Sermon on the Mount, he left us little wiggle room concerning the ethics of the Kingdom. We live in the light or darkness. We store up for ourselves treasures on earth or heaven and we choose to serve God or money. At the heart of this teaching is one of the most quoted and ...

182. That The World May Believe

John 17:20-26

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Maxie Dunnam

... of “if it feels good, do it”, or “after all, everyone else is doing it;” not from selfish motivation or the feathering of our own nests. The world will believe when it sees Christians who believe the Ten Commandments are not out of date and the Sermon on the Mount is as relevant in 1984 in Memphis as it was in A.D. 30 in Galilee; that the highest call of life and the only principles will save us and keep this world sane are those laid down by Jesus - all rooted in that ultimate principle: “Love ...

183. The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-21

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Brett Blair

... was a gift from God just as the Messiah was a gift from God. Jesus himself said that he did not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill the law. Jesus affirmed the Ten Commandments time and again by defining their original intent. He spoke in the Sermon on the Mount: You have heard that it was said to the people long ago “Do not murder,” but I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.” Sin begins not with the outer action but with the inner heart. It was the Ten ...

184. What's in It for Me?

Mark 10:17-31

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Michael Milton

... with here, my friends, is a “goody, goodly two shoes.” He prides himself on a careful attention to the outward things of life. This young man was relying on his own righteousness—What must I do to be saved. But what about the inner man? In His sermon on the mount, Jesus showed that a man can keep the law outwardly and still be a sinner. Paul said that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Jesus said that He had come to convict the world of sin and righteousness. What did he mean ...

185. Murder in the First Degree

Matthew 5: 21-26

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James Merritt

We are in the middle of a series of messages I've entitled "The Only Way to Live." It is based on the greatest sermon ever preached in history – the Sermon on the Mount. Up to this point in the sermon, Jesus has been very general in his comments but now he gets very specific. He addresses six critical areas where what goes on in the inside of a person is far more important than what occurs on the outside of a person. He ...

186. The Golden Gift

Drama

... the message are essentially unchanged. In fact, some of the dialogue is taken directly from the book itself. The first scene opens with Bishop Bienvenue sitting in his rocking chair, reading his Bible. He is reading his favorite passage, the Sermon on the Mount, the part where Jesus tells us to forgive our enemies, to love those who hate us, and to go the second mile. (His name, Bienvenue, incidentally, means "welcome.") Suddenly his niece, Mlle. Arlette Baptistine, bursts into the room and says: ARLETTE ...

187. Going For the Gold

Joshua 1:1-9

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James Merritt

... , it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." (Jn. 14:21) There was a Chinese Christian who came up to a missionary and said, "I have learned to quote the Sermon on the Mount." He stood before the missionary and quoted it perfectly word by word. The missionary said, "That is wonderful. How did you do it?" The Chinese Christian said, "I spent the last year trying to live it." IV. Finish up the Work of God God's last words to Moses ...

188. What Are You Afraid Of?

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... We can't do anything about yesterday, but we can do something about today. Guilt plays a large role in many people's anxiety. Forget those things that are past. We are also to forget those things that are yet to come. Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount: "Do not be anxious about tomorrow...each day has trouble enough of its own." Concentrate on today. Who knows what tomorrow may bring? Today is the only day we can be certain of. Norman Vincent Peale has a marvelous illustration of this. He says that when ...

189. You Are the Light of the World

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... ,” said Einstein, “I never thought of that.” (1) “Isn’t it better,” asks the little song of faith, “to light one candle than to stumble in the dark?” Our task as followers of Jesus is to provide light for a world that lives in darkness. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said to his disciples, “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the ...

190. For His Eyes Only

Matthew 6:1-4

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James Merritt

... the P.S. That is how we are so different from God because we look at the "what" where God looks at the "why." We look at "how much" God looks at "how." We judge a person by "their methods" God judges a person by "their motive." Remember the Sermon on the Mount is telling us, truth by truth, "the only way to live." The Lord Jesus is going to spend almost the entire chapter before us, teaching us that the only way to live is to live without hypocrisy. Here He deals with the area of giving to the poor; doing ...

191. The President's Religion

2 Samuel 12:1-31

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Erskine White

... as sacred the faith of the Bible. The president preaches, instead, a religion of national self-glorification which can be summed up in five words: "God is on our side." Maybe you have heard him misuse the words of our Savior; he quoted from the Sermon on the Mount and called America "a shining city on the hill." Maybe you heard how the president's campaign recently urged that he be re-elected so he might continue doing God's work. And when the president spoke of Armageddon during this campaign, he did not ...

192. Epiphany 4

Psalm 15:1-5, Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... went about his ministry. This week's text opens with Jesus looking upon that following and, in turn, teaching them about the characteristics of his disciples. Verses 1-12 are formally the beginning of the famous section of Matthew's Gospel called "The Sermon on the Mount" (Matthew 5:1-7:28). The lectionary reading is located appropriately in ordinary time, for it is in the ordinary times of life that one needs direction for knowing what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ. Here, like a Celtic priest ...

193. Fish Bait

Luke 5:1-11

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David E. Leininger

... souls to the revival..."which costs money, you know; this tent didn't just put itself up - We're talking overhead..." She writes, “The preaching goes on, interrupted with dutiful "amens." It would be nice if someone would read this sad-eyed crowd the Sermon on the Mount, accompanied by a rousing commentary on income inequality and the need for a hike in the minimum wage. But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man...is never once mentioned, nor anything he ever had to say. Christ ...

194. The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... , collective choice to do the will of God out of gratitude and covenant loyalty. In a somewhat similar way, Jesus’ Beatitudes describe a whole life-stance and orientation toward God and others, before the detailed teaching of the rest of the Sermon on the Mount. For Jesus himself, it seems that Deuteronomy 5–11 were especially significant chapters in relation to his own commitment to do the will of his Father. The narrative of his testing in the wilderness records that all of his scriptural answers ...

195. First Thing

Matthew 6:25-34

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James Merritt

... we focus on the wrong things it leads to a problem that we all have to deal with to one degree or another. It is a problem called “worry.” [Turn to Matthew 6]. In the greatest sermon ever preached in the history of the universe, The Sermon on the Mount, the single longest section of that message deals with worry. Jesus says in verse 25, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life.” (Matthew 6:25, ESV) I find it amazing that Jesus pointed out that people worried about things 2000 years ...

196. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9, Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 15:1-21, Colossians 3:1-17, 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 24:1-12

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George Bass

... in the disciples and the early Christians, changing them into bold witnesses for the crucified and risen Lord; all of the disciples, according to tradition, with the exception of St. John, died as martyrs - witnesses - for Jesus Christ. When Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, told them that "men (would) revile and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account," they probably didn't think much about it, but they did when the persecutions and executions began in earnest. They ...

197. Mind Your Manners

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Will Willimon

... My soul magnifies the Lord,••••he has scattered the proud•••, he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away" (Luke 1:46-53). Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: "Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied" -- "But woe to you that are full now, for you shall hunger" (Luke 6:21,25). Jesus advises that, when we give parties, we ought to invite "the poor and the maimed" but the ...

198. The Happy Hypocrite

Matthew 6:1-4, 5-6, 16-18

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King Duncan

... goers. His experience was somewhat diminished, however, when he heard one usher say to the other, “Keep clapping. If we can get them to do another encore, we get overtime!” (1) I thought about these ushers when I read our lesson for today from the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus says, “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the ...

199. All Saints

Psalm 34:1-22, Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Matthew 5:1-12

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... about his ministry. This week's text opens with Jesus looking upon that following and, in turn, teaching them about the characteristics of his disciples. Verses 1-12 are formally the beginning of the famous section of Matthew's Gospel called "The Sermon on the Mount" (Matthew 5:1-7:28). The lectionary reading offers direction for knowing what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ. Structure. Verses 1-2 introduce the well-known "Beatitudes" in vv. 3-12. The material is structured deliberately, as can ...

200. Hated, Excluded, Reviled, Defamed — And Leaping For Joy

Luke 6:17-26

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William G. Carter

... that pronouncement turned into a spiritual virtue. “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” says Matthew, revealing a different agenda at work. According to Luke, there’s nothing spiritual at stake; the blessed ones are merely poor. Likewise, in the Sermon on the Mount, God blesses those who are hungry for righteousness. Here God blesses those who are hungry. We cannot spiritualize the circumstances or glamorize the condition. Jesus means what he says: poor is poor, hungry means hungry. And he announces both ...

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