Sermon on the Mount – Week 21

Week 21The Lord’s Prayer5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray,...

Sermon on the Mount – Week 19

The last section on Loving your enemies43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For...

Sermon on the Mount – Week 18

Since we’re in the middle of the “Pandemic” I thought with my extra time I’d drop back and pick up where we left off on the Sermon on the Mount. To finish off this section on “Retaliation”:“And if anyone would sue you and take...

Sermon on the Mount Week 17

Week 17 To all, Don’t look now but we are closing in on chapter 6. So we are in the section on retaliation. 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone...

Sermon on the Mount Week 16

Week 16 So we are finishing off the section on taking oaths. Remember, thinking back to when we first began, the thrust of Jesus context revealed the Pharisees wrong interpretation of the law. If the Pharisees were extending taking oaths to the point of getting around...