Our message continues our study of the Sermon on the Mount as we walk through the six different examples that Jesus uses to teach the proper understanding of the law of God, rather than the perverted law the Pharisees had made it out to be. In the week’s lesson, Jesus teaches about retaliation, and we cannot understand this without gaining understanding about…

Today we look at the fourth example of Jesus’ contrasting of the Pharisees’ version of righteousness with the truth in [esvignore]Matthew 5:33-37[/esvignore]. Jesus wipes away devious uses of oaths and vows and gets to the heart of the matter, which is integrity and truth-telling. There is no room for willful deception among God’s people. Our task is to be people of forthright speech,…

Can a Christian divorce a spouse? Under what circumstances may a divorce be pursued? Can a divorced Christian re-marry? Our answer to this depends on how faithfully we have handled the scriptures and applied them to our actions. How do view divorce and remarriage as believers? Our message finds us back to Matthew as we continue our step-by-step walk through the gospel.…

This sermon forms the application of our previous message from [esvignore]Matthew 5:27-30[/esvignore], but we will also visit [esvignore]Romans 13:11-14[/esvignore]. We will address some strategies for defeating lust and will draw from many texts throughout the Bible. My prayer is that this message will not merely equip the saints who struggle with lust, but will encourage them that there is a better way…

We will split our message from [esvignore]Matthew 5:27-30[/esvignore] into 2 sermons, this one entitled Sexual Sin – Part 1 and a second sermon to address some strategies for defeating lust in part 2. Our outline will be: The Purpose of the Law Troubled Hearts on Fire  Sinfulness of Sin and the Love that Conquers  The Sin Problem  Marginalizing Salvation  Sexual sin’s immediate death…

The message for tomorrow is entitled You have heard it said… and will cover the first exposition, murder. We will learn that we are all murderers when we even harbor anger in our heart. And we will learn how to root out that sin from the heart. We will cover [esvignore]Matthew 5:21-26[/esvignore]. Our outline is simple: How to Know the Law of God…

Our message is from [esvignore]Matthew 5:17-20[/esvignore] and is a very important and very divisive subject in the church. How do we understand the idea of fulfillment and the role of the law in the Christian’s life? What even IS the law? What is fulfillment? We will tackle this topic tomorrow, I hope you will be blessed. In the coming weeks we will…

Our message comes from [esvignore]Matthew 5:13-15[/esvignore]. We will examine the concept of salt and light. Jesus has just taught us the essence of the regenerate man, now he teaches us our responsibilities. This is a message that can challenge us to be doers, and will certainly convict us if we are not. Our message will be divided into these sections: The world…