Jesus concludes His Sermon on the Mount by stating that the person who hears His words and obeys them is wise while the one who hears and ignores them is…
Jesus will issue a startling reality: confessing him as Lord and even doing good works in his name is not enough to enter heaven. Heaven is only open to those…
There is only one path that leads to life and the path of life produces healthy, God-honoring good works.
In Matthew 7:12, commonly known as the Golden Rule, Jesus commands that we treat others the same way we want to be treated, modeling how Jesus has treated us.
Jesus tells us that our Father in heaven desires to give us good gifts that we need to live for his glory.
Text: Matthew 7:1-6 Jesus, the one true judge, warns us of being judgemental towards others and commands us to inspect our hearts and deal with our own sins. Jesus desires…
Jesus speaks to our anxious hearts by reminding us that God is sovereign and the source of our peace and therefore, we are to seek after Him.
The treasures of this world are empty while the treasures of heaven are eternal. We can only choose one and what we choose to gather reveals what our heart truly…
Sin is a deadly enemy. We don’t casually pet it, but actively seek to destroy it. When temptation comes, through the Lord’s strength, we run to the One who will…
Jesus calls for us to go to our Father for forgiveness and to forgive those who have sinned against us. Forgiveness is an act of mercy that is at the…
Everything we have and everything we need comes from our Father in heaven. He is the one who sustains us physically and spiritually.
Our desire should be to do the will of our Father because His will is good and holy and is always accomplished.
Main Text: Matthew 6:10a While we live as temporary citizens of a temporary government, we belong to a glorious kingdom whose king reigns over all things and whose reign is…
In the first petition in the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus invites us to pray that the holy name of God will be highly revered by all people because his name is…
As we begin our 21 Days of Fasting on March 10th, it will be good for us to understand what Scripture has to teach us concerning fasting and how we…
Jesus instructs us to pray to our Father in heaven. The God we pray to is the eternal, all-mighty God who created all things, and in His sovereignty rules over…
Text: Matthew 6:9a Summary: In his model prayer, Jesus begins by bringing our attention to our Father in Heaven. When we see and behold our God above, it will radically…
Text: Matthew 6:5-8 Summary: Prayer is neither optional nor is it an obligation. Prayer is a gracious gift that our Father in Heaven has given to us so we can…
TEXT: Matthew 6:1-4 The hypocritical heart seeks to bring glory to self. The heart of a Jesus follower seeks to bring glory to God alone.
TEXT: Matthew 5:38-48 As we close out Matthew 5 today, Jesus helps us learn how to treat people who mistreat us. Through His love and patience with sinners, Jesus shows…
Jesus desires for us to see lying as a sin against God and to be passionate about the truth, which is only found in Jesus.
We look to Scripture’s teaching on divorce to see that a healthy, Christ-centered marriage is God’s design and, when we set our selfishness and pride aside and put on Christ,…
Main Text: Matthew 5:27-30 As Jesus teaches against the sin of lust in His Sermon on the Mount, He goes after our hearts by showing us how we are enthralled…
Text: Matthew 5:27-30 Marriage has many good gifts, one of which is sex. God's Word is clear that sex is intended to be between a married man and his wife.
God has designed marriage and he has designed it to be a gracious gift. The gracious gift of marriage points us to the gospel message of Jesus Christ.
Jesus shows us that the law is not a matter of behavior but of heart. To live in anger towards someone is an issue of the heart and has no…
Jesus shows us that the law is not a matter of behavior but of heart. He is not simply seeking to change us on the outside but seeks to transform…
Jesus has come to fulfill the teachings of the Old Testament and because He has done so, we are now free to not only obey His commands, but to teach…
The thesis statement for Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount tells us why He came; not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. But what does this mean for Christians…
Happy Mother's Day! For many of us, the greatest mission field we will ever have will be at home, pointing our kids to Jesus. Jesus helps us as parents be…
It's one thing to know we are the salt and the light, but what does it look like practically in the life of a believer who seeks to live out…
God has called us to be his representatives on this earth. We represent the gospel as salt because the gospel isn't bitter and it preserves our lives. We are the…
As Jesus closes out the Beatitudes, He ends on a different note, a note of loyalty. Those who believe in Jesus will face persecution and with persecution comes an opportunity…
The death of Jesus Christ is a reminder that our salvation was won on a battle field and the resurrection of Jesus is a reminder of the eternal victory we…
It is clearly evident from the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus is more concerned with our hearts than he is with our behavior. The condition of your heart, the…
The mercy of God is most extravagant when we understand the deep depravity of our sin and the awesomeness of His holiness. And for those who have received mercy from…
Hunger and thirst are fundamental needs we experience every day. In Jesus’ day, water and food were scarce blessings. Jesus uses these two needs that we fully understand to encourage…
This kingdom characteristic of meekness is living with the heart of Jesus. It’s a proper understanding of who God is and who we are, both in this world and in…
Grief is the natural and good response to a profound loss. But the grief Jesus refers to is not grief over loss, but grief over our own sinfulness and our…
By speaking of the poor in spirit, Jesus is not speaking to financial or material poverty but rather to the reality of how much we need Him. We are dependent…
As Jesus begins His earthly ministry, He lays out a way of holy living for His followers. The greatest sermon ever preached is a sermon that still applies today. We…