Four steps:Your life eternal? (Mt7:15-27-Intro)
Matthew 7:15-27 Yesterday, Jesus taught us how to enter His Kingdom and attain what we truly need. Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with a warning…and also a promise of a much greater life so long as we heed this warning. This is difficult to write in a public forum because it is not […]
How can we have everything we want? (Mt 7:7-12)
Matthew 7:7-12 As we’ve been moving through the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus has been teaching us what to value, how to trust God for our own needs, and how to conduct ourselves with others. Today, Jesus shows us how to receive the full measure of the Kingdom that He has for us. The secret? […]
Focus on God, Money will come (Mt 6:25-34)
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in […]
What is life like in Heaven? (Mt 6:19-24)
Matthew 6:19-7:6 We’ve been looking into the Sermon on the Mount which started with Matthew 5 to 7 and we’re continuing from Matthew 6:11-15 where Jesus taught us how to pray. As we take on this prayerful lifestyle, we begin to enter new Heavenly realities and Jesus explains here what Life is like in the Kingdom […]
What’s in it for us? (Mt 6:11-15)
Matthew 6:11-15 I almost started this post by beating the drum of “Worship God”…but I stopped because if you don’t get that, it sounds really boring. And if you do, you already know it’s the most amazing way you can live, and you don’t need me telling you. So I thought instead we’d talk about…What […]
What are we supposed to pray for? (Mt 6:10)
The Lord’s Prayer: Matthew 6:10 Yesterday we started studying the Lord’s Prayer. While instructing us how to pray, Jesus teaches that we need to be in awe of our Holy God the Father. This is important when we go into an extended period of prayer, but the key to living the Kingdom life is that […]
Do we pray right? (Mt 6:9)
The Lord’s Prayer:Introduction (Matthew 6:9) My dad used to tuck me into bed saying the Lord’s Prayer. We used to chant it each Sunday morning at the church we attended. Never in this time did I have a clue what Jesus was teaching in this prayer. I just repeated it as if it were a […]
Does God want us to have religion? (Mt 6:1-18)
Matthew 6:1-18 On Friday, Jesus was teaching us how we will interact in the world when we have been transformed by the Holy Spirit. Today, we’ll begin to discuss how He tells us to accomplish this with an overview of the religious life of His day (which is not so different from what is common […]
Is the Law inside you? (Mt 5:17-48)
Matthew 5:17-48 Yesterday we finished discussing the heart attitude we must have to approach God. Please read the introduction to the Sermon on the Mount before reading this if you have not. It’s important that you understand Jesus is not talking about Salvation in this topic which is another subject. Here, Jesus is teaching us […]
You are the son of God, You are the light of the world (Mt 5:6-16)
Matthew 5:6-16 Let’s continue Jesus’ teaching on what is necessary to approach God and enter the Kingdom of Heaven. If you have not, please read the introduction to this section before reading further. Jesus tells us, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called Sons of God.” A peacemaker is one who brings unity […]