Jesus, in three stories, shows his astonishing authority to heal those who are sick, with a touch or a word.
Author: Duncan Sills (Duncan Sills)
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Obedience – Matthew 7:15-29
As Jesus draws his great sermon to a close e focuses on obedience and calls his disciples to heed the words he has preached and live in obedience.
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Destruction or Life – Matthew 7:1-14
This sermon is all about choosing the hard road and narrow gate rather than the wide gate and easy path, for choosing the narrow gate leads to happy eternal life in Jesus Christ. Only a few will hear and respond. Many will ignore this word and sermon from 2nd August.
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Wealth & Anxiety – Matthew 6:19-34
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus speaks about 2 very important aspects of the Christian’s life – how they use their wealth and how they handle troubles and difficulties. Jesus calls us to store up treasure in Heaven, rather than here on Earth and to not be anxious, but trust in God.
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The Father who Sees in Secret – Matthew 6:1-18
Jesus warns us against hypocrisy – publicly faking righteousness, rather than privately living faithfully. He calls us to give, pray and fast, knowing we are seen by our Father in Heaven and he will reward us.
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The Righteousness Requirement – Matthew 5:17-48
As Jesus preaches in the Sermon on the Mount, he begins to challenge his disciples with a standard of righteousness even higher than given by the law in the Old Testament. He says “Your righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and the Pharisees” and “You must be perfect as your Father in heaven is...
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Your True Identity – Matthew 5:13-16
Jesus speaks to his disciples and reveals their identity as salt and light in the world. We need to live this out in obedience to how Jesus describes our true identity.
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The Secret to Happiness – Part 2, Matthew 5:1-12
What kind of people inherit the Kingdom of Heaven and know the blissful happiness we spoke about last week. Find out in part 2 of our sermons on the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:1-12.
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The Secret to Happiness (Part One) – Matthew 5:1-12
As Jesus uses the word blessed at the start of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus calls Christians to a blissfully happy life, as we draw happiness from the promise of the Kingdom of Heaven contained in these verses.
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The Transformational Power of Jesus Christ – Matthew 4:12-25
In 3 stories Jesus shows his astonishing transformational power. He brings light in the darkness in Zebelun & Naphtali, his call makes Peter, Andrew, James & John change career and heals the lives of many in Galilee in this section of Matthew’s Gospel.