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Love Your Enemies
Originally posted on Stephen Nielsen:
In Matthew 5: 43-44, we have this teaching to love our enemies, in contrast to the teaching of the Pharisees and scribes, to love their neighbors, but to hate their enemies. “You have heard that…
Christ’s Teaching on Divorce
Preachers tend to avoid this topic—as well as teaching on bible prophecy. We must expound the bible systematically, missing nothing. We need not only preach on what interests or pleases us, but on what is written down for us in … Continue reading
The Mortification of Sin
Jesus deals with this topic of the mortification of sin in Matthew 5:29-30. “And if your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out, and throw it from you; for it is better for you that one of the parts … Continue reading
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
Jesus said to His disciples in Matthew 5:27-30, “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her … Continue reading
Thou Shalt Not Kill — Matthew 5:21-26
In review, what we have said about Jesus’ teaching in His Sermon on the Mount, is that He gives us a contrast between what the Scribes and Pharisees were teaching and what was the true teaching of Moses. As Lloyd-Jones … Continue reading
The Spirit of the Law
We have been looking at the Sermon on the Mount, from the teaching of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. I have been summarizing his sermons from his book, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. Last time we talked about the … Continue reading
Righteousness that Exceeds the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees
Jesus, in His Sermon on the Mount, was teaching His disciple about the law and the importance of keeping the law. Then he said something that probably shocked everyone (from Matt. 5:20): For I say to you that unless … Continue reading