This Sunday our journey through the Sermon on the Mount was “interrupted” by a Scripture that was read during our time of worship and intercession, Exodus 33. As worship came to a close Abie felt it was necessary to expound upon Exodus 33 in light of how the Holy Spirit had led in worship. Exodus...
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Sermon on the Mount: When We Pray
This morning we get back to the Sermon on the Mount. We have been studying Jesus’ warning that we be careful that our worship is never done to get God to do something for us or to get men to think something about us. For an action to be worship it must be inspired by...
Song of Solomon: Part 2
Yesterday our prayer pastor, Geannine LeBude, was our speaker. Below is an introduction to her sermon… We begin where we ended last week with the daughters of Jerusalem asking the bride a question. The daughters of Jerusalem are seeking an answer to the reason for her persevering love in the midst of deep trails. They...
The Song of Solomon: part 1
Yesterday our prayer pastor, Geannine LeBude, was our speaker. Below is an introduction to her sermon. I pray that we will grow in our longing for a deeper intimate relationship with God and that we will be overwhelmed by the love shown by the bride and Bridegroom. Song has two main sections. Chapters 1-4 focus on receiving...
Sermon on the Mount: The Worship of Giving
Matthew 6:1-4 “Take heed (beware) that you do not do your charitable deeds (righteousness) before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the...
Sermon on the Mount: People Pleasing Worship
Matthew 6:1 “Take Heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.” The literal translation of Mathew 6:1a is “Beware of doing your righteousness before men, to be seen by them.” The word “beware” denotes danger; it is...
Sermon on the Mount: Response or Reward?
Matthew 6:1 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.” So far in the Sermon on the Mount we have gone through the text of the beatitudes: the character of God and His children, the preamble...
Sermon on the Mount: Satisfied Perfection
Matthew 5:48 “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” This verse with no context surrounding it is daunting. Our entire culture has lived and died by the rational that “nobody is perfect” and here we are in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount hearing Jesus say “be...
Sermon on the Mount: Grace Like the Father
Matthew 5:43-48 Vs. 45-47 “that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors...
Sermon on the Mount: The Outcome of Loving our Enemies
Matthew 5:43-48 Vs. 45 “that you may be sons of your Father in heaven” Today is our third week in this text. Jesus has put to rest the idea that we are to love our neighbors but hate our enemies and has given the command that we love our enemies. He has commanded us to...