This post is part of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:21-26. Be reconciled when someone is angry at you.
Disciples Do Not Live in Anger but Reconciliation
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Disciples Do Not Retaliate
This post is part of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:38-42. It’s about a generous heart, surrendered to the Father. What does ‘turn the other cheek’ mean in its context? Continue reading
Eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth: ‘Revenge’ in the Old and New Testaments
Does the Old Testament demand literal retaliation for a wrong? Should an eye or a tooth be gouged or knocked out—physically? What about the teaching of Jesus? Does he raise our vision to a higher calling? How do we forgive a tort or a physical injury? How do we get compensated for damages?
Disciples Love Their Enemies
This post is part of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:43-48. Disciples of Jesus are called to a higher ethic than the standards of the world. Don’t demand the unbelieving world to do this, unless you can persuade a willing person.
Disciples Live Day by Day and Seek God’s Kingdom First
This post is part of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 6:25-34. These verses are about reorienting our perspective to things above. These verses are a perfect summary of this goal and even of the entire Sermon on the Mount.
Disciples Look for Good Character and Sound Doctrine
This post is part of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7:15-20, and the Sermon on the Plain, Luke 6:43-45. If someone comes into your assembly claiming to be a leader, check out his fruit or character and doctrine.
Two Foundations
Bible Study series: Matthew 7:24-29. Will you obey his words or hear them and then do as you please?
Trees and Their Fruits and False Followers
Bible Study series: Matthew 7:15-23. You can prophesy and work miracles in huis name but not know the Lord. “Depart from me! I never knew you!” We can know them by their fruit.
Enter through the Narrow Gate; Walk the Narrow Path
Bible Study series Matthew 7:13-14. Kingdom citizens enter through the narrow gate and walk on the straight and narrow path
The King Teaches on Persistent Prayer + the Golden Rule
Bible Study series: Matthew 7:7-12. Prayer must be persistent. And we must do good to people. There is a connection.
The King Warns against Judgmentalism
Bible Study series: Matthew 7:1-6. This must be read in context. And be sure not to throw priceless things before swine or holy things before dogs.
Seek First His Kingdom
Bible Study series: Matthew 6:25-34. The Sermon on the Mount is about reorienting our perspective to things above. These verses are a perfect summary of this goal.
Do You Serve God or Mammon?
Bible Study series: Matthew 6:24. Who is your Lord? Do you have money or does money have you?
The Lamp of the Body Is the Eye
Bible Study series: Matthew 6:22-23. Make sure you look at the light (= truth = Christ’s message) of the gospel.
Store Up Treasures in Heaven
Bible Study series: Matthew 6:19-21. Store up treasures in heaven. Don’t be greedy for treasure on earth. Hyper-prosperity teachers cannot like these verses. They shall have their rewards down here on earth, but nothing in the new heavens and earth.
The Right Attitude and Practice in Fasting
Bible Study series: Matthew 6:16-18. Don’t appear to be fasting. Don’t show off.
Right Heart in Prayer and How to Pray
Bible Study series. Matthew 6:5-15. Lord’s Prayer. No need to decree, which removes God from your Christian life. You ignore your Father in heaven and take matters into your own hands. No. Instead, Jesus taught us to pray to our holy and loving Father.
Give Generously in Private
Bible Study series: Matthew 6:1-4. Giving generously in secret is the right way. Be careful about trumpeting your giving. You’ll lose your reward.
Jesus Teaches Kingdom Citizens to Love Their Enemies
Bible Study series: Matthew 5:43-48. Kingdom citizens are called to a higher ethic. Don’t command the unbelieving world to do this, unless you can persuade a willing person.
Jesus Teaches Kingdom Citizens about Retaliation and Surrendered Life
Bible Study series: Matthew 5:38-42. It’s about a generous heart, surrendered to the Father. Don’t over-apply the basic principle with rigid literalness.
Jesus Teaches His Kingdom Citizens about Divorce
Scripture: Matthew 5:31-32. He teaches this to protect women from easy divorcism.
Jesus Teaches Kingdom Citizens about Lust and Adultery
Bible Study series: Matthew 5:27-30. He was reworking the sixth and tenth commandments of the Ten Commandments
Jesus Came to Fulfill the Law
Bible Study Series: Matthew 5:17-20. He did not come to abolish it, but what does ‘fulfill’ mean?
You Are Blessed
Bible Study Series: Matthew 5:1-12. These are the beatitudes. They describe how kingdom citizens can live the true blessed life (not the popular book of this title).
Matthew 7
In this chapter, Jesus teaches us not to judge / condemn another person—no judgmentalism. He encourages kingdom citizens to ask, seek and knock. He teaches the Golden Rule. He tells his listeners to travel the restrictive path and enter through the narrow gate. He says to be fruit inspectors, because false prophets are coming. He announces that some will claim him to be Lord and do charismatic gifts, but he will tell them to depart from him, for he never knew them. He talks about two houses, one built on a strong foundation, and another built on sand.
Matthew 6
In this chapter, these topics are introduced: Giving to the needy without display; the Lord’s Model Prayer; fasting with the right attitude; laying up treasures in heaven; our light must shine. We cannot serve God and Mammon. We must not be anxious about the basics but seek God’s kingdom first.
Matthew 5
The first chapter in the Sermon on the Mount; the Beatitudes; we are salt and light. Christ came to fulfill the law. Avoid anger; avoid lust; divorce should be rare and only for one exception. Don’t swear oaths. Don’t follow ‘eye for an eye,’ but live a surrendered life. Love your enemies. Through most of those passages, Jesus presents his six antitheses: “You have heard it said … but I say to you.”
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