EP 152: The Authority of Jesus (Matthew 7:28-29 – Sermon on the Mount Series)
Inside: Jesus’ words have authority because He is God. Whether it was the original hearers of the Sermon on the Mount or present-day readers of the Bible, we cannot argue…
COME JOIN US in the continuing series on the podcast on The Sermon on the Mount (Mathew 5-7):
“The Sermon on the Mount is probably the best-known part of the teaching of Jesus, though arguable it is the least understood, and certainly it is the least obeyed.”
Inside: Jesus’ words have authority because He is God. Whether it was the original hearers of the Sermon on the Mount or present-day readers of the Bible, we cannot argue…
Inside: In Matthew 7:24-27, we find a contrast between the wise man who builds his house on the rock and the foolish man who builds his house on the sand….
As we continue our time in the Sermon on the Mount, we have the warning in Matthew 7:21-23 of two alternatives laid before us. Depending on where we fall determines…
Inside: We must be diligent students of the Word. We cannot be reminded enough that theology matters. Many people fall into following false teachers because they don’t know what God’s…
Inside: There is no neutrality with Jesus – we are either on the broad road to destruction or the narrow road to life. As we continue in our series on…
Inside: We’re to be persistent in prayer. We need it just as much as we need oxygen to breathe. It’s the lifeline to those of us in the Kingdom. We’re…
Inside: When we see ourselves and our sin rightly, when we are broken by our sin and in a place of humility, we will be in a place to remove…
Inside: When we focus on the things of this world, our hearts become anxious. Jesus reminds us in this passage that we don’t need to worry about the necessities of…
Inside: When the world and its treasures are your desire, you’ll find yourself storing earthly treasures. When Jesus is your treasure, you will be devoted to living for His glory…
Inside: Fasting is a way to remind us that everything we truly need is found in Christ and Him alone. Jesus fasted, and He expected that His followers would fast…
We begin our next section as we work through the Sermon on the Mount, warning us not to be like the hypocrites. Our reminder in this next section is still…
When we grasp our relationship with God as our Father and rest securely in His care and love, it will change what we do and why we do it. We…
Our God has created us in His image and this image is stamped on every human being whether they are a child of God or not. But now as those…
Today, we live in a culture all about self and our rights and self-esteem. Jesus desires those of us in Christ not to be self-focused and not to take offense…
We’re on the fourth of Jesus’s illustrations of what true morality looks like to those that are in Christ. We talked about the sin of anger in EP 113 and…
I know so many of our lives have been affected by divorce, and it is a sensitive subject. There is much hurt and pain in many of your lives still…
We live in a culture today that is obsessed with sex and sensuality. From tv ads, magazines at grocery store checkouts, perfume ads, images of women in their undergarments in…
We have been working through the true character of a Christian in our time in the Sermon on the Mount series. When a man is truly poor in spirit, recognizing…
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