Author: City of Refuge

Matthew 5:27-28 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”   This morning we will continue to study the surpassing righteousness of sexual...

Matthew 5:27-30 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast...

Matthew 5:21-26   Last week we began this new section of the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus clearly defines “surpassing righteousness”. His final statement before this new section was “unless your righteousness surpasses the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. The next...

Matthew 5:21-22 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother [without a cause] shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother,...

Matthew 5:20 “For I say to you that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.”   In the preceding verses Jesus has declared that He has come not to destroy the Law and the Prophets but to fulfill them, that...

This past week Abie was invited to speak at the St. Mary Street United Methodist Church annual prayer breakfast. The theme of the day was Psalm 119:9, “How shall a young man cleanse His way? By taking heed according to Your Word.”