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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...

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013by
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Love Endures

This past Sunday Abie was the guest speaker at His House Fellowship, www.hishousefellowship.net. Below is the introduction to the sermon he shared with them… John 20:1-18 When love is defined in I Corinthians 13, the first thing that is written about it is “love suffers long”. We like to think of love as an emotion...

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013by
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Sermon on the Mount: Interceding for Our Enemies

Last week we began studying the passage in the Sermon on the Mount known as “Love your Enemies”. We talked about the origin of loving our enemies being rooted in Jesus’ character and how He lived His life. In Romans 5:10 we read “when we were enemies we were reconciled to God. . .” We...

September 10, 2013September 10, 2013by
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Sermon on the Mount: The Origin of Loving Our Enemies

It has been a month since we have been together in the Sermon on the Mount. The passage we begin studying today is extremely important because it is the climax of this entire section of the sermon. The section started with these words from Jesus, “Unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and...

September 2, 2013September 2, 2013by
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Being Known By God: Our Greatest Gift

Yesterday our prayer pastor, Geannine LeBude, was our speaker. Below is an introduction to her sermon. I pray that we will have a deeper awareness and a true understanding that God knows us and loves us and that no matter where we are in life we will always and feel God taking care of us and surrounding...

August 19, 2013August 19, 2013by
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The Faithfulness of God

Yesterday, Melissa Kulynych was our speaker. Below is an introduction to her sermon. I pray that we will be reminded of God’s faithfulness throughout our lives and that He would fill us with His faithfulness, joy, and love and that we will choose to let all our dissatisfaction fade away and that we will be completely satisfied with...

August 12, 2013August 12, 2013by
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Who is God Calling You to Be?

Yesterday our youth leader, Amanda Mackie was our speaker. Below is an introduction to her sermon. I pray that we will be moved by God’s love to love Him with all of our heart, mind and soul, that we will choose love above all else and that we will come to know that who God has...

August 5, 2013August 5, 2013by
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Sermon on the Mount: The Giver is Even Greater Than the Gift

Two weeks ago we began our study of this passage by focusing our attention on this principle of non-resistance in relation to being offended. The illustrations that Jesus uses in this passage are not a list of things to do and not do but rather they are simply pictures of what a heart that does...

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Sermon on the Mount: Turn the Other Cheek to Offence

Matthew 5:38-42 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic,...

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Sermon on the Mount: Truth and Vanity

Matthew 5:33-37 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor...