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Sermon on the Mount: Lust and Divorce

Matthew 5:31-32 “Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.”  Malachi 2:16 begins with the...

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Sermon on the Mount: Sexual Purity: From the Eyes to the Heart

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...

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Sermon on the Mount: Purity in God’s Purpose for Sex

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...

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Sermon on the Mount: The Cure for Anger

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...

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Sermon on the Mount: The Reality of Anger

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,...

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Sermon on the Mount: Surpassing Righteousness

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...

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Sermon on the Mount: Grace and the Law

Matthew 5:17-20 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore...

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Sermon on the Mount: The Law Fulfilled

Matthew 5:17-18 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will be no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.”   So...