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In their zeal to avoid breaking the Law the Pharisees substituted their interpretation of the Law for the Law itself. As a result, they lost sight of its original intent. This is where Jesus enters the conversation. He is the Second Moses come not to null
Sermon from Reverend Michael Malanga
Sermon from Reverend Michael Malanga
Sermon from Reverend Michael Malanga
Having declared Himself as the Foremost Teacher of the Law, Jesus launches into a part of the Sermon on the Mount referred to as the antitheses, a series of contrasts in which Jesus begins each new point by drawing a difference between what the people hav
According to Jesus, preventing murder is not the original intent of the Sixth Commandment. On the contrary, the original intent of the commandment is to encourage people to deal properly with their anger so that they don’t commit murder. In other words,
In telling us we are salt and light, Jesus says we have the opportunity to introduce civilization where there is none. We have received a character different from the surrounding culture. This different character will produce a different lifestyle; one gu
The Beatitudes challenge us to live like people in whom the Spirit of God is at work. Since none of us possesses any of the beatitudes at birth, we must receive them by trust in Christ and practice them in obedience to His instructions. The beatitudes des
Jesus began the Sermon on the Mount with the Beatitudes because they are the fundamental qualities one must have in order to practice what Jesus preaches. The Beatitudes paint a picture of what life as a citizen of the kingdom of heaven looks like. The Be
This text is a prelude to the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 4 begins with Jesus being led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. After thwarting Satan, Jesus emerges from the wilderness only to learn His cousin, John the Baptizing P
Scholars describe Psalm 97 as an enthronement psalm. Normally, such psalms were sung at the coronation of a new king. But there is no king in Israel or in Judah when Psalm 97 is written. Nevertheless, Israel is not without a king to watch over and protect
Some years ago, the Clarica Insurance Company produced a commericial featuring a man frantically waving his arms in an attempt to get the attention of a woman sitting on a bench across a busy city street. The woman sees the man, but has no idea why he is