The Call to Enter the Kingdom, Part 3: The Two Ways Contrasted

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The Call to Enter the Kingdom, Part 3: The Two Ways…

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 7. Today, we come to the conclusion of this great Sermon on the Mount. Since Matthew 7:13, Christ has been calling on all who will hear Him to enter into the kingdom. Don’t simply stand and admire the teaching of the kingdom. Don’t simply stand and say that the teaching of the kingdom is exalted and moral and visionary and glorious, but enter into the kingdom, embrace the kingdom, walk in the way of the kingdom, become a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. He has been pressing this home since Matthew chapter 7:13. And along with that message, He has been warning us against those who would deceive us. First in Matthew 7:15 – 20, He warns against false prophets. Those who say, “Oh well,…

The Justice of the Kingdom, Part 1: To Judge or not to…

Would you please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 7. This week we enter into a new section of the Sermon on the Mount. Having addressed the issues of the Christian's character, and his influence and his righteousness, and his piety, and his right ambition, the Lord Jesus now turns His attention to our heart attitudes in a series of relationships. Our relationships with our brothers, our relationships with those who are obstinately wicked. Our relationship with our heavenly Father. Our relationship with our neighbors in general. Our relationship to fellow disciples and the false prophets, and the Lord Jesus Himself. Even thought the Lord’s words may seem to be almost random, almost hap-hazard as He moves from issue to issue in this chapter, there is a connection as He…

True Religion, Part 5: Holy Affections

If you have Bibles, please open to Matthew chapter 6 and we will continue our study of Jesus' teaching about true religion. In fact, from Matthew 6, verse 1, down to verse 18, we have seen the Lord Jesus Christ address the issue of giving, of praying, and of fasting. And it is interesting in contrast to the Pharisees the Lord Jesus hasn’t said, well to make sure that you don’t get into the hypocrisy of the Pharisees is I am just going to make praying, giving and fasting optional. You don’t really have to do it anymore. He hasn’t done that. In contrast to the Pharisees, He said to His disciples, I expect you to pray, to fast, and to give, but when you do it, I don’t want you to do it for the praise for men. And so in the first part of Matthew chapter 6, Christ is emphasized…

True Religion, Part 4: Fasting

May all our hearts be drawn to God as we meditate on that vision of the glory of the new heavens and the new earth. If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 6. We have been studying in the Sermon on the Mount and in the last few weeks, have been particularly noting Jesus’ contrast between true religion and false religion. In Matthew chapter 5, Jesus took issue with the teaching with the theology of the Pharisees. In Matthew chapter 6, Jesus takes issue…

True Religion, Part 2: Praying

If you have your Bibles, please turn with me to Matthew chapter 6, as we continue our study of this great Gospel of Matthew and of the Sermon on the Mount. Last time we were together in this passage, we looked at the first four verses of Matthew chapter 6 and saw the Lord’s teaching on Christian giving. You remember that as we studied chapter 5, the first section of the Sermon on the Mount, we said that Jesus particularly in verses 17-48 of chapter 5, was that it pains to show the error in…

True Religion, Part 1: Giving

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 6. We have been studying the Gospel of Matthew and in particular the Sermon on the Mount for the past few weeks. Concentrating on chapter 5 and Jesus’ teaching on the law. In that passage, Christ had contrasted His proper understanding of the law with the Pharisees misinterpretation of the law, and in particularly in Matthew 5:17-48, we saw Christ contrast His teaching in six specific areas with the Pharisees. As Christ moves from…

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