Sermon Notes

1. The Seriousness of Heart Sin (vv. 27–28) 2. The Necessity of Radical Repentance (vv. 29–30) 3. The Hope of Gospel Transformation

  I. Loving your wife is the fruit of walking in the Spirit (Eph 5:18-21). “The entire passage flows from the command in v.18 to be filled with the Spirit. Paul’s command to submit to husbands is addressed to Spirit-filled wives, and the command to love wives as...

Disciples of Jesus must live at peace with others and seek to reconcile broken relationships as quickly as we can. 1. Jesus instructs us to pay attention to our hearts before they produce evil angry actions. 2. Jesus instructs us to be reconciled with others before we...

“When the Bible teaches that men and women fulfill different roles in relation to each other, charging man with a unique leadership role, it bases this differentiation not on temporary cultural norms but on permanent facts of creation. This is seen in 1 Corinthians...

Jesus came to fulfill all the Law and the Prophets. Our righteousness must exceed that of the Scribes and Pharisees to enter the kingdom of heaven. “To the average man on the street, the Jews of Jesus’ day, this was absolutely shocking! The scribes and Pharisees made...

1. Disciples of Christ are called to preserve this fallen world. 2. Disciples of Christ are called to enlighten this world with the truth. "We always need something to show us the difference, and the best way of revealing a things is to provide a contrast. The gospel...

True disciples of Jesus genuinely love people. “What this beatitude means is that those who are truly God’s children, and as such are objects of his mercy, will themselves be merciful and will receive mercy in the end. Showing mercy is evidence that we have received...

“The Sermon on the Mount is the compacted, congealed theology of Christ and as such is perhaps the most profound section of the entire New Testament and the whole Bible. Every phrase can bear exhaustive exposition and yet never be completely plumbed. Along with this,...

1. Jesus begins His ministry. “Participation in the kingdom of heaven, beginning with repentance (a change of mind about sin, self, and God) involves a humble assessment of ourselves (poor in spirit), and internal rather than an external righteousness (surpassing that...

I. Complementarianism: What does it mean and why do we use such a clumsy term? “So complementarians resist the impulses of a chauvinistic, dominating, and abusive culture, on the one side, and the impulses of a . . . gender-leveling . . . culture, on the other side....