Walking with Jesus through Difficulty and Loss 5
Matthew 5:1-7
As noted while unpacking the first four Beatitudes, they are vertical in nature by defining a right and acceptable relationship with Goe. Beatitude five begins the horizontal instruction…
Walking with Jesus through Difficulty and Loss 4
Matthew 5:1-6: The fourth Beatitude is again vertical in nature, revealing God's acceptance of the indivdual and their acceptance of the Lord by trusting in the goodness of…
Walking with Jesus through Difficulty and Loss 3
Matthew 5:1-4
In the third Beatitude, Jesus addresses the topic of meekness. Our Lord promised, "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth". Our Amerian society favors assertive,…
Walking with Jesus through Difficulty and Loss 2
Matthew 5:1-4
After establishing the context of the Beatitudes and unpacking what Jesus meant by denoting, "the poor in spirit" last week, we continued with the 2nd Baatitude. Christ identifies…
Walking with Jesus through Difficulty and Loss 1
Matthew 5:1-3
The nine Beatitudes are an outline or "map" of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus defines groups of people who will live with God in eternity. The…
Sermon Advent 22 Why we Celebrate Christmas wk 5
Luke 2:1-12
The 5th Sunday of Advent is focused upon the "unsung hero" of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.....Joseph. Although he is never quoted as speaking in Scripture, quiet Joseph…
Advent 22 Why we Celebrate Christmas wk 4
Luke 1:30-38
When the angel Gabriel came to young Mary in Nazareth, his owrds would literally change the course of her life. God's favor upon her revealed that this teenage…
Advent 22 Why we Celebrate Christmas wk 3
Matthew 2:1-18
The first two individuals we investigated from the Scripture narrative who were greatly influenced by the coming of Jesus as Immanuel were Saul/Paul and John the Baptist. The…
Advent 22 Why we Celebrate Christmas wk 2
Matthew 3:1-12
Last week we unpacked the teaching of Paul from Galatians 4 on the purpose of the coming of Jesus as Messiah, "when the set time had fully come,…