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SOTM: part 25
This passage normally is cross referenced with Matthew 19:24. which makes sense, referring to a small path a camel must pass through, and how the camel must abandon its belongings to do so. I do not…
Created 4 months ago
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SOTM: part 24
The progression of this passage if we were to look at it, starting in verse 1 would be "do not judge, you hypocrite, take care of your own problems first"(1-5) then "do not give dogs/pigs what is holy"…
Created 4 months ago
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beatitudes 2
First we are to realize our poverty, our undeniable lacking of what what God has. we are death, darkness, rebellious, wicked, weak, sinful. we have nothing. For in seeing that we have the kingdom of…
Created 6 months ago
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SOTM: part 23
This is on prayer and petitions. the most underestimated trait of the Christian walk there is by far. I think it is because we want things immediately. and we are hardly grateful for anything in America.…
Created 6 months ago
Matthew 7:7 (ESV), Matthew 7:8 (ESV), Matthew 7:9 (ESV), Matthew 7:10 (ESV), Matthew 7:11 (ESV)
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SOTM: part 22
There is much confusion as to what this reference is talking about. i have heard it be reference to selective witnessing, not to debate with strong atheists, or not to discuss the gospel with people…
Created 6 months ago
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SOTM: part 21
It is challenging for me to make this short, so i will attempt to make it brief, and mainly mention scripture to encourage others to seek God's wisdom in this. As the point of this passage is to discourage…
Created 6 months ago
Matthew 7:1 (KJV), Matthew 7:2 (KJV), Matthew 7:3 (KJV), Matthew 7:4 (KJV), Matthew 7:5 (KJV)
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Beatitudes intro
Many people have come to listen to Jesus's words on the mount. Christ has been proclaimed by John the Baptist to be the one who will baptize the world with Fire and with the Holy Spirit. In many ways…
Created 7 months ago
Matthew 5:3 (ESV), Matthew 5:4 (ESV), Matthew 5:5 (ESV), Matthew 5:6 (ESV), Matthew 5:7 (ESV), Matthew 5:8 (ESV), Matthew 5:9 (ESV), Matthew 5:10 (ESV), Matthew 5:11 (ESV), Matthew 5:12 (ESV)
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SOTM: part 20
This passage is a delema for me. Not only because I often worry. But because there are few times in scripture where worrying is commemorated rather than condemned. (1 Cor 7:33; Phillipians 2:19-20)…
Created 7 months ago
Matthew 6:24 (ESV), Matthew 6:25 (ESV), Matthew 6:26 (ESV), Matthew 6:27 (ESV), Matthew 6:28 (ESV), Matthew 6:29 (ESV), Matthew 6:30 (ESV), Matthew 6:31 (ESV), Matthew 6:32 (ESV), Matthew 6:33 (ESV), Matthew 6:34 (ESV)
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SOTM: Part 19
This Passage parallels greatly with 1 Corinthians 3:10-15. Christ focuses on the how ephemeral this world is. he points to treasures being placed. Either on earth or in heaven. Either where you can…
Created 7 months ago
Matthew 6:19 (ESV), Matthew 6:20 (ESV), Matthew 6:21 (ESV), Matthew 6:22 (ESV), Matthew 6:23 (ESV), Matthew 6:24 (ESV)
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SOTM: part 18
the final rebuke of showy, man focused actions addresses fasting. Fasting has been long sense removed from the Christian culture, I feel. Growing up as a Baptist where we had a lunch provided at the church…
Created 7 months ago
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SOTM: part 17
Verses 14 and 15 give the same feel as Matthew 18:18. Because of the wording, one could think that God's actions must submit to our actions. This is a reversal of thinking ingrained into our heads by…
Created 7 months ago
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SOTM: Part 16 The Lords Prayer
The fourth plea of Christ in the Lord's prayer is where it would appear that the focus shifts to us rather than our Father. But the truth of the Lord's prayer is that it is woven intimately back and…
Created 7 months ago
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SOTM: part 15 Lords Prayer
Some just pray like this, exact words. And Christ no doubt is giving us some supreme insight into prayer. This is the prayer of a perfect son to his father who is in heaven. Luther spends 60 pages…
Created 7 months ago
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SOTM: part 14
Here, Christ goes on from talking about alms giving, which had become focused on the people mercy, rather than God's mercy, which it was to represent. He now moves towards prayer, sense it also had become…
Created 7 months ago
Matthew 6:5 (ESV), Matthew 6:6 (ESV), Matthew 6:7 (ESV), Matthew 6:8 (ESV)
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SOTM: part 13
The reason bibles placed this portion of Christ's sermon, in a new chapter, is because there seems to be a transition in what Christ is saying. Where everything prior to this focuses on fulfilling the…
Created 8 months ago
Matthew 6:1 (ESV), Matthew 6:2 (ESV), Matthew 6:3 (ESV), Matthew 6:4 (ESV)
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SOTM:part 12
Here Christ gives, to me, one of the clearest examples of how he was both fulfilling the law in the sense that he is adding what was missing, as well as fulfilling the law as a Messiah and atoning savior.…
Created 8 months ago
Matthew 5:43 (KJV), Matthew 5:44 (KJV), Matthew 5:45 (KJV), Matthew 5:46 (KJV), Matthew 5:47 (KJV), Matthew 5:48 (KJV), Luke 14:12 (KJV), Luke 14:13 (KJV), Luke 14:14 (KJV)
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SOTM: Part 12 preface
I had to make 2 for this one, this is just dealing with something I had to get to the bottom of before getting into the text. its a preface that doesn't really need to be read before the actual note.…
Created 8 months ago
Deuteronomy 23:3 (ESV), Deuteronomy 23:4 (ESV), Deuteronomy 23:5 (ESV), Deuteronomy 23:6 (ESV), Matthew 5:43 (ESV), Matthew 5:44 (ESV), Matthew 5:45 (ESV)
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SOTM: part 11
Exodus 21:24, Leviticus 24:20, and Deuteronomy 19:21 all say "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." the Exodus passage, it is referring to if a pregnant woman is hit during a fight between men, if…
Created 8 months ago
Matthew 5:33 (KJV), Matthew 5:34 (KJV), Matthew 5:35 (KJV), Matthew 5:36 (KJV), Matthew 5:37 (KJV), Matthew 5:38 (KJV), Matthew 5:39 (KJV), Matthew 5:40 (KJV), Matthew 5:41 (KJV), Matthew 5:42 (KJV)
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SOTM: part 10
This passage is referring to several old testament references: Leviticus 19:12, Numbers 30:2, Deuteronomy 23:21. the first says don't swear falsely, the 2nd says if you swear to God do all that you say,…
Created 8 months ago
Matthew 5:33 (KJV), Matthew 5:34 (KJV), Matthew 5:35 (KJV), Matthew 5:36 (KJV), Matthew 5:37 (KJV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-10-05
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SOTM: part 9
Here Christ talks about divorce, he is quoting the Deuteronomical law concerning divorce, set out in Deuteronomy 24:1-4. Briefly put it says "If a man marries a woman and find something indecent about…
Created 8 months ago
Deuteronomy 21:10 (KJV), Deuteronomy 21:11 (KJV), Deuteronomy 21:12 (KJV), Deuteronomy 21:13 (KJV), Deuteronomy 21:14 (KJV)
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SOTM: Part 8
Christ continues clarifying the law to the pharisees, who have adjusted the law in order for themselves to feel proud of their righteousness while still maintaining a heart full of sin. And sense the…
Created 8 months ago
Matthew 5:27 (KJV), Matthew 5:28 (KJV), Matthew 5:29 (KJV), Matthew 5:30 (KJV)
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SOTM: Part 7
verse 23-24 stresses the importance of reconciliation, because while we are fallen and still sin, we need to know what actions to take when our heart becomes angry with another and unforgiving. This…
Created 8 months ago
Matthew 5:23 (KJV), Matthew 5:24 (KJV), Matthew 5:25 (KJV), Matthew 5:26 (KJV)
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SOTM: part 6
After saying that the law is not to be overlooked, but fulfilled (completed, added to) Christ uses an example of the a crime that many would feel that they are free of; murder. Long ago, it was said…
Created 8 months ago
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SOTM: part 5
{contd from part 4} Jesus particularly addresses false teachers. What false teachers are these? in the epistles, false teachers often refer to Judiazers. But here, Jesus clarifies that he is talking…
Created 9 months ago
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SOTM: part 4
I once thought that Jesus said verses 17-20 so that He could "get this accusation out of the way." Due to the nature of the Gospel, particularly atonement and salvation, there was much confusion about…
Created 9 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-08-22
