Matthew

Continuing in Matthew 6:19-24, this message argues that the passage's real burden goes beyond money to the question of undivided allegiance, using the illustration of the eye to show how a heart fixed on greed grows spiritually blind. It

Single-Minded DevotionSlavery to ChristAbraham and Lot

Opening Matthew 6:19-21, this message contrasts earthly wealth that decays and gets stolen with heavenly treasure that is secure, urging believers to invest their money, time, and energy into the local church rather than hoarding for

Kingdom PrioritiesGiving to the ChurchEarthly vs Heavenly Treasure

Matthew 6 teaches fasting as self-denial for spiritual purposes, not a show of religious performance. Jesus exposes hypocritical fasting and calls his people to seek the Father sincerely, with God's glory rather than human notice as the

Genuine FastingHypocrisy WarningSelf-Denial

Matthew 6 contrasts prayer that performs for people with prayer offered sincerely before the Father who sees in secret. Genuine prayer rejects empty show and many words because the Father already knows what his children need.

Genuine PrayerHypocrisy WarningEmpty Words

Matthew 6 begins Jesus' warning against practicing righteousness to be seen by others. Genuine giving seeks the Father's reward in secret, while hypocritical giving turns worship into a public performance.

Genuine GivingHypocrisy WarningSecret Righteousness

Closing out the series with Matthew 5:48's call to be perfect, this message explains perfection as completeness and maturity rather than sinlessness, grounding it in the imputed righteousness taught in 2 Corinthians 5:21. A personal story

Christian MaturityImputed RighteousnessReconciliation

Finishing the sixth lesson on Matthew 5:43-48, this message calls believers to love and pray for their enemies after the pattern of Christ on the cross and Stephen under stoning, moving from demanding personal rights to interceding for

Loving EnemiesPrayer for PersecutorsSonship

Working through Matthew 5, this message contrasts the Old Testament's eye-for-an-eye justice with Jesus's call to surrender personal rights and revenge, showing that only a heart purged of grudges can practice gracious giving.

Personal RightsRetaliationGracious Giving

Working through Matthew 5:33-37 on oath-taking, this message shows that Jesus is not forbidding oaths outright but exposing the Jews' evasive use of them to dodge truthfulness. God's people must be people whose plain word can be trusted,

TruthfulnessOaths WarningSermon on the Mount

The final message in the series considers both sexual immorality and desertion as biblical allowances for divorce, then addresses remarriage after divorce. It urges the church to handle painful marriage questions under the full counsel of

Desertion and DivorceRemarriagePastoral Care