As we near the end of our ‘mini-series’ on Matthew 5:43-48, let's take a moment to remember the most important aspect of loving your enemies. It is one that has reappeared in every Sermon since we first sat down together five Sundays ago; will be spoken of this morning; and will be repeated again in our conclusion next week. The foundation of loving your enemy. Only by accepting who we were before salvation, and how we came about to be saved to begin with; can we love our e

As we bring our mini-series to a close this morning, we will be tying everything together with the truth of the 3rd Commandment. Exodus 20:7 → “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.” As a reminder from a few months ago, when Jesus said that He did not come to abolish The Law but to fulfill it (Matt. 5:17-20), He was broadly speaking about every law in the Old Testament, and specifically

With the vast majority of topics that surround our words, we could very easily extend this Sermon series into numerous directions. All of it, however, all of our speech, is nothing but the contents of our hearts coming to the surface through our words. No matter what words we choose to speak, they are all what our heart sounds like. Do you love good and hate evil? Then speak that way. Use your words to show your hatred of evil, my friends. Which hints at what our Sermon toget