Lead In: Moving on to our second sermon on hypocrisy, let’s not forget the groundwork we went through last week. In all three sections of Matthew 6:1-18; Charity, Prayer, and Fasting; Jesus gives us a number of repeated phrases, beginning with a warning. He gives us this repeated warning, because hypocrisy is effective. If you go through life wanting people to notice and glorify you, ensuring the people around you notice your righteous acts, you’ll get what you want…because

Lead In: Last week we introduced the next chapter in The Sermon on The Mount by remembering that the righteousness required of us, exceeding that of the Pharisees, is an internal righteousness. It is the righteousness of Christ Himself. And because what is internal will always show up externally, we should expect to see the very same actions that Christ carried out, performed by us. It is His righteousness afterall. If we don’t, we need to be asking some big questions. If

This morning we will be bringing our ‘mini-series’ on Matthew 5:43-48 to a conclusion. We have spoken on a number of different aspects of loving our enemies; and answered two very big questions. Today, we will be focusing on the last few verses; v.46-48. Before we get there, however, let's remind ourselves of the foundation of it all. The only way that someone can truly love their enemies, is if they acknowledge; from the depths of their heart; that they were once God’s enem