Jesus said the path is narrow that leads to life and few find it. How can the path be narrow if God desires all to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth? What is it that makes the path to life infinite narrow? Is there something that makes the path singularly narrow … Continue reading Podcast: Matthew 7:13-14
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Podcast: Matthew 7:6-12
Our world thinks in terms of give and TAKE. God's kingdom is one of give and be given to. Jesus speaks about what we have been given, how to protect that from being despised or wasted, and how to open ourselves to all that God has to give us. What does it mean that the … Continue reading Podcast: Matthew 7:6-12
Podcast: Matthew 7:1-5
How do we know if we are seeing things as they really are? Does Jesus really forbid judging one another? Why do we tend to see the worst in others but not in ourselves and what is the remedy? https://wordwithoutwalls.libsyn.com/bible-study-matthew-71-5
Podcast: Matthew 6:25-34
Jesus forbids worry based on God's economy. If God feeds the birds and clothes the flowers, how will not much more wonderfully and abundantly provide for you? Why not seek God's kingdom first and let everything else follow? https://wordwithoutwalls.libsyn.com/bible-study-matthew-625-34
Podcast: Matthew 6:22-24
Jesus explains how the eye is the lamp of the body. Jesus speaks the the significance of our bodies being full of light or darkness. Jesus also warns that we cannot serve two masters. https://wordwithoutwalls.libsyn.com/bible-study-matthew-622-24-0
Podcast: Matthew 6:16-21
Jesus continues in this section of the Sermon on the Mount with warnings about fasting and charity. There is never anything hypocritical, formalistic, or pretentious about those who are honest about dependence. Fasting is an antidote for a noisy, selfish, corrupt human nature, and charity is an antidote for greed. Both antidotes are pursued by … Continue reading Podcast: Matthew 6:16-21
Podcast: Matthew 6:9-15
The Lord's Prayer recorded in Matthew is an abbreviated version of the Lord actually praying in John 17. Is the Lord's prayer as we know it a floor or ceiling; does it provide a platform for all our prayers or does it limit us? How does the Lord's prayer progress, how is it structured, and … Continue reading Podcast: Matthew 6:9-15
Podcast: Matthew 6:5-8
What does Jesus say about prayer in the sermon on the mount? How is the prayer of someone honest about dependence fundamentally different from the prayers of others - especially the prayers of the hypocrites? How is Jesus' instruction on prayer consistent with all He taught? https://wordwithoutwalls.libsyn.com/bible-study-matthew-65-8
Podcast: Matthew 6:1-8
Charity and prayer are the subject of these verses. Jesus addresses the sinful pride of human nature corrupting these actions. How does the regenerate soul act differently, doing the right things for the right reasons? https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=17833091
Podcast: Matthew 5:43-48
What does the word “love” actually mean? Where do we see corruption with the concept of love in our culture? In these verses, how is Jesus changing the nature of the way we see things? https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=17802767