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Category: Matthew 5

  • Salt of the Earth and Jesus Establishes the Standards of Christianity

    (Matthew Chapter 5, Verses 13-30) We see in verse 13 it says, “You are the salt of the earth.” How often do we hear this said as a description of someone who is considered a good person in some way? And yet today salt is often condemned as causing high blood pressure and other cardio-vascular…

  • The Beatitudes

    (Matthew Chapter 5, Verses 1-12) It occurred to me that there is an order to the preaching of the word by Jesus that I had not seen before. In the previous chapter we saw the beginning of his preaching which starts with repentance. Repentance was the focus of John the Baptist’s ministry and also the…