As you read through the final portion of the Sermon on the Mount today, check the links to the posts you missed. May you be encouraged and blessed by the words of the Radical Rabbi, Jesus. … More Lessons from the Mountainside: Review Part 3
Read back through Matthew 6 today and as you review the chapter and my related posts, ask yourself what Jesus may be saying to you about living a life of righteousness. … More Lessons from the Mountainside Review Part 2
This review of Matthew 5, provides links to my blog posts on this part of Jesus’s Lessons from the Mountainside. I pray it will encourage you today. … More Lessons from the Mountainside: Review Part 1
What was the reaction of the people who heard Jesus’s sermon on the mount? What’s yours? … More Lessons from the Mountainside 32
Following Christ doesn’t mean life is easy. Putting his words into practice gives us the foundation we need when the inevitable storms arrive. … More Lessons from the Mountainside 31
Words and works aren’t the litmus test of our salvation, but being known by Christ. Do you know Jesus? Does he know you? … More Lessons from the Mountainside 30
There will always be people who are seeking followers. Our job as Christians is to watch and not be too quick to fall in line. Jesus says it’s all about the fruit. … More Lessons from the Mountainside 29
As Jesus progresses in his sermon, it appears his way gets more and more narrow and difficult to follow: That’s because it is. … More Lessons from the Mountainside 28
We receive not because we ask not. If we never seek God and his provision, then we have no excuse in our worry. Choosing to trust God and seeking his Kingdom first replaces worry with trust. When I live in trust, I can more easily give to others. … More Lessons from the Mountainside 27
Jesus uses a vivid illustration to remind us that there are some who are not ready to listen to the good news of the kingdom of God. Let him deal with those as you focus on the ones with hearts prepared to receive. … More Lessons from the Mountainside 26