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Tag: Matthew 5:21-37

  • Sixth Sunday after Trinity

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    Readings: Exodus 20:1-17 | Romans 6:1-11 | Matthew 5:17-26 Text: Matthew 5:21-37 Our Lord Jesus cuts to the chase.  He doesn’t sugar coat His message to lure people in with fluffy words, only to hook them.  Right away, He gets to the heart of what needs to be said to the crowds, and it happens…

  • Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (Matthew 5:21-37)

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    Jesus cuts to the chase.  He doesn’t sugar coat His message to lure people in with fluffy words, only to hook them.  Right away, He gets to what His work is about by confronting us our failures by the Ten Commandments. But He doesn’t quite follow the order given on Sinai (Exodus 20:1-20)—first our duty…

  • Humanity Recreated in Christ (Matthew 5:21-37)

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany + February 12, 2017 Text: Matthew 5:21-37 Since Jesus said, “I have come not to abolish the Law or the Prophets, but to fulfill them,”[1] we are called as Christians to take a whole new look at the Old Testament because, since the Christ came,…