SERMONS ON SERMON ON THE MOUNT
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The Magnificence of Mercy
by Adrian Rogers
Would you find again the beatitudes? Matthew Chapter 5, we're calling these the keys to the kingdom. And these are statements that Jesus Christ has made, and He begins each one of them with the word blessed. The word blessed is almost hard to translate. We could say happy, but it means more than happy. It means fulfilled. It means with joy. It means complete. It may mean to be congratulated. All of those things and more are wrapped up in that Greek word Macarios. Listen as the Lord Jesus Christ gives these beatitudes. We've said almost every Sunday, the attitudes that ought to be. ''And seeing the...
Going the Right Way in a Wrong Way World (3 of 23)
by Ken Trivette
There was a certain church that always served coffee after the sermon. The pastor asked a little boy if he knew why they served the coffee. The little boy replied, "It is to get the people wide awake before they drive home." I must confess that I have heard a few sermons to nearly put me to sleep. I have no doubt that I have preached some that put people to sleep. I have about put myself to sleep a time or two. We are looking at a sermon that I am sure no one went to sleep. Every person was absolutely captivated with the sermon. It was the greatest sermon every preached by the greatest preacher who ever lived. We are...
Blessed Are the Persecuted (8 of 8)
by Daniel Rodgers
Have you ever given much thought about how it was before you became a Christian? I mean, most of us, before we were saved, suffered very little opposition from others. We may have had a disgruntled boss, or a cantankerous relative, but that was about it. But the minute we became a Christian, things began to change. People began to view us a little differently. a. Do you remember hearing this: "You used to be a lot of fun until you got into that religion stuff." They treated you as if you had contracted some kind of a disease. They began to see us as someone different (and you were). Peter said, Wherein they...
Living like a King's Kid - Part 1 (5 of 8)
by Jeff Schreve
Now, we're in a series. It's entitled, "Do You Want to be Blessed?" And we've talked about the fact that the word blessed has within it, rooted within it, this thing called happiness. The word used so often in the Old Testament, esher, means "happy." And the word used so often for blessed in the New Testament, makarios, literally means "happy." The Lord wants those that follow Him to be happy. God is a glad, happy, joyful God, and He wants His children to be glad, to rejoice, and to be happy, and to enjoy their relationship with Him. Now, in a series on blessings, it's impossible to do this series without spending some time in...
The Ivory Soap Beatitude (6 of 8)
by Dennis Marquardt
We are a culture obsessed with purity. Products for sale often boast of "having nothing added" or "100% pure" etc. a. The goal of the computer industry is to try and make a "pure" chip. They have even used outer space to grow purer crystals. b. Fruit drinks are advertised as having 100% pure fruit drink, no added sugar or other additives. c. Wrigley's spearmint gum is supposed to be "100% pure chewing satisfaction." d. Environmentalists want to restore the pure air in our environment and keep the water and land pure too. e. Drug manufacturers want to produce pure products. f. Certain ideologies have attempted...
What Is God Like (11 of 13)
by Stan Coffey
We are going to look at Matthew and I want us to turn to Matthew Chapter 6. One of the questions that people ask is, "What is God like?" You know that is an important question because if you are to know God, if you are to have a personal relationship with God, if you are to pray to God then it is important to know what God is like. One of the most important aspects of a Christian life is prayer and yet if we are to pray we need to know how to pray and it was the prayer life of Jesus that so impressed His disciples so that they asked Him, "Lord teach us to pray." He gave us a model prayer in Matthew Chapter 6 and in this model prayer we...
Going the Second Mile (3 of 4)
by James Merritt
Mark Twain once said this about the Bible: ''I have no problem with those parts of the Bible I don't understand. It's those parts of the Bible I do understand that gives me fits.'' The passage that we are going to study certainly fits into that category. This passage illustrates something I bet most of you have never thought about before. One of the easiest things in the world to do is to become a Christian. It is ridiculously easy. All you have to do is confess you are a sinner, repent of your sin, believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sin and was raised from the dead, and surrender your life to Him as your Lord and...
Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
by Tony Nester
Today we're beginning a sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount. It's in the Gospel of Matthew, chapters 5 through 7. I encourage you to read it. Here we have Jesus in his own words. His words aren't easy to take but they shine with light of Heaven. The Sermon on the Mount begins with a strange list of blessings. Jesus selects eight kinds of people and blesses them. That's why the list is called "The Beatitudes" — it's a name that means blessing and bliss. Here Jesus tells us who is blessed by God and who will know the bliss of God's Kingdom. I've divided the list in two. Today we look at the first four of the Beatitudes...
Living the Satisfied Life
by Ernest Easley
Now from the Word of God, I want to show you how you can live the satisfied life! A life of abundant joy and absolute peace! What some of you are breaking your neck to get, God wants to give it to you! Satisfaction Guaranteed! That's what Jesus was talking about one day while sitting on top of a mountain! The secret to the satisfied life! That's how much God loves you! Not only does He want to save you, He wants to satisfy you! If all you have is conversion without contentment, you're missing out on God's best! And you need to know that what was true for those on that mountain top was also true for those down in the valley...
Faith and the Beatitudes
by M. Jolaine Szymkowiak
The Beatitudes are more than just good principles to live by, to reflect upon for us to give occasional notice. They are another of God's ways to get us to think of more than what is going on around and within us. Through the study of the Beatitudes, He gives more than we are capable of appreciating, and asks more than we think we are capable of doing. The Beatitudes are part of the process through which He speaks to us now on what He wants us to know. "Blessed are" - not "blessed will be" - the Beatitudes are active, now, the "now" that continues through time as we each move into the future. When the blessing...
Law of Provision
by Ron Dunn
There was a cross erected on Calvary long before there was a Garden of Eden ever made. So God opens his hand and satisfies the desire of every living creature. It is an interesting study to see how God specifically satisfies the desire and has made provision for every creature. I was visiting my folks in Arkansas a few weeks ago. We went out in the woods one day, and saw some robins. It was the time of the year when the robins were beginning to come out. We also saw a lot of sparrows. Have you ever watched how a robin eats, and how a sparrow eats? A robin is a large bird, very slow and deliberate. Robins love to eat...
What Did Jesus Say about Kingdom Character (1 of 15)
by Rick White
Message Truth: As fully devoted Christ followers we have been called to a new lifestyle that represents the kingdom of God. As people of grace we are to exhibit a change both in attitude and actions. Illustration: A little boy was in a heated argument with his sister about who was going to get the last brownie. His mother overheard the loud discussion in the kitchen and came in to resolve the conflict. Her two children were obviously very distraught about getting that final treat. Sensing the need to teach a deeper truth, the mom asked her children that ever-relevant question..."What would Jesus do?" The older sibling...
The Steps to a Joy-Filled Life (3 of 4)
by Stan Coffey
For some of you who may not be familiar with the term “Lordship,” it simply means a person who is not only a believer, but is a believer who has submitted every area of his life to obeying Jesus Christ. The miserable people in the world are not people who are lost, but people who are saved and know the Lord but are still struggling with obedience. They are still struggling with some temptation or some area of weakness in their life that they’ve not resolved, that they’ve not surrendered. So, they have no peace and they are pulled this way and that way. The joy of the Christian life comes when you are submitted to Jesus...
Don't Worry, Be Happy! (7 of 9)
by Jerry Vines
Jesus tells us how to have a happy life and when we come to verses 25- to the end of the 6th chapter we have a subject which I have entitled, "Don't Worry, Be Happy!" When we read these verses, it's like the Lord has been reading our mail. Two thousand years ago our Lord said these words, but they are as current and as contemporary and as up-to-date today as they were when He said them 2000 years ago. When you see the word, therefore, in the Bible-as yourself the question-what is the therefore there for? Remember he is referring to what he has just said. He has been talking in the previous verses about the...
Economic Faith
by Christopher Harbin
Economics and prosperity are persistent themes in the Bible. They are consistent topics that come up in our own daily existence. We concern ourselves with preparing for a future and with more basic issues of survival from day to day. In the process, we worry over paying bills, purchasing at a discount, interest rates, insurance against major losses, protecting ourselves from those wanting to cheat or steal, and having enough left over to share with others. All too often, we seek God's intervention in having enough to take care of our needs, but ignore anything more God would have to say in...
The Strange Case of the Wandering Wife (38 of 54)
by Stan Coffey
INTRODUCTION: With the study of Hosea's prophecy, we enter upon 12 books known as the minor prophets. Remember the difference between the major and the minor prophets is not a matter of importance, but of the amount of material written. AUTHORSHIP: The name of the author, Hosea, like that of Joshua or Jesus means ''salvation.'' Hosea was sent to the ten northern tribes called Israel and prophesied in the reign of Jeroboam II of Israel. He lived in this northern kingdom when the splendors of Jeroboam's brilliant reign of 41 years were beginning to fade into the black midnight of Israel's captivity. DATE...
How To Be A Happy Sinner
by Frank Pollard
This is a sermon for sinners. For sinners who want to be happy. When Jesus started His sermon with the words: ''Blessed are the poor in spirit,'' I am sure that every Palestinian mouth present dropped wide open. He was literally saying: ''Happy is the man who knows he is a spiritual failure.'' May it be quickly said that our Lord does not point out our sinfulness because He delights in exposing shortcomings. He is not that kind of God at all. Rather, He is the Great Physician who sadly diagnosed the sickness of our soul and performed an operation that cost the life of His own Son to provide the cure. You and I never experience the joy...
You Cannot Climb This Mountain Unless You Are Walking in the Lord’s Shoes
by Jerry Branch
Amy Carmichael, the missionary to India, wrote: Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, by little denials of self,by little inward victories, by their faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph,… no sudden spiritual maturity. There is only the work of the moment. Amy Carmichael quoted in...
Humility (1 of 8)
by Terry J. Hallock
Our attitudes are like magnets. They create a spiritual force field that attracts to us exactly that which flows from us. If I have an attitude of anger I will attract anger. If I have an attitude of insensitivity I will attract insensitivity. If I have an attitude that condones lying I will eventually reap the harvest that the seeds of lies produce. Our attitudes are like magnets. They attract to us exactly what flows from us Thus there are attitudes that curse and attitudes that bless. In twelve short verses of the greatest sermon ever given, Jesus lays out eight attitudes that bless - eight attitudes that will create a spiritual aura in and...
