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Ask, Seek, and Knock, April 4, 2010

Paul McWilliams on Apr 7th 2010

Matthew 7:7-11 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.  Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?   Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give [...]

 
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Prayer – The Purpose, January 10, 2010

Paul McWilliams on Jan 11th 2010

Matthew 6:5-6 When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men.  Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.  But you, when you pray, go into your [...]

 
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The Sermon on the Mount: The Authority of Jesus, November 15, 2009

Paul McWilliams on Nov 17th 2009

Matthew 7:28-29 When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;  for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
During the ministry of Jesus, those that followed him were bombarded with new ideals that were totally different than the ones they had been raised with.  [...]

 
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The Sermon on the Mount: Withstanding Storms, November 8, 2009

Paul McWilliams on Nov 9th 2009

Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been [...]

 
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The Sermon on the Mount: Who Will Enter the Kingdom? November 1, 2009

Paul McWilliams on Nov 2nd 2009

Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.  Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, [...]

 
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The Sermon on the Mount – The Golden Rule, October 11th, 2009

Paul McWilliams on Oct 11th 2009

Matthew 7:12 In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
In His sermon on the mount, Jesus teaches us the essence of Christianity when he tells of the “Golden Rule.”  This idea of treatment is not new or unusual, but when we [...]

 
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The Sermon on the Mount – To Judge, or Not To Judge, October 4 , 2009

Paul McWilliams on Oct 4th 2009

Matthew 7:1-6 Do not judge so that you will not be judged.  For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.  Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is [...]

 
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The Sermon on the Mount – Defeating Worry, September 27 , 2009

Paul McWilliams on Sep 27th 2009

Matthew 6:25-34 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?  And why are you worried [...]

 
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The Sermon on the Mount – Responding to Evil, September 13, 2009

Paul McWilliams on Sep 13th 2009

Matthew 5:38-42 You have heard that it was said, ‘AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.’   But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.   If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, [...]

 
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