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21) Love For Enemies - Matthew 5:43-48 -
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a) Matthew
:5:43 - Times of
Old, Hate Your Enemy -
Jesus Christ our Lord here
reminds us of the Times of Old,
as far as loving our Neighbor, that is the Jews only Loving their own people (The
Jews) and hating all others,
(the Non-Jews).
b) Matthew
5:44-45 - Our Hearts
contain Peace by Loving our
Enemies -
By loving our enemies, even if
they
do or say cruel
things to us, we keep the love, joy and peace in
our hearts, but if we hate our
enemies, the Joy
of the Lord
Jesus Christ, the peace in our hearts leave us, and then we
become just like our enemies
that hate.
We become hateful and
bitter, even towards those that
we do not hate. So let us LOVE
OUR ENEMIES! And
then as the
Beatitudes states, we shall be
called
sons of God. God not only raise the sun on us, not only gives
food
and water to us, he also gives
all of that and more to those
who are evil and hate him as
well.
c) Matthew
5:46-47 - Love those
who do not Love you -
Just as God Loves those who do
not love him, so shall
we love
those
who do not love us Love others do not mean that
God ever approves of their evil,
no he never
will. Nor shall we
ever approve of our own sins or the sins of others. And it is
easy to love those who love us,
who do good to us. But instead
we shall love those who despise us, and do evil to us. And by
loving others that
do not love
us, then we shall have our
reward in heaven,
our crown of Life forever more. AMEN!
d) Matthew
5:48 - Be Perfect
through Love -
As our Father God is perfect
through his love and his truth,
we to
shall be perfect
through our Love for others and the truth, that is Jesus Christ
that we live by and live
through.!
22) Giving to the Needy - Matthew 6:1-4 -
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a) Matthew
6:1-2 - Keep
Charitable Deeds Secret -
Let us remain humble and when we
do good to others, let
it been
done in
secret not openly in order for others to see or
know about, in doing our deeds
in secret God will
bless us
(reward us) other
wise he will not bless us at all.
b) Matthew
6:3-4 - Do not
focus on our good deeds -
Even in our hearts, our private
thoughts let us not focus,
or
think on any
good deed hat we have done. Let us not even puff our selves up, nor
brag to our selves in our
inner
hearts and private thoughts.
23) Prayer - Matthew
6:5-15 -
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a) Matthew
6:5-6 - Do
not pray like the hypocrites -
Even in today's times, the Jews
still pray to be seen by
others,
on the streets and at the wailing wall. There are also
some Christians who do the same
thing in the
churches, in bible
study groups and such. We are not to put on a show per say for
others to see, like look at me
I
am godly type of attitude that
covers up who they really are in their own hearts. God will
not reward us. But
we should
pour out our souls to God in
private, in prayer
and in doing so God will reward us openly.
b) Matthew
6:7-8 - Do Not
Pray the Same things over & over -
We should not keep asking God
for the same
things over and
over like the heathens do in vain repetitions such as keep asking God for a raise at our job, a
healing, or anything else that is a repeat of previous prayers treating God like
he can't hear, because God
already
knows what our "NEEDS"
are before we ever ask him.
(Definition of Repetition)
- (MSN Works Dictionary 9)
- rep·e·ti·tion [rèppə
tísh'n] (plural rep·e·ti·tions)
n - 1) repeating of something: an act of doing something again. 2) something
same as before: an
event or
situation that is the
same as one
that happened previously. 3) procedure of stating something again: the act
or process of saying or writing
something again.4) repeated
words: something that is repeated, especially
unnecessary words. - [Early 16th
century. Via French < Latinrepetition- < repetere "demand
again"]
(Definition of Heathen) - (MSN Works 9 Dictionary) - hea·then [hən]
- (plural hea·thens or
hea·then)
n - 1) an
offensive term that deliberately
insults somebody who does not
acknowledge the God of
the
Bible, Torah, or Koran. 2) an offensive term that deliberately insults
somebody's way of life, degree
of
knowledge, or nonbelief in
religion. - [ Old English hāþen <
Germanic, "heath"]
c) Matthew
6:9-13 - This How
to Pray -
In this way we shall pray; 1) Our Father, Hallowed be your name, (this
is Gods name is to be kept Holy with Respect), 2) His
Kingdom come, (his power & rule
over all, That is Jesus
Christ,
Messiah Comes), his will be done (that is his desire, his plans for
his good pleasure) 3) Our daily bread
(that is give us our daily needs, food,
water, home etc), NOT GREED'S! 4) Forgive us our debts (what we
owe financially, we owe honor,
we owe respect, so on) as we
forgive others, (we forgive those who owe us
money, honor, respect and so
on) 5) Not let us be tempted (that is by sin, that
can cause us to sin), keep satan
away from us, that he may not
tempt us with evil, For God is
all powerful with his kingdom,
and his wonderful
Glory.
(Definition of Hallowed)
- (MSN Works Dictionary 9)
- hal·lowed [hállōd] adj - 1) sanctified: holy
or
kept for religious use
2) respected: regarded with great respect or reverence.
d) Matthew
6:14-15 - Forgive
others as God Forgives us -
We should always forgive others
of their sins
(wrong doings)
against
us, forgive their trespasses against us, as God has forgiven our sins, our trespasses
(wrong
doings against him).
(Definition of Trespass)
- (MSN Works Dictionary 9)
- tres·pass [tréspəss,
tréss pàss] vi (past
and past participle tres·
passed, present
participle tres·pass·ing, 3rd
person present singular tres·pass·es)
-
2) break
moral or social law: to
commit a sin or break a social law (archaic) - n (plural tres·pass·es)
-
2) sin: a sin or act of wrongdoing (archaic).
24) Fasting
- Matthew
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a) Matthew
6:16 - Do
not appear to be Fasting -
We should not have the
appearance of fasting, nor let
anyone
else know about it as the hypocrites do to be seen and
noticed by others. They want
praise from mankind rather
than
from God, in that
they will not be blessed. That is they will not receive spiritual
blessings.
b) Matthew
6:17-18 - Fast in
Secret -
We should let our appearance be
normal, like we usually look,
and have
no appearance
of fasting so that our fasting will be a secret thing and in doing
so God will bless us (Reward) us
openly, he will honor our
humbleness as we walk in
humility.
c) Definition
of Fasting -
Nelson's Bible Dictionary - FAST, FASTING - Going without food
or drink voluntarily,
generally for religious
purposes. Fasting,
however, could also be
done for other reasons. It was sometimes done
as
a sign of distress, grief, or
repentance. The law
of Moses specifically required fasting
for only one
occasion-
the DAY
OF ATONEMENT.
This custom resulted in
calling
this day "the day of fasting"
(Jeremiah
36:6) or
"the Fast" (Acts
27:9)
Fasting was often done by individuals in times of distress. David fasted
after hearing that Saul and Jonathan
were dead (2 Samuel 1:12).Nehemiah fasted
and prayed upon learning that Jerusalem had
remained in ruins
since
its destruction (Nehemiah
1:4). Darius, the king of Persia, fasted all
night after placing Daniel
in the lions'
den (Daniel 6:18).
Fasting also occurs in the New
Testament. Anna at
the Temple "served God with fastings and prayers night and
day" (Luke 2:37). John the Baptist led his
disciples to fast (Mark 2:18). Jesus fasted 40 days and
40 nights
before
His temptation (Matthew 4:2).
Using a marriage-feast comparison,
however, Jesus insisted
that fasting
was
not suitable for His disciples as long as
He, the Bridegroom, was with them (Matthew 9:14-15;
Mark 2:18-20; Luke 5:33-35).
25) Treasures in Heaven - Matthew 6:19-24 - To Top^
a) Matthew
6:19 - We
are not to live for the things
of this world -
There is nothing wrong with
owning things as
long as they do
not own us and they are with-in reason, not in luxury. If they owned us then that would be
Idolatry to which is
sin. We are not to be materialistic (greedy) to which
is a sin. Our aim in life should
not be
material gain, but
instead we shall live for the Glory of God and the Hope that
we have in Jesus Christ.
b) Matthew
6:20 - We
should live for the Glory of God -
WE should work for spiritual
things rather than
material
things, we shall
work for the Glory of God, the Hope that we have in our Lord Jesus
Christ. We must
seek first the
kingdom of God, not the kingdoms
of this world or the things of
it.
c) Matthew
6:21 - In Our
Hearts is Our Treasures -
It is dangerous to our souls if
we get more excited about the
things of this
world than the things of God. What's in our hearts is how we
conduct and live out our daily
lives.
What's on our hearts the
most, the things of God and his
Holy Words or the things of this
world? We must not
covet, be
greedy or materialistic ever!
d) Matthew
6:22 - If You do
not Covet -
The meaning of this is if your
eye is set on the things of God,
focuses on
the things of
God, if we do not covet at all, then your heart, your mind and your
entire body will be good and
contented with what God has
given and done for you.
e) Matthew
6:23 - If You do
Covet -
But if we do focus on our
neighbors prosperity, the things
of this world and
the ambitions
of it then not only will our eye be bad, but also our hearts, our
minds and our entire bodies will
be
bad.
f) Matthew
6:24 - Serve
God Only -
If our focus is mainly on money
and the things of this world
then we are
committing Idolatry and therefore making money &
other things our God instead of
the one True God of
Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. You who are
lovers of pleasure, lovers of
money, and lovers of yourselves
are
committing Idolatry, but for
those who are more intent on
God, loving him, loving your
neighbors, and content
on
serving God, you are pleasing to
God, and you are the true
children of God!
Your Treasure that is more valuable than anyone or anything is God &
his Kingdom through Jesus
Christ!
26) Do Not Worry - Matthew 6:25-34 -
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a) Matthew
6:25 - Life &
Body is more Important -
The life & the Body that our
Father God has given us is
more
important than
the food that we eat, or what we drink, and more
important than the clothing that
we wear,
so then let us not
worry about
those things but instead let us rejoice in the Lord and praise him.
b) Matthew
6:26 - God
Feeds Us -
God provide to us the animals &
plants to us for food just as he
provides
food for the birds of the air and
yet the birds do not gather and store up because they know that
there is more
food out there for
them to eat for their young and
for them selves. So let us not
worry about what we will eat
and
the food being available for us.
c) Matthew
6:27 - Can our
worrying change anything? -
Can our worrying, and the
anxiety of that change
anything
or make
anything better? Of Course not! Then why do we bother with
worrying? The #1 killer of men
is stress and that is the result
of worrying. So let us prolong
our life and do not worry. So
let us trust in the Lord
and do
the best we are able to do in
this life.
d) Matthew
6:28-30 - Do not
worry about Clothing, You of
little faith -
Even the lilies of the field do
not labor
and yet God has
clothed them in their vast array, their splendor
and beauty that is better
arrayed than any king
has ever
been or ever will be.God will provide for us, so we must trust him to provide for us.
e) Matthew
6:31-32 - Do not
Worry about Food, Drink or
Clothing -
Let us not be worldly and carnal
like the
non-christians and
worrying about things, because God already knows what we need
before we even ask him.
So let
us not ask him for those things,
let us trust in him to provide
what we need instead.
f) Matthew
6:33 - Seek
First Gods Kingdom & His
Righteousness -
So let us seek the things of
God, Gods
will, Gods Holiness
& he will see that we have the things that we need. Let us
meditate on the Holy Words of
God and to be obedient to God
with our Faith and in our Faith
he will provide for our daily
needs.
g) Matthew
6:34 - Do Not
Worry About Tomorrow -
So let us not be concerned about
tomorrow, the next
week, the
next month
or the next year even, but let us be concerned about today, where
we are at today, for it
has
enough concerns for us to deal
with and in this we shall not be
overloaded, over stressed with
concerns
beyond today, so
therefore if we do that then we
will not be overly stressed, if
even stressed at all. So let us
trust in the Lord to get us
through today and through the
rest of the year, and he will
provide for our daily needs.
27) Judging Others - Matthew 7:1-6 - To Top^
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a) Matthew
7:1-2 - The
Same Harshness we sue will be
used on us -
As in 2Sam 12:1-15 is a good example of
what our Lord
Jesus Christ is talking about by using David's
sin & David's Judgment regarding
the rich man &
the poor man
story that Nathan the prophet told David about. The Rich man
took the poor mans only lamb
just
as David took Uriah's only
Wife and
killed the lamb for his guest just as David as killed Uriah to
cover up his
sin of Adultery and
because of that, David using Ammon's sword killed Uriah.
At
the end of the story that Nathan
told, David said the rich man
should be put to death. So in that David
condemned his
household, that the sword will
never leave his household, their
future generations, and the child
to be born from the woman
that David committed Adultery
with, also died.
b) Matthew
7:3-4 - Judge
Our Selves First -
Before we look at others need,
or to try to help others
overcome
their sins, we must first take the mirror and and look in it at our own sins, that is
our hearts and minds, and then
confess those sins.
Apostle Paul
explains this well in Romans 2:21-22,
you who say "do not commit
adultery,
do you commit
adultery?
c) Matthew
7:5 - First
Stop Sinning -
For example if we say do not
steal, then we must stop
stealing, and then
we do have Jesus permission, to help our brother to stop stealing once we stop
stealing, that is remove the
plank from our own eye.
d) Matthew
7:6 - Do not
give to dogs what is sacred -
This meaning is do not give
anything that is Holy, Gods
Holy
words
communion etc to those inside of the church that causes strife,
divisions, slander or back
biting.
And do not give what's Holy to those outside of the
church that refuses to listen to
the gospel of Jesus Christ
either. If you do those inside
of the church or outside the
church and turn and rip you to
peaces in a manner
that is
unfitting even to the unsaved.
28) Ask, Seek, Knock - Matthew
7:7-12 -
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a) Matthew
7:7-8 - Earnestly
Seek Salvation & Spiritual
Blessings -
This is not by any means meant
for gaining
material goods or money as many false teachers, wolves in sheep's clothing claim.
Let us ask God for Salvation
&
Spiritual
Blessings with all of
our sincere hearts, and God will
give to us what we ask for, and
let us seek after
that and we
will find that salvation &
spiritual blessings, and let us
knock and God will open up to us
his Holy
Truths, his Holy words
and freedom in Jesus Christ to
us.
b) Matthew
7:9-11 - God Gives
us Good Gifts -
Just as with our own children if
he or she ask for pizza for
lunch
would we give
him/her rat poison instead? Of course not, so with that if we ask
God to give us spiritual
blessings
or help in our lives
with a sincere and loving heart,
if our motives are good, God
will give us good gifts that is
good for us. This does not mean
that he will give into a greedy
and selfish person.
c) Matthew
7:12 - Obey
The Law & Prophets by Loving
Your Neighbor -
Loving your neighbor never
neglects
justice but in
deserving cases mercy can be shown. So with that we are to treat
others as we want treated, if we
want mercy shall we not show
mercy, if we want respect shall
we not show respect, or if we
want kindness
shall we not show
kindness?
29) The
Narrow & Wide Gates - Matthew
7:13-14 - To Top^
a) Matthew
7:13 - Few Enter
through the Narrow Gate -
There are not any that will
enter the Kingdom of
Heaven
because
their are very few who will actually deny their
selves (Mt
16:24a),
their personal goals, their
selves in service (Matthew 25:14-30, 19:27-30))
to and their entire lives for
Jesus Christ. There are only a
slight few that will pick up
their
cross (Mt 24:24b) and share in the persecutions and sufferings of our Lord
Jesus
Christ (Matthew
24:9-14, 1 Peter 4:12-18).
And then only a few will follow Jesus Christ (Mt
16:24c)
in sharing their faith with the
lost (Matthew 28:19-20),
not many will study, and learn the meanings of Jesus
Christ teachings, not many will
obey his teachings, not many
will remain in Christ (John
15:4-10). For
many in the churches the seed
(words of God/good news) fell on
bad
soil etc and when worldly,
or troubles comes they fall away from the Faith (Mt
13:18-23).
Most do fall away
from the faith
(Mt 11:6, 26:31, Mark
4:17,
Luke 8:13, 2
Thess 2:3).
b) Matthew
7:14 - Most enter
the wide Gate -
The reason why so many do enters
through the wide Gate that
lead
to hell) is
because most people love their sins, the ways of
this world, man made religions,
make their selves
out to be
their own God instead of
repenting, loving and obeying
God through our Lord Jesus
Christ! They love
pleasure,
money, and all of the things and
ways of this wickedness of world
rather than God himself through
his
son Jesus Christ! (2
Timothy 3:1-4).
So in that if we read further even the people in the
churches are no better
than the
wickedness of the rest of the
world
(2 Timothy 3:5-9).
Yet James said James 4:4 You
adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with
the world is hatred
toward God?
Anyone who chooses
to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy
of God.
30) True and
False Prophets - Matthew
7:15-20 -
a) Matthew
7:15-16 - They
Bring False Doctrines for False
Righteousness -
These are not only false
prophets,
they are false
pastors, bishops, priest, elders, teachers and lay people who
pretend that they are ministers
of the
light (Jesus Christ) &
they bring false doctrines, that
only give a false form of
righteousness, a false
salvation. It
was Satan that has
planted these people in the
church. Since no one gathers
grapes from thorn bushes, then
why
try to gather Gods Holy
Truths from those who are of
Satan instead of God?
b) Matthew
7:17-18 - A
False Hope, a False
Righteousness -
A False Preacher (bad tree) can
not create true
Christians (good
fruit) , but only false Christians (bad fruit), but a God Fearing
Preacher (good tree) can & does
produce true Christians (Good
Fruit).
c) Matthew
7:19-20 - False
Preachers sent to Hell -
The false preachers & teachers
(bad tree) that can not and
does
not create
true Christians (good fruit) will be tossed into hell to where the
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