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The Sermon On The Mount
Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Feb 10, 2023 (message contributor)
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1. 01. The Pursuit Of Happiness
Contributed on Feb 10, 2023
How does the Sermon on the Mount apply to our lives today and in defining our happiness
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org Today we begin with a series of the greatest sermons ever spoken to the ears of man. It is the greatest because they are the words of our Lord and Eternal King himself. If ever there was a more important time for ...read more
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2. 02. The Foundation Of Faith: Spiritual Poverty
Contributed on Feb 15, 2023
If you come to God, humbly as a beggar, realizing you have no worth or righteousness to stand upon, not even deserving to ask. He will not turn away from you but will welcome you in.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We have started a journey through the Sermon on the Mount. This is a sermon that Jesus himself delivered to his disciples and the multitudes. Just like the day that Jesus preached it, it is a message that turns ...read more
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3. 03. A Good Mourning
Contributed on Feb 24, 2023
There are 9 words in biblical Greek that can be used to express grief or sorrow. the word Jesus uses for mourning is the strongest of all the Greek verbs. It is reserved for mourning the dead and it is used to describe our relationship toward sin
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We come to the second of the Beatitudes in the opening of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Last week we heard the words of Jesus, in Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” ...read more
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4. 04. Strength Under Control
Contributed on Feb 28, 2023
The Beatitudes continue with blessings for the meek and those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We continue today with our study of the Sermon on the Mount with 2 more Beatitudes. These are foundational characteristics about what it means to be a citizen in God’s Kingdom. Matthew’s Gospel introduces Jesus as ...read more
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5. 05. God's Kingdom In Action
Contributed on Mar 9, 2023
The world is watching the Church, especially in these days of deception, uncertainty, and darkness. How we respond to the world around us is pertinent to what we believe.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org Two gas company servicemen were working together. The senior supervisor was spending the day training the young man as they were checking meters in a neighborhood. They parked their truck at the end of the alley ...read more
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6. 07. The Salt And Light Of The World (Part 1)
Contributed on Mar 17, 2023
How can we be the salt in a world full of decay?
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We have come to a portion of the Sermon on the Mount that is very fitting for our service today. As we come into this sanctuary for the first time to worship together, I can almost hear the words of Jesus’ message ...read more
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7. 08. The Salt And Light Of The World (Part 2)
Contributed on Mar 18, 2023
What does it mean for Jesus to call us the light of the world?
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org On this Resurrection Sunday we are celebrating the glorious defeat of death and our eternal suffering by the Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his death on the Cross and his defeat over death through his resurrection ...read more
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8. 09. The Word, The Law, & The Believer
Contributed on Apr 5, 2023
What is the relationship to the Law & Prophets and the Believer
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We’ve come to a transition in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Remember that Jesus is preaching this sermon to the multitudes of people on the hillside near the Sea of Galilee. He is introducing the Jewish people to the ...read more
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9. The Truth About Murder
Contributed on Apr 12, 2023
For God, next to our relationship with Him, the issue of our relationships with each other is a top priority and there is no greater abomination to the human relationship than taking someone else’s life.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org Up to this point in our Series on the Sermon on the Mount, we have looked at the introduction of Jesus’ message. Jesus taught us the basic principles of the Kingdom of Heaven in conjunction with our salvation when ...read more
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10. The Truth About Adultery
Contributed on Apr 21, 2023
There is no greater relationship as an image in our relationship to God than the marital relationship and that is where Jesus takes us today in his sermon:
Introduction Thomas Costain’s history, ‘The Three Edwards’, describes the life of Raynald III, a fourteenth-century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was commonly called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means "fat." After a violent quarrel, Raynald’s younger ...read more
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11. The Truth About Divorce
Contributed on Apr 27, 2023
Jesus sets the liberal view on divorce by the Pharisees straight.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org I realize that this morning, we are approaching a culturally sensitive topic of divorce. There are some here this morning that have endured the pain of a failed marriage. I grew up in a home without a dad because ...read more
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12. The Truth About Integrity
Contributed on May 4, 2023
Let your yes be your yes
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org This morning in our series The Sermon on the Mount, we’re continuing through a section of Jesus’ teaching where Jesus uses the phrase, “You have heard it said… but I say.” Six times Jesus uses this pattern. The ...read more
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13. The Truth About Loving Your Enemies - Part 1
Contributed on May 17, 2023
What is the Christian's response when confronted with wrongs and evil?
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We have traveled through an incredible section of the Sermon on the Mount, immediately following the paradoxes of the Beatitudes, Jesus gets right to the heart of the issue behind what is wrong with this world and ...read more
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14. The Truth About Loving Your Enemies - Part 2
Contributed on May 25, 2023
If the rest of Jesus’s sermon is going to make sense, then we have to grasp this part and take it to heart.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We are continuing today with a portion of the Sermon on the Mount that probably challenges the believer more than any other section. I believe if the rest of Jesus’s sermon is going to make sense, then we have to ...read more
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15. The Truth About Godly Giving
Contributed on Jun 2, 2023
With all the abuses about giving from false teachers, what does the Bible really teach about our giving to God?
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We have moved to the next chapter in Matthew as we continue in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew Chapter 6. In this transition of the Chapter, we also find ourselves transitioning in Jesus’ sermon. We began with the ...read more
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16. The Power Of Prayer
Contributed on Jun 21, 2023
Jesus is stripping the Jews naked of their self-righteousness and hypocrisy related to their worship. Jesus uses a Greek word that describes them as a stage actor when it comes to their worship, and he does the same for the way they pray
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org This morning we’re continuing our study of the Sermon on the Mount. From the beginning of this study, I’ve shared with you and pointed out to you how Jesus was calling for the life of the believer to be rooted in ...read more
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17. The Lord's Prayer, Part 1 - Our Father In Heaven
Contributed on Jun 23, 2023
What does it mean to pray, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name"?
Dr. Bradford Reaves CrossWay Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org Kids are amazing when it comes to relating to God, especially when it comes to prayer. Here are some prayers from children ages 6-8 Dear God: The new baby you sent cries too much; please send a puppy instead. ...read more
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18. The Lord's Prayer - Part 2
Contributed on Jun 29, 2023
Part 2 of the Lord's Prayer, "Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven"
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We are moving through the Sermon on the Mount and last week we entered into what is a familiar prayer in Scripture - The Lord’s Prayer. Over the last several weeks, I’ve challenged you to strengthen your prayer ...read more
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19. The Lord's Prayer - Part 3 - "our Daily Bread"
Contributed on Jul 6, 2023
The more I study the text of this prayer, the more astonished I become over the weight of each word our Lord said. I have become overwhelmed by the richness of this masterpiece.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org This morning we continue in the portion of the Sermon on the Mount, commonly known as the Lord’s Prayer. Some would say it is better called The Disciple’s Prayer, and really, I’m good with that too. What we name ...read more
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20. The Lord's Prayer - Part 4a - Forgive Us
Contributed on Jul 11, 2023
Understanding forgiveness as we pray "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors" is life-changing!`
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org This morning we are moving through the Lord’s Prayer in the Sermon on the Mount. I have to tell you that as I’ve studied the Sermon on the Mount, I have found my own faith greatly transformed and encouraged. I ...read more
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21. Lord's Prayer - Part 4b - Forgive Us
Contributed on Jul 12, 2023
The Lord’s Prayer - or Disciple’s Prayer - is a prayer focusing on the Preeminence of God’s power. Without the intervention of God, our Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ, there is no daily bread, there is no forgiveness, there is no leading us.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org This morning we’re in Part 2 of Part 4 of the Lord’s Prayer regarding “Forgiving Our Debts as we forgive our debtors.” This is the 20th message in our series, The Sermon on the Mount. The basis of this petition to ...read more
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22. The Lord's Prayer -Part 4c- Forgive Us
Contributed on Jul 12, 2023
This is our third and final week in the installment of the Lord’s Prayer, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.”
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org This is our third and final week in the installment of the Lord’s Prayer, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” Before we wrap up this glorious petition of prayer, let us all stand and read together the ...read more
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23. The Lord's Prayer - Part 5 - Lead Us
Contributed on Jul 26, 2023
The heart of this stanza in the Lord’s Prayer is the distrust of the self. And because I don’t trust myself, I rush into the presence of God as my refuge from temptation.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org This is the last message in the Lord’s Prayer. What a fantastic series of messages we’ve encountered in the midst of our series of the Sermon on the Mount. We’ve come to the last stanza in verse 13 “And do not ...read more
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24. The Truth About Fasting
Contributed on Aug 9, 2023
God has given us so much to enjoy in this world, but the results of sin is so great that the grief in our spirit overrides our physical hunger.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org 16 “Now whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward ...read more
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25. The Truth About Treasure
Contributed on Aug 11, 2023
There’s nothing wrong with wealth or money. It is the love of money, even if you don’t have any, that darkens the heart.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org This morning we have the absolute privilege of continuing in our study of the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount. And before we get into the text, let me remind you that Jesus’ sermon is really a contrast between the ...read more
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26. The Truth About Worry
Contributed on Aug 24, 2023
The voice of God assures us of his care. The voice of the demonic brings fear and uncertainty. One leads to worry, the other to peace.
Dr. Bradford Reaves CrossWay Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We are coming to the closing of the sixth chapter of Matthew, taking us two -thirds of the way through the Sermon on the Mount. And as we conclude this chapter we come to the subject of worry. Jesus tells us that ...read more
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27. The Truth About Judging
Contributed on Aug 31, 2023
we are going to examine the text in the context of Jesus’ sermon and then apply it to our lives today. It is not up to the text to agree with you, but rather it is up to you to come to agreement with the text.
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org If there is one verse in the Bible that everyone will know, regardless of their faith, it is Matthew 7:1: “Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.” So, it is common that most people will take one of two ...read more
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28. Ask, Seek, Knock - The Secret To The Christian Life
Contributed on Sep 15, 2023
We do not think as the world thinks. We do not worship as the world worships. We trust God. Period.
Dr. Bradford Reaves CrossWay Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org I recently read a powerful description of the human brain in a book by R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man: “The complex capacity of the human brain is the subject of ever-widening scientific wonder. Its ten ...read more
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29. The Golden Rule
Contributed on Sep 20, 2023
Understanding the Golden Rule Biblically and in context of the Sermon on the Mount
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We now come to a well-known verse that most of us call “The Golden Rule.” If you remember from last week, I told you that we should study and understand The Sermon on the Mount as having continuity. We aren’t ...read more
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30. Two Gates, One Way
Contributed on Sep 28, 2023
What did Jesus mean, enter through the narrow gate?
Dr. Bradford Reaves CrossWay Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We come now to what I consider to be the conclusion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, beginning in verse 13 to verse 27. Here, Jesus will sum up his sermon by poignantly and clearly stating that the way to heaven is ...read more