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  • Wesley Bishop avatar

    Who Can I Hate?

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Jan 7, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,579 views

    This is about loving our enemies.

    Read Matthew 5:43-48. This is yet another hard saying of the Sermon on the Mount. This goes beyond the revenge we looked at last week. Jesus said that we shouldn’t seek revenge. Okay, fine. I’d love to take revenge, but I won’t. Now he says that I have to love them. Isn’t it enough that I ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Where Does Pride Get You

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Jan 14, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,064 views

    This is about the dangers of spiritual pride.

    There was a man who received a medal for his unusual humility. It was taken away when he wore everywhere. Read Matthew 6:16-18. The words “pride” and “proud” occur over 80 times in the Bible. Proverbs 16:18 says, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Measuring Up To God's Standard

    Contributed by Greg Tabor on Oct 21, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 14,124 views

    You’ve got to think that the folks listening to Jesus were hoping for a replacement for the stringent Law of God that had become even more difficult to keep under the unbearable traditions of the Pharisees. I’m sure there were some great expectations. Aft

    Measuring Up to God’s Standard 7/10/05 Lighthouse Assembly of God Pastor Greg Tabor Introduction You’ve got to think that the folks listening to Jesus were hoping for a replacement for the stringent Law of God that had become even more difficult to keep under the unbearable traditions of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Heart Affair

    Contributed by Greg Tabor on Oct 21, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,990 views

    This sermon knocks down the ’you can look, but you can’t touch’ mentality. God’s not just concerned with bodily adultery, but also the adultery that takes place in the heart.

    A Heart Affair A sermon on Lust Introduction Today we are going to talk about a subject that is very disturbing. That subject is adultery. And the most disturbing fact about this subject is that we are all adulterers. Does that shock you? It should! But it is a reality. Read Matthew 5:27-30 ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Turning My Other Cheek

    Contributed by Greg Tabor on Oct 21, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,502 views

    Some difficult-to-understand sayings of Jesus. Some important truths for us to apply.

    Turning My Other Cheek Introduction “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit Series

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,564 views

    Remember, Jesus is speaking of spiritual poverty. He never condoned utter poverty as good. He is speaking to the person who has an utter sense of his own destitution in the sight of God, who can only say, "God, be merciful to me a sinner." That person

    BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT Matthew 5:3 Someone has said that the beatitudes are called that because they are good attitudes to be in. Yet such attitudes are not popular today in the world or even in the church. Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Are You Thirsty For Series

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 91 ratings
     | 15,735 views

    Just what is this righteousness that we are to hunger and thirst for? The Bible speaks of three kinds of righteousness.

    WHAT ARE YOU THIRSTY FOR? Matt 5:6 D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones wrote, "If every man and woman in the world knew what it was to ’hunger and thirst after righteousness’ there would be no danger of war." We live in a world that is hungry and thirsty. The problem is that people are hungry and thirsty for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Blessed Are The Merciful Series

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 50 ratings
     | 10,095 views

    Our God is a merciful God, and expects those of us who have received his mercy to be merciful as well.

    BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL Matthew 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." Are you a merciful person? Yet that is what our Lord Jesus Christ wants us to be. In Luke 6:36, our Lord said, "Therefore be mersiful, just as your Father is also merciful." Our God is a merciful ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Peacemakers Series

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 48 ratings
     | 13,416 views

    Jesus Christ came into the world so that we might be reconciled to God. Those he has reconciled have been called to become agents of his peace in the world. How can we become peacemakers?

    THE PEACEMAKERS Matthew 5:9 Every believer is to be a peacemaker both in the church and in the community. Christians should never seek conflict or be responsible for it. Yet, we find that conflict if often the result of one’s coming to Jesus Christ. For example, a college professor shared his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 25, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 6,489 views

    Blessed are those who mourn over troubling situations, over their sins, and over the sins of others.

    Evening Service for 8/24/2003 Introduction: I set beside a tiny crib and watched a baby die, and the parents slowly turned to me and said, “Preacher, tell us why?” And I walked away from the nursery where still born babies lie, and a mother stretches out her empty arms and says, “Preacher, oh ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Influence

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,898 views

    A message focusing on the Christian’s call to influence his/her world.

    Influence Matt. 5:13-16 It is told that once during the Civil War, a detachment of General Sheridan’s men, caught in a tight corner, broke and fled and galloped away for their lives; and just then Sheridan himself came riding up. Taking in the situation at a glance, he rose in his stirrups, waved ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Peacemakers Series

    Contributed by Greg Johnson on Jan 6, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,793 views

    Being a peacemaker is one of the eight qualities of character of a citizen of the Kingdom of God that Jesus declares in the greatest sermon ever preached, the Sermon on the Mount. The peacemakers are called children of God because they continue the minis

    This message is an edited version of a sermon given at Loving God Fellowship. Copyright © 2007 Loving God Fellowship, Inc. http://www.LovingGodFellowship.org . You are encouraged to share this message with those you know that are hungry for God’s Word. The Peacemakers The Greatest Sermon Ever ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • William Nieporte avatar

    Blessed Are The Cheesemakers

    Contributed by William Nieporte on Nov 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,569 views

    What does it mean to be blessed? What does it mean to be favored by God? And what does it mean to be among those who are cursed with troubles and woes.

    In the Monty Python movie "The Life of Brian" (I am not advocating seeing this movie) Jesus goes up on the mountain side to teach the people. There is a huge crowd gathered around him. In fact, the crowd is so vast that the people who are on the outer edge of the gathering cannot hear what is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living In A Fishbowl Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Dec 2, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,343 views

    You live in a fishbowl and people are watching to see if your walk matches your talk.

    I remember when I was pastor of a church and living in the parsonage directly across from the church. It was like living in a fishbowl. It was the glass house syndrome where it seemed everyone could see right into our house. People knew if I was home, because my car was parked there. They knew who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Obsticles To Kingdom Life- The Respectability Trap Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 5, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,187 views

    This is sermon #5 of the Sermon on the Mount series (#4 was preached by Jesus Castillo), Using the text from Matt.6:1-18 Jesus speaks of doing our good deeds in secret to please only God.

    The Sermon on the Mount #5 Obstacles to Kingdom Life ¡V The Respectability Trap Matthew 6:1-18 CHCC: October 7, 2007 Skit: IN SECRET: Janet Arnold, Summie Roach INTRODUCTION: (Comment about skit) Most people like attention when they do good deeds, but the most amazing example of tooting ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ