Matthew 5:27-30

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Matthew 5:27-30

Growing deeper in your relationship with God requires understanding and conforming to the true meani

April 21, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:27–30

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- True Meaning: Living a pure life involves not only rejecting all physical acts of sexual immorality, but also cleansing the heart and mind.

- Pursuing purity requires eliminating certain things that are, or could be, sources of temptation.

- Pursuing purity requires depending on the power of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 5:43-48

May 19, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:43–48

- True Meaning: God demands that followers of Christ love and pray for all people. - A follower of Christ loves and prays for all people as a reflection of their heavenly Father. - A follower of Christ loves and prays for all people because they are distinct from the world. - A follower of Christ must pursue holiness and develop a wholehearted focus on God.

Matthew 5:38-42

May 12, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:38–42

- True Meaning: When faced with personal persecution, a follower of Jesus offers grace and mercy instead of retaliation. - Jesus does not diminish the authority or responsibility of the government to enact justice. - Followers of Jesus will face persecution. - Followers of Jesus should put the good of others above their own interests and rights. - Followers of Jesus must respond in a way that reflects Christ.

Matthew 5:33-37

May 5, 2024 • Pastor Bryce Ulrich • Matthew 5:33–37

- True Meaning: A faithful life, not the utterance of oaths, confirms the trustworthiness and reliability of a believer’s word. - There are no shortcuts to integrity. - True integrity involves purity before God. - A lack of integrity reveals the depravity of one’s heart.