• RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION

    Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. We have all been dismayed as we have witnessed hatred, anger, rioting, and destruction sweep across our nation.  Tony Perkins wrote, “the abuse of power, disregard for human life, and the wanton destruction and uncontrolled rage we are witnessing in cities […]

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  • BEARING WITH EACH OTHER

    Ephesians 4:2  Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. The Greek word for “bearing with” (or being tolerant with) each other is anexo which means exercising self-restraint and tolerance; enduring (patiently), putting up with, forbearing each other.  Webster’s Dictionary defines tolerance as “to be patient or self-controlled when subject to annoyance […]

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  • LONGSUFFERING

    Galatians 5:22,23   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Many of us have suffered from events that come at us from the outside.  In addition there is the suffering we face from physical sickness, ungodly attitudes of those around us, […]

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  • SUPPRESSION OF TRUTH

    Romans 1:18-21  The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities— […]

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  • MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

    Matthew 5:31  “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32  But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery. Some Rabbis had a strict view of […]

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  • ADULTERY

    Matthew 5:27-30   “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’   But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to […]

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  • ANGER

    Matthew 5:21   “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22  But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’  is answerable to […]

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  • TRANSFORMATION

    Matthew 5:19, 20 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that […]

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  • THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW

    Matthew 5:17   “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18  I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from […]

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  • THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

    Matthew 5:14-16  You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before men, […]

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