Loving, giving, praying

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Matthew 5:43-6:24

Yesterday we saw 6 ways God’s greater righteousness is expressed as we draw on God’s grace to go further than the law. Grace is internal and empowered by the Spirit. The law looks for external observance. Today we see the biggie – love. Loving your neighbour is one thing. Loving your enemy requires the empowerment […]

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Greater Righteousness

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Matthew 5:21-42

The law was pretty much impossible for us to keep – you may think you are doing well with the 10 Commandments, but then get nailed by “Do not covet”! By the time of Jesus, the Pharisees had added a lot to the law. In the 3rd Century the Mishnah there were 800 extra pages […]

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The Gospel of the Kingdom

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Matthew 4:23-5:20

There are three aspects to the gospel of the Kingdom in this passage. Jesus preached/proclaimed the good news. The word used is like a town crier proclaiming news in ancient times. Bold, clear and challenging in such a way as people need to listen and respond. Teaching – Jesus explained and opened up the difficulties, […]

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Starting well to finish well

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Matthew 4:1-22

Jesus is the perfect character we can have to measure our lives. HE is the bench mark for you and me to make things right in our own lives. If we quickly run through this passage in reverse we will see… JESUS started demonstrating power of GOD through His mission of preaching the gospel of […]

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It’s all about Jesus

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Matthew 2:1-25

The whole Bible is about Jesus. The Old Testament points to His coming and our need of Him, the Gospels tells us about His first coming and the rest of the New Testament is about how to live in the good of that as we await His return. Matthew’s Gospel is full of Old Testament […]

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God uses allsorts

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Matt 1:1-25

Great to have you with us on New Years Day on the adventure of the New Testament in One Year. What a way to start though with a long list of names! It shows us Jesus is the climax of Old Testament history. The one that they had been waiting for. The Messiah (which means […]

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New testament in a Year

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From 1st Jan 2018, we will be reading through the new testament in a year. Do join us here or on the app… You can install the app  www.tinyurl.com/iOSChurchApp for iOS devices and www.tinyurl.com/AndroidChurchApp on Android devices

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