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Divorce is such a reality today. To answer their questions about divorce, Jesus takes us back to the beginning. God’s design - one woman, one man, one flesh, for life. Divorce was never an option; it wasn’t even in the picture. While I don’t want anyone feeling condemned or guilty over a failed relationship. I don’t want anyone to go away feeling that marriage vows are anything other than permanent and binding before a holy God. Some will think I’m too liberal, some will think I’m too hard. That’s just the nature of the subject. So, I am going to try to BIBLE this as much as I can.

How do you prevent a foothold becoming a stronghold in the area of sexual temptation? In the latest part of our ‘Sermon on the Mount’ series, we explore Jesus’ teaching on lust.

Tonight, Dave continues to explore the Sermon on the Mount by looking at the passage of Matthew 5:17-20 on how Christ came to fulfil the law.

Tonight Tara continues our 166 theme by looking at teaching on “Salt and Light” from the Sermon on the mount. (Matthew 5:13-16)

Tonight, Dave continued as part of our 166 theme to explore “The Sermon on the Mount” and looked at the well-known passage in Matthew 5 on the Beatitudes. Tonight, we explored about how Jesus references the blessing of the Kingdom and how it was for every person.

Tonight, we began our new series by exploring the first two verses of Matthew 5 in the introduction to the Sermon on the Mount. Dave tonight looked at three main points:

1. the difference between crowds and disciples

2. the call to come away with Jesus in the midst of life’s difficulties

3. the need to listen to the word of God for people who are in the midst of struggles, rather than simply sharing human wisdom

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