As the final words of Sermon on the Mount, Jesus confronts us with himself. He sets before us the radical choice between obedience and disobedience and calls us to an unconditional commitment of mind, will, and life to his teaching. In these...

We come to Matthew 7:13-20 and we see that the main body of Jesus’ Sermon is now over, and we come to verse 13 and the application or conclusion of Jesus’ Sermon begins. He begins verse 13 with an emphasis on the necessity of choice, “Enter by the...

Today we are studying 7:7-12, and we will see Jesus is saying something similar about how God wants us to be with him in prayer. In these verses Jesus is exhorting his disciples to persist in passionate prayer that explores the extent of God’s...

Look at Matthew 7:1-5. Jesus in verse one warns us, “Judge not, that you be not judged.” Jesus is not saying here that we never judge, that we never point out sin in other Christians lives, or that we never receive correction from others. John Stott...

We’ve been jumping around in the sermon on the mount over the last month with the holidays so let me review where the Lord’s prayer is in the sermon on the mount. It comes in Matthew 6 right after Jesus said this. Matt. 6:5 “And when you pray, you...

Today we are going to look at Matthew 7:28-29. At the conclusion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, recorded by Matthew, Matthew tells us what impacted the crowds the most. He says, “And when Jesus finished these sayings [his sermon on the mount], the...

Ordination Service for Jared Clary at Norris Ferry Community Church on December 17, 2017, 10:30am Service

Ordination Sunday - 9:00am Service, Ordination of Claude Bundrick

Jesus told a story about a hidden treasure that, once discovered, brought life-changing joy. In the video seriesThe Treasure Principle, Randy Alcorn unearths a simple yet profound principle that will radically change your concept of stewardship...

In these verses Jesus uses the eye as a metaphor and his point is that in order for the whole body or whole person to be healthy the person must have a healthy eye. He explains that the eye is like a lamp in a room. If the lamp is healthy, or good...