What you have to understand is that Jesus is alive right now and knowing what he had to do in order to overcome your regrets, he has NO regret. He does not regret what he’s done for you. He welcomes you with open arms. Stephen Saucier The post 1 Peter 1:3-9, Raised From Regret appeared first on Sunfield.

The gospel is not good news without the Triumphal Entry because the conquest of the powers that really matter comes only through Jesus’ humility. He had to get the people’s hopes up for a king they expected so he could dash their hopes with the king they desperately needed — the king who would die on the cross for their sins. Stephen Saucier The post Matthew 21:1-11, The Prophet Jesus From Nazareth of Galilee appeared first on Sunfield.

God’s acceptance is based on sheer grace — grace and nothing else. Grace means that God welcomes you into a place you don’t have a right to be. Stephen Saucier The post Matthew 5:10-12, Blessed Are the Persecuted appeared first on Sunfield.

Hypocrisy is the sin of lying to God, yourself, and other people about who you really are on the inside. Stephen Saucier The post Matthew 5:8, Blessed Are the Pure in Heart appeared first on Sunfield.

Without the Gospel as the source for our mercy, all of our forgiveness and all of our generosity will deteriorate into something self-righteous and condescending, and ultimately not all that helpful to other people. Stephen Saucier The post Matthew 5:7, Blessed Are the Merciful appeared first on Sunfield.

To be truly meek means we no longer protect ourselves, because we see there is nothing worth defending. Martyn Lloyd-Jones The post Matthew 5:5, Blessed Are the Meek appeared first on Sunfield.

If we understood grace we would weep for our sins and the sins of others! In fact, I would argue that until you’re miserable for killing Jesus by your sin, you have not had real misery — you’ve never really mourned. Stephen Saucier The post Matthew 5:4, Blessed Are Those Who Mourn appeared first on Sunfield.

What marks us as kingdom people and genuine Christians is that we keep coming back to this one thing: the inexhaustible grace of God, knowing that it’s all we have…and all we need. Stephen Saucier The post Matthew 5:3, Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit appeared first on Sunfield.

When you understand the grace of God, what you value, that is what you live for and long for, gets completely turned upside down. Because of grace, you become a person who no longer feels superior to other people and instead sees them as objects of the very mercy that you’ve received. Stephen Saucier The post Matthew 5:1-12, The Beatitudes appeared first on Sunfield.

Until you see that the Sermon on the Mount is all about Jesus. It’ll never be about you. Stephen Saucier The post Matthew 5-7, A Sermon on the Sermon on the Mount appeared first on Sunfield.