Jesus challenges His followers to help others overcome their sin without judging them for their sin.

Jesus continues His teaching about your treasures. Why do we anxiously seek earthly treasures when our heavenly Father knows our needs. We can be anxiously chasing Him and His ways.

We can focus our attention on a lot of different things. Everyone chases something unique to their heart's desires and passions. Jesus challenges us to consider what we are pursuing and the ends of that pursuit.

Jesus teaches us how to pray to our Heavenly Father.

Jesus invites us to practice our faith with the purpose of drawing closer to God ... not to impress anyone down here.

Jesus and the Apostles showed from Psalm 16 that the Messiah would die but would rise again. This movement has animating power for Christ, His message, and His followers!

On Palm Sunday, the religious leaders ask Jesus by what authority did He do the things He was doing. Jesus proved to them (and to us) His authority.

Jesus continues to act as our new Lawgiver, standing as the second and better Moses. In this portion of the sermon on the mount, Jesus gets beyond outward shows of goodness and challenges our heart motives.

Jesus, the new Lawgiver, as the second and better Moses, shows His authority over our lives as He teaches us how to address the motives of our hearts.

Jesus carries authority over our lives. He isn't just commentating, He is our Lord.