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Matthew 5:48 · BSB
5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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…I don't meet His standard. That's how I know you don't meet His standard because you know what His standard is. Jesus clearly defines that force inMatthew chapter 5 verse 48, He says this, be perfect. Therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Jesus was telling them something that they could not do be perfect. But…
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…And that choice is Jesus. They can choose him, they can choose his way. They can sit at his feet, they can submit to his teaching, teachings likeMatthew chapter 5, verses 43 through 48, where Jesus says, You've heard the law that says, love your neighbor and hate your enemy. I say, love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute…
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…And that choice is Jesus. They can choose him, they can choose his way. They can sit at his feet, they can submit to his teaching, teachings likeMatthew chapter 5, verses 43 through 48, where Jesus says, You've heard the law that says, love your neighbor and hate your enemy. I say, love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute…
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…we're going to unpack as we think about this really challenging command and how we can live it out today. Today's reading is from the Gospel ofMatthew, chapter 5, verses 43 to 48. You have heard that it was said, love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…
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…even when it's hard. Learn from Adam's mistake and take responsibility. Follow Moses' example of perseverance and trust in God. Jesus said inMatthew 5, verse 48, Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect. This might sound impossible, but God wouldn't ask us to aim for something that we…
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…you who know me, my name is Sean. And it's my joy and privilege to preach God's word to you this morning. ! Please turn with me in your Bibles toMatthew chapter 5, verse 43 to 48. If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand. We'd love to give you a copy to use. We are coming today to the last and climactic section of…
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…person and his name was Jesus and in the greatest sermon that has ever been preached The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew he says the following wordsMatthew 5 verse 48be what be perfect therefore as your heavenly father is perfect some of you just heard that verse for the very first time in your life and you are…
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…demands that we become like Him, that we embody His teaching, that we strive towards ultimate relationship with the Holy Trinity, concluding inMatthew, chapter 5 verse 48, "Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect." as your Heavenly Father is perfect. By grace we go to the cross and are found in…
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…love your neighbor, as yourself. I am the Lord. Pretty clear. Right? It's pretty clear in the Old testament. So here's a new testament version. InMatthew 05:44 through 48Jesus says, and it's up on the screen. I tell you love your enemies and pray for those who per you. That you may be children of your father in…
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…House. Today's message is entitled, Haters Going to Hate, or subheading is Do You Have What It Takes? The text that we will be using today isMatthew 5 verses 43 through 48. You can go ahead and turn there if you are following along in your Bible. This message, even off the title, you get an idea of where we are in…
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…recorded and given verses and chapters later. However, the chapter divisions do pretty much mark those three points of the sermon. So as we readMatthew 5, verse 48, I understand that this verse is acting as a summary remark for the first point. The first main point Jesus has made in the sermon, back in Matthew…
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…our perception, and our perspective of things might shift the way the culture moves, my shift, some things. God doesn't shift because he's perfect.Matthew 5:48says, your heavenly father is perfect. So the gnostics claim to have this Divine Enlightenment in them, so that means that they have like the…
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…the Holiness that we are called to, in 1 Peter 1:16 Leviticus 11, Hebrews 12:14, they will deter us from the Perfection that we are called toMatthew 5:48Temptations, taken lightly, and carelessly will deter us from the sanctification that we are called to, This alone is 4:3. So if you're asking, why…
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…social media? Who is your enemy? You have to decide that, and then you've got to listen to what Jesus teaches here. Let's read the scripture here.Matthew 5, verses 43 through 48. He says, You've heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those…
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…any of them could achieve, humanly speaking. And not only is the standard for entrance into heaven better than the best of the best, later on inMatthew chapter 5, verse 48, he says, Therefore you are to be what? Perfect, as your heavenly father is perfect. And those words should have slain the crowd. Like, there's no…
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…How many of you in this room don't feel worthy of love? Should be all of you. If we got what we deserve, well then we all would be in trouble.Matthew chapter 5, verse 48, Jesus sums up his sermon on the mount by saying, Be perfect, therefore, just like God is perfect. That's the standard. So God does have a standard…
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…we're going to be held accountable for the way that we interact with others around us do you want to know what God requires of you do you rememberMatthew chapter 5 verse 48Jesus says be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect that should ring of the rhythm of 1st Peter 1 16 be holy for I am holy God has revealed…
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Matthew 5, verses 43-48. Jesus is going to say to us, let me clarify this hate your enemy thing. An enemy is someone who is a constant threat. An enemy is someone who is…
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…get there and we will find it completely empty. Because that is not the point of Jesus speaking here. The point of calling us to that is echoed inMatthew chapter 5, verse 48. He says, Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect. Well, double crud. If I can't be better than Billy Graham, how am I supposed…
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…get there and we will find it completely empty. Because that is not the point of Jesus speaking here. The point of calling us to that is echoed inMatthew chapter 5, verse 48. He says, Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect. Well, double crud. If I can't be better than Billy Graham, how am I supposed…
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