Sermons

Mathew 22:34-40  When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, an expert in the law, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Mathew 22:15-22 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. 16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality. 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites?

“The Macedonian Christians understood that God gave them “grace” in their lives which included salvation, forgiveness of sin, and the hope of eternal life. These Christians understood their hearts were changed. Instead of focusing on their own needs, they were able to focus on the needs of the church”. 2Corinthians 8:1-8

Matthew 18:21-22 Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven[a] times.

“Jesus said, If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). The commandments require two things of us: love for God and love for one another, and in verse 9 of Romans 12, Paul writes, Let love be without hypocrisy. Such love must be sincere and not fake.