Matthew 5:21-24 - Heart Searching

The Bible Study with Steven Lawson

OnePassion Ministries

Christianity, Romans, Expository Preaching, Religion & Spirituality, Jesus, Reformed Christianity, Bible, Christ

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🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In this episode of the Bible study podcast, Dr. Steven Lawson delves into Matthew 5:21-24, exploring Jesus' interpretation of the law on murder. He emphasizes that true obedience to God's commandments starts from the heart, not just external actions. By comparing the misinterpretations of the scribes and Pharisees, Dr. Lawson highlights the importance of internal purity and genuine spirituality. Jesus' teachings call for deep self-examination and reconciliation with others to truly honor God. Dr. Lawson's insights offer a profound understanding of the heart's role in living a righteous life. Join us for this enlightening discussion on the essence of true obedience.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, president of One Passion Ministries.
0:07.3	And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture
0:11.4	so that you can better understand the word of God
0:14.2	and put it into practice in your life. Join me now as we look together into this
0:18.9	section of the Bible. All right well let's just hop this. This is going to be a great study. So, Father, as we now open your word, we pray you will open our eyes, open our hearts, open our souls, and help this truth from these verses be implanted yet again in our heart and soul. So we acknowledge that you are God, there is no other,
0:48.8	this is your word, this is not the word of any man or society or church or religion.
0:55.0	This has come down from heaven.
0:58.0	And so we want to drink this in.
1:00.0	So we pray this in Jesus name, Amen.
1:04.3	Okay, Matthew chapter 5, beginning in verse 21.
1:07.6	I look here at this table, everybody's already
1:10.4	has their Bible open to Matthew 5, 21.
1:14.3	Today, I don't know how far we're going to get into this.
1:17.6	I have this scheduled to go through verse 23, really the cluster verses goes through verse 26.
1:27.0	We'll see how this works out.
1:33.8	Beginning in verse 21, Jesus says in the sermon on the mount,
1:40.0	you have heard that the ancients were told
1:42.1	you shall not commit murder and whoever commits
1:45.7	murder shall be liable to the court.
1:49.1	But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court.
1:57.0	And whoever says to his brother you good for nothing shall be guilty before the Supreme Court.
2:04.0	And whoever says you fool shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
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