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The Lord Jesus is the most phenomenal individual in world history. His legacy does not just survive—it thrives. Jesus stands alone in history as Truth Incarnate. His popularity two millennia after His resurrection can only be explained by the fact He lives today.

Six times in this chapter, Jesus refers to things the Pharisees taught, and then gives God’s viewpoint in contrast. The King James expresses it, “Ye have heard it said…but I say….” Here in the first part of the Sermon on the Mount, as Jesus begins His public ministry, it was essential He give this foundational teachings concerning true righteousness.

A foundational doctrine of the Church has always been that Satan does tempt people.

Let us draw near and investigate the death of God’s only Son.

Mark alone records this dynamic miracle. It is the only case of a “gradual” cure by Jesus. The man’s healing took place in two stages. First, he saw men out of focus, and then he saw them clearly.

In Psalm 119, every verse except verse 122 of the 176 verses makes some reference to the Word of God. It is amazing any single subject could be written about so extensively with so much variety and so little repetition.

Short and sweet, this is the briefest of all the Psalms, verifying that worship need not be lengthy. Although short in terms of the number of words, it is vast in content.

Peter encourages us to “add” certain things to our faith. Although faith in Christ is foundational, we are to “give all diligence” (v. 5) to focus our zeal and effort on further maturation in our Christian experience.

Isaiah makes the contrast crystal clear. Like the grass, humankind is frail and weak in comparison to God’s eternal Word. Every gravestone is a silent testimony to this fact.

In these three verses, Jesus makes allegorical use of light. “You are the light,” Jesus said, but exactly what is light?