His Teachings
{TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST}
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{SERMON ON THE MOUNT}
- The Greater Lawgiver - {PDF Copy} - (In Matthew, Jesus is the Greater Moses who interprets the Law and the Prophets and brings them to fulfillment)
- Fulfillment - Law and Prophets - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus came to bring all this is promised and foreshadowed in the Hebrew scriptures to fulfillment)
- Love your Enemy - {PDF Copy} - (Mercy and love are the defining characteristics of disciples and reflect the nature of the Father)
- Responding to Persecutors - {PDF Copy} - (When Christians react in kind to hostility, whether from government, society, or individuals, Satan triumphs)
- Absolute Authority - {PDF Copy} - (At the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus claims absolute authority for his words. Ignore them at your peril)
{DISCIPLESHIP & KINGDOM}
- On the Way - (On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus explains to his disciples just what it means to be the Messiah of Israel) - {PDF Copy}
- Seed and Sower - {PDF Copy} - (The Son of Man sows the seed of the gospel in the world where it grows into the kingdom of God until the end of the age)
- Parables of the Kingdom - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus taught several parables concerning God’s kingdom, its unexpected ways of expansion, and its status in the world)
- Jesus and Tradition - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus undermines the religious rationale for dietary restrictions. With the Messiah’s arrival, old rituals have lost their relevance)
{MOUNT OF OLIVES}
- In the Temple - {PDF Copy} - (The Olivet Discourse was given at the end of the public ministry of Jesus after his final departure from the Temple)
- Desolate Temple - {PDF Copy} - (When he left the Temple for the last time, Jesus pronounced its coming desolation to his opponents)
- Deceivers and False Prophets - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus warns us of coming false prophets, deceivers who will mislead many and disseminate false information about the future)
- The Abomination of Desolation - {PDF Copy} - (Matthew 24:15 - When disciples see the “abomination of desolation,” they are to flee the vicinity of Jerusalem)
- Coming on the Clouds - {PDF Copy} - (The whole earth will witness the “Son of Man” arriving on the clouds to gather his “elect” – Mark 13:21-27)
- Budding Fig Tree - {PDF Copy} - (The parable of the budding fig tree pointed to the destruction of the Temple predicted by Jesus – Mark 13:28-29)
- "THIS Generation" - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 13:30-31 - This generation is applied consistently to the generation that opposed Jesus)
- Days of Noah - {PDF Copy} - (Just as the unprepared were destroyed by the Flood, so unrepentant men and apostates will be overtaken by destruction when Jesus returns)