Matthew 5:27-30 Because Christ calls his people to radical holiness, believers must pursue purity of heart through mortification of sin by the Spirit, resting in Christ's finished work.
Matthew 5:21-26 Christ reveals that the covenant demands not only the restraint of outward violence, but the reconciliation of hearts, for only reconciled people can offer true worship to the…
Matthew 5:17-20 Because Christ has fulfilled the law and the prophets, the believer must rest in His righteousness, revere His word, and reflect His righteousness in daily life.
Matthew 5:13-16 Because believers are united to Christ in the covenant of grace, they are called to live out their covenant identity as salt and light, preserving truth, shining in…
Matthew 5:10 Persecution isn’t proof that you’ve lost the kingdom, persecution is proof you belong to it. Those who endure persecution for covenant faithfulness to Christ, show themselves to be…
2 Peter 3:1-10 God, in his grace and mercy, sent his son into the world to save a specific people called the elect, each one elected to be wholly and…
Matthew 5:9 In Christ, peacemakers are those who, reconciled to God, reflect his peace and reveal their adoptions as sons.
Matthew 5:7 In union with Christ, the merciful life is not a condition for grace, but a consequence of it. Those who have received God's covenant mercy in Christ are…
Matthew 5:6 True blessedness is found in those whom God has regenerated to hunger and thirst not for this world, but for the righteousness found in Christ and grown by…
Matthew 5:5 True meekness is not weakness, but Spirit wrought strength under submission, modeled by Christ, marked in his people, and crowned with the promise of Earth.