Like any good sermon, it's full of scripture references, and it has a clear gospel call in v38-39: .. .through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39 Through him everyone who believes is

understands the deep significance of something and its practical relevance (Pss. 104:24; 136:5; Rom. 11:33

But just as Moses couldn't see God's face and live (Exodus 33:20), no one had fully seen God until that

wrong to say this, for the Bible often equates Jesus with forgiveness (Matt. 26:28, Luke 24:47, Acts 2:38 , Acts 10:43, Acts 13:38, Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:13-14, 1 John 2:12, just to name a few).

those in our number who stubbornly persist in the "detestable things" mentioned in this chapter (v29-30

Summary In Matthew 5:34-37 Jesus speaks against making oaths, instead encouraging the people to “let

It seems that every church building that is 30+ years old has at least one of those types of items.

Yet, they still found the need to create a golden calf and worship the golden calf (Exodus 32).

This is the response of the crowd and Peter’s reply from Acts 2:37-38: When the people heard this, they

Dig Deeper When I was a freshmen at Dordt College in NW Iowa 33 years ago, I worked on an egg farm.