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).

But instead, Jesus fully answered this all important question in just 38 words. We'll spend the final six weeks of this year coming to understand the pattern these 38 words set for

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.