Key Idea Because God has graciously redeemed his people from the penalty of sin, they respond with sympathy and kindness to those suffering from the consequences of sin. Mercy begets mercy. Read more

No audio was recorded during this lecture. Key Idea Only those who have been redeemed by Christ are righteous in God’s sight; and because they are positionally righteous, they hunger and thirst to be made inwardly righteous like their Redeemer. Read more

Key Idea Meekness is neither weakness nor effeminacy, but a humble and gentle attitude towards others which is determined by a true estimate of oneself. Read more

Key Idea The virtues of the Beatitudes are those which the world despises; but because the people of God have not the mind of the world, they rightly are grieved by both their own sin and the brokenness of the world around them. Read more

Key Idea Far from addressing eight different, distinct groups, the Beatitudes describe eight character qualities of the same group of people, namely disciples. Read more

Key Idea Far from giving a “new law” or making the Gospel into just another moralistic religion—and Jesus a Jewish Socrates—the Sermon on the Mount describes the character of those already redeemed, how the world will respond to them, and they to the world Read more

Key Idea When Jesus called his first disciples to follow him, 12 of whom became apostles, he instituted a pattern and a message that continues to this day Read more

Key Idea Jesus’ message of the arrival of His Kingdom came to just the right people, at the right time, in the right place; and that place was Galilee at the beginning of what was his second year of ministry. Read more

Key Idea The inaugural act of the Messiah was to join battle with our ancient foe. Read more

Key Idea The baptism of Jesus by John in the Jordan testifies to the incarnation of Jesus Christ, that he is fully God and fully man united in one person and uniquely qualified to redeem fallen humanity. Read more