Matthew 5:33-37 “Superior Righteousness, Part 4: Vows”
Jesus is quite intentionally picking a fight with what the scribes and Pharisees have taught regarding what the prophets have written.
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Andy de Ganahl
- May 26
- 11 min
Matthew 5:31-32 “Superior Righteousness, Part 3: Divorce”
The righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees is the result of twisting the grace of God and transforming it into licentiousness.
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Andy de Ganahl
- May 12
- 11 min
Matthew 5:27-30 “Superior Righteousness, Part 2: Adultery”
In correcting the common teaching regarding adultery, Jesus answers two significant questions about righteousness and adultery.
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Andy de Ganahl
- May 5
- 9 min
Matthew 5:23-26 – “Superior Righteousness, Part 1b: Repentance”
If humanity cannot legislate righteousness, then what is the proper response to a lapse in righteousness?
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Andy de Ganahl
- Apr 28
- 12 min
Matthew 5:21-22 “Superior Righteousness, Part 1a: Murder”
Here Jesus exposes their faux righteousness before describing His surpassing righteousness.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Apr 21
- 12 min
Matthew 5:17-20 “Fulfilling the Law and the Prophets”
Jesus does not reinterpret, reinvent, spiritualize, or superimpose alternative meaning or nuance upon the text of Scripture.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Apr 13
- 11 min
Matthew 5:14-16 “Proof of Covenant Purpose”
Jesus completes the thought by relating how the disciples fit in to the purpose of God’s covenant: that is, to save the world through Israel
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Andy de Ganahl
- Apr 6
- 11 min
Matthew 5:13 – “Proof of God’s Perpetual Plan”
Jesus' disciples are proof that (1) God’s plan remains unaltered (v. 13) and (2) that plan is to save the world through Israel (vv. 14-16).
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Andy de Ganahl
- Mar 30
- 12 min
Matthew 5:10-12 “Blessed are the Persecuted”
Thematically and contextually, vv. 11-12 provide further explanation of v. 10. Structurally, vv. 11-12 provide a transition to vv. 13 ff.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Mar 23
- 15 min
Matthew 5:8-9 – “Blessed is the New Covenant”
It is time to notice how this second table of Jesus’ beatitudes relates to the first table.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Mar 17
- 9 min
Matthew 5:6-7 “Blessed are Those who Crave and Practice the Things of God.”
Here Jesus transitions from vertical submission to horizontal service. If one craves the things of God, then he will do the things of God.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Mar 10
- 11 min
Matthew 5:3-5 – “The Beatitudes, Part 1: Blessed are the Humble.”
As we examine the text verse-by-verse, we will 1st explain the statement of blessing, then investigate the significance of the OT allusion.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Feb 24
- 12 min
“Introducing the Beatitudes”
Matthew uses 5:1-2 to connect the reader to a similar event that took place over 1400 years before.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Feb 17
- 12 min
“Introducing the Sermon on the Mount”
This passage which we call the Sermon on the Mount has always attracted disciples of Jesus and is therefore worthy of our careful study.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Feb 10
- 12 min
Matthew 4:23-25 “The King’s Public Introduction”
This transition introduces three key aspects of Matthew’s first major argument why believers should follow Jesus alone.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Feb 3
- 12 min
Matthew 4:18-22 “The King’s Recruitment”
Matthew’s account conveys three distinctions of discipleship.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Jan 27
- 9 min
Matthew 4:12-17 “The King’s Relocation”
If Jesus is the long-awaited king, why then does He not conquer Jerusalem as David did and be done with it?
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Andy de Ganahl
- Jan 20
- 14 min
Matthew 4:1-11 “The King’s Anointing, Part 3: The Anointed One”
Plainly stated: Jesus relives the temptation in the garden as well as Israel’s testing in the wilderness o prove that He is Messiah.
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Andy de Ganahl
- Jan 13
- 12 min
Matthew 3:13-17 “The Anointing”
As Matthew introduces Jesus, he does so with two main points in mind...
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Andy de Ganahl
- Jan 6
- 14 min
Matthew 3:7-12 “The Herald’s Warning”
Unless provided with additional information, we would be led to believe that John has enacted the fulfillment of nearly all OT prophecy.
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