Daily DEVOTIONAL

Matthew 5:33-48: Love Your Enemies

January 13, 2025

Genesis 31, Psalm 13, Matthew 5:33-48, Acts 8:1-25 Matthew 5:33-48: We have already, yesterday, commented on the repeated refrain that structures this middle section of the Sermon on the Mount—“you have heard that it was said…but I say to you.” This claim of Jesus to be the authoritative interpretation of the Scriptures, against the views…

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