Noel Piepgrass

In Matthew 8:1-17, Jesus has come down the mountain after preaching the Sermon on the Mount.  As the crowds follow him, he encounters 3 outsiders and responds with healing.  

The immediate reaction to the words of Jesus at the end of his famous Sermon on the Mount was astonishment because of the authority with which he taught.  In this message, we see that Jesus was more than a great teacher, more than a prophet, he was in fact the Son of God, the Messiah, and therefore our King.  Matthew 7:28-29 

In the culmination of his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus emphasizes being not just hearers, but doers of his words.  He gives the example of the wise builder who built upon the rock and was sustained through the storm.  Matthew 7:24-27. 

At the conclusion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7:15-23, he warned his followers not to get distracted or persuaded by false teaching.  By Noel Piepgrass  

In Matthew 7:7-12, Jesus teaches that we can persist before the Father in prayer because he is the giver of good gifts. By Noel Piepgrass

In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus teaches that our worry reveals our worship and that he can be trusted to provide for us so we should seek first His kingdom.  By Noel Piepgrass 

In Matthew 7:1-6 Jesus teaches a type of discernment that doesn’t place ourselves in the position of God and asks us to look ourselves in the mirror before helping a brother or sister with their own sin. By Noel Piepgrass