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Verse Matthew 5:24. _LEAVE THERE THY GIFT BEFORE THE ALTAR_] This is
as much as to say, "Do not attempt to bring any offering to God while
thou art in a spirit of enmity against any person; or hast a...
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THEREFORE, IF THOU BRING THY GIFT TO THE ALTAR ... - The Pharisees
were intent only on the external act in worship. They looked not at
all to the internal state of the mind. If a man conformed to the...
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5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7
_ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .)
2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
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THE FULFILLED LAW IN RELATION TO THE TEACHING OF THE SCRIBES.
Matthew 5:21. Murder and Malice. Ye (have) heard: _ i.e._ in the
synagogues. The addition to the sixth commandment represents the
traditi...
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III. DUTY BEFORE WORSHIP.
23, 24. THEREFORE, IF THOU BRING THY GIFT TO THE ALTAR.
This springs immediately out of the modification of the law, Thou
shalt not kill, which required that there should be...
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So, then, if you bring your gift to the altar, and if you there
remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift
there before the altar, and go, and first be reconciled to your
br...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48)
As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel.
In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that
the hour has struc...
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LEAVE. An unusual practice.
BE RECONCILED. Greek. _dialattomai._ Occurs only here....
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_before the altar_ Stay the sacrifice, though begun, for God will not
accept it unless the heart be free from anger, and the conscience from
offence. It is an application of the great principle summed...
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ἜΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΊΟΥ. Stay the
sacrifice, though begun, for God will not accept it unless the heart
be free from anger, and the conscience from offence. It is an
application of the great princi...
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VER23. "THEREFORE IF THOU BRING THY GIFT TO THE ALTAR, AND THERE
REMEMBEREST THAT THY BROTHER HATH OUGHT AGAINST THEE; 24. LEAVE THERE
THY GIFT BEFORE THE ALTAR, AND GO THY WAY; FIRST BE RECONCILED TO...
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_JESUS' TEACHING ABOUT MURDER, ADULTERY AND SWEARING MATTHEW 5:21-37:_
In Matthew 5:21-26 we learn that the thought of hatred produces the
act of murder. Therefore, the thought is the act in the heart...
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DISCOURSE: 1301
THE NECESSITY OF SEEKING RECONCILIATION WITH MEN
Matthew 5:23. _Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and
there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave
t...
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THEREFORE, IF THOU BRING THY GIFT— Farther, to quench the first and
smallest sparks of enmity, and prevent all occasion of angry
resentments, our Lord adds what follows from this to the 26th verse;
fo...
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C. THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN RELATION TO THE LAW
2. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD ANGER OR HATE,
TEXT: 5:21-26
21. Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not
kill; and whosoever shall ki...
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Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be
reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
LEAVE THERE THY GIFT BEFORE THE ALTAR, AND GO THY WAY; FIRST BE
RECONCIL...
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22 Gehenna, the valley of the son of Hinnom, just below the city of
Jerusalem, where idolatrous worship was once carried on and where the
city offal was burned, will once more become the incinerator f...
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REVISION OF THE LAW OF MURDER (not in St. Luke's sermon, but a
parallel to Matthew 5:25 occurs in Luke 12:58). Christ now shows by a
few illustrative examples how the Law is to be understood and
pract...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This
sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20),
that it is
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29
INTRODUCTION
This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus
taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
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LEAVE THERE THY GIFT. — The words describe an act which would appear
to men as a breach of liturgical propriety. To leave the gift and the
priest, the act of sacrifice unfinished, would be strange and...
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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_First illustration of Christ's ethical attitude_, taken from the
Sixth Commandment. In connection with this and the following
exemplifications of Christ's ethical method, the interpreter is
embarrass...
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Holtzmann (H. C.) regards these verses, as well as the two following,
as an addition by the evangelist. But the passage is at least in
thorough harmony with what goes before, as well as with the whole...
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NEW HEART RIGHTEOUSNESS
Matthew 5:17-26
Our Lord's mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon
fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as manhood fulfils childhood and the
perfect picture, the ru...
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In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the
Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme
condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
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_Leave thy offering. This is not to be understood, as if a man were
always bound to go to the person offended; but it is to signify, that
a man is bound in his heart and mind to be reconciled, to forg...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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CHRIST is our New Testament Altar, neither have we any other. It is
painful to hear men call the communion table Altar, a name which
belongs only to JESUS. But seen in this point of view, when drawing...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him
in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their
portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside.
The str...
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LEAVE THERE THY GIFT BEFORE THE ALTAR,.... This might easily be done,
and the business soon dispatched, at some seasons; particularly, at
their public feasts, as the passover, pentecost, and feast of...
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Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be
reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Ver. 24. _Leave there thy gift_] The fountain of love will not be
laded at...
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LEAVE THERE THY GIFT BEFORE THE ALTAR, AND GO THY WAY, FIRST BE
RECONCILED TO THY BROTHER, AND THEN COME AND OFFER THY GIFT.
The forgiving attitude is pictured from a happening which was very
frequent...
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Jesus presents the positive side of His exposition:...
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From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first,
but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and
east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
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21-26 The Jewish teachers had taught, that nothing except actual
murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. Thus they explained
away its spiritual meaning. Christ showed the full meaning of this...
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The Jews were to _offer gifts and sacrifices,_ HEBREWS 5:1. Their
gifts were their free will offerings, they were the most frequent
oblations amongst the Jews, as may appear from Leviticus, and what t...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III " Dicunt itaque ex iis
quemdam, cum ad hostram virginem vultu formosam accessisset, dixisse:
Scriptum est: "Da omni te petenti: "[20]...
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Matthew 5:24 leave G863 (G5628) your G4675 gift G1435 there G1563
before G1715 altar G2379 and G2532 way...
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“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar,”
And there remember that your brother has anything against you,
Leave there your gift before the altar,
And go your way, first be reconciled t...
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FIVE FULLER APPLICATIONS OF THE LAW (5:21-43).
In order to bring home what His disciples' approach to the Law should
be Jesus selects five pivotal aspects of the Law, and expands on them
and explains...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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Our Lord defines His relation to the old dispensation (Matthew
5:17-19), thus introducing the negative leading thought, viz., the
utter failure of the Pharisees to attain true righteousness, according...
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FIRST BE RECONCILED
(πρωτον διαλλαγηθ). Second aorist passive imperative.
Get reconciled (ingressive aorist, take the initiative). Only example
of this compound in the New Testament where usually
κα...
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Matthew 5:21
The Law kept by Love.
I. In dealing with this principle our Lord adduces certain examples by
way of illustration, and asserts for Himself a high right and
authority to declare to the peo...
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Matthew 5:17. _Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill._
The life, work, and words of Christ are not an emendation of the Old
Testament,...
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Matthew 5:13. _Ye are the salt of the earth:_
The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve
it. So, dear friends, if God's grace is in you, there is a pungent
savor about you w...
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Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his
mouth, and taught them, saying,-_
Our Saviour soon gathered a...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light.
Christ's relation to the law. Divorce.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
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Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to
see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his
ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
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LEAVE YOUR GIFT. Go solve the problem first. Then you can be free from
guilt, and worship God....
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_Be reconciled to thy brother._
MUTUAL CONCILIATION
I. That a worshipper of God may be in a state of discord in reference
to his brother.
II. That public worship rightly used is one of the means to...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv.
Matthew 5:21, Matt
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:23 FIRST BE RECONCILED. The one who
initiates the reconciliation here is the one who has wronged the other
person.
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the
Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five
major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
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CHAPTER 5
_Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was?
"Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the
Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
_The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is
this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and
sweep and po...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 5:1
AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew
4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE
WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
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Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of
scripture. Matthew five,
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has
sat down, his disciples came unto...
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1 Corinthians 11:28; 1 Corinthians 6:7; 1 Corinthians 6:8; 1 Peter
3:7;...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 :
"preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom."
Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
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Leaving thy gift, go — For neither thy gift nor thy prayer will
atone for thy want of love: but this will make them both an
abomination before God....