4. Sermon on the Mount – Wisdom Within Laws about Murder, Adultery, and Divorce

Sermon on the Mount

Speaker: Pete Dibdin
Date: 23/03/2025

We’ll be continuing our 10-part series on the Sermon on the Mount, exploring Jesus’ wisdom through his teachings in Matthew 5-7, as we take an overview of Jesus’ teaching and reflect on what His words mean for us today.

This week we’ll be looking at Matthew 5:21-32 to explore how Jesus reveals God’s wisdom underneath Old Testament laws about murder, adultery, and divorce.

Online Service

Digging Deeper Resources:

To help you dig deeper into this week’s theme, take time to engage with these resources from the Bible Project:

Study Guide:
Murder, Adultery and Divorce

Videos:
Wisdom Within Laws About Murder, Adultery, and Divorce
Visual Commentary: Matthew 5:21-22: Murder and Contempt
Visual Commentary: Matthew 5:27-28: Adultery and Lust
Visual Commentary: Matthew 5:29-30: Eye and Hand Mutilation
Passage Insight: Jesus in the Divorce Debate
Vocab Insight: Gehenna / Valley of Wailing

Podcast:
How Is Anger the Same as Murder?
Jesus’ Vision for Sex and Desire
How Jesus Responded to the Divorce Debate

Talks in this Teaching Series

Click the images below, or click here for previous teaching series.

10. Sermon on the Mount – The Choice

9. Sermon on the Mount – Wisdom in Relationships

8. Sermon on the Mount – Wealth and Worry

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