August 4, 2019: What Jesus Said About Relinquishing Power – Paula Williams

The most common phrase in the Sermon on the Mount, “You have heard it said ... but I tell you …” (Matt 5.21-48). In these verses, Jesus talks about murder, oaths, adultery, divorce, retaliation and love for our enemies. This was a new teaching in his day that was provacative, and we will ask, “What can it teach us today?”