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Judging, Seeking, and Building (Matthew 7)

Alastair Roberts

Judging, Seeking, and Building (Matthew 7)

December 4, 2019
Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts

Jesus teaches his disciples concerning judgment, the Golden Rule, and warns them about hypocrisy and false teachers in the concluding part of the Sermon on the Mount.

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