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When Regret Hits Harder Than You Expected | The Gospel of Matthew

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Herod regrets his vow to behead John the Baptist, showing how unchecked sin leads to irreversible destruction.
Pastor Fredo teaches from Matthew 14, exploring the story of John the Baptist's beheading by Herod Antipas to discuss themes of regret, repentance, and the cost of following Jesus. He emphasizes how unchecked sin leads to destruction, the importance of living righteously beyond just speaking truth, and finding hope in suffering through faith.

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A blunt Matthew sermon that finds hope by refusing to tidy up pain.

This Matthew message stays with one of the harder scenes: Herod's choice, John's death, and the aftermath that follows. It starts by setting clean endings against the Bible's unfinished ones, then makes a plain case that Scripture can speak to pain, regret, and redemption that…

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For when Scripture refuses a clean ending and still insists on being useful.

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