Treasuring the Kingdom above Escalades
Monday, November 17th, 2008Speaker: Adam Greenfield
Archive for the ‘You Shall Call His Name Jesus’ Category
Dying to Yourself, Loving Your Enemies and Trying to be Perfect
Sunday, November 9th, 2008Speaker: Brian Brookins
Sermon Notes: Matthew 5:38-4
Don’t we see perfectionism as a bad quality? A perfectionist is often a difficult person to be around. They are unwilling to see their weaknesses and often appear to others to be self-consumed. Why on earth would Jesus encourage such a thing? Wouldn’t it be better to encourage us to live within ourselves? Jesus has been giving us instruction that is very hard, very specific, and very practical. He has not just given general principles and left those to be interpreted however we like. He has challenged us practically. I think that this general principle on being perfect helps retain the punch in the detailed challenges of the chapter. It is as if Jesus is saying to us, ‘don’t think I am playing games here. Do not think I am exaggerating. Don’t water down my instruction. I am giving this to you because I expect you to live it. This is truth and this is the way my followers live.’
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Friday, October 31st, 2008Speaker: Brian Brookin
Sermon Notes: Kingdom Speech
In five verses Jesus teaches us more about human communication than contained in volumes elsewhere. The kingdom citizen is a truth-teller, truth-seeker, truth-keeper, and truth-lover. How do you call people to live and speak the truth? And how do you address this massive topic effectively without falling into a legalistic list of do’s and don’ts? Jesus does it! He does it and in doing so he invites us to himself. He is the truth.
Lust
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Speaker: Brian Brookins
Sermon Notes: Lust & Marriage
We have before us in the Sermon on the Mount the greatest sermon ever preached. It stands as a guide on the subject of “following Jesus”. We are not surprised, then, that it deals with the issues of lust, marriage and divorce. We discover immediately that the citizen of the Kingdom views these things quite different from the world, even the “religious” world.
Anger
Sunday, October 12th, 2008Speaker: Brian Brookins
Sermon Notes: Matthew 5:17-26
The 17th verse of Matthew 5 begins the heart of the Sermon on the Mount. We are surprised to discover that though a Christian is not justified by the law, Jesus did not come to “relax” the law. So, what exactly is Jesus’ attitude toward the Old Testament? In this message we discover that Jesus is the fulfillment of the law. We then take a look at the first of six important applications where Jesus describes for his hearers the true interpretation of the God’s law. I wish we could start with something easy, but instead Jesus teaches us about the true nature of our personal anger.