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January 21, 2018. Gatherings. Men’s Breakfast Saturday, January 27 @ 8:00am Potluck Sunday, Feb. 11 @ 12:00pm AGM Sunday, Feb. 18 @ 12:00pm. Going Deeper in Matthew. Bible Study & Prayer Mondays @ 8:00 pm (men) Thursdays @ 10:30 am Video: The Gospel of Matthew
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Gatherings Men’s Breakfast • Saturday, January 27 @ 8:00am Potluck • Sunday, Feb. 11 @ 12:00pm AGM • Sunday, Feb. 18 @ 12:00pm
Going Deeper in Matthew Bible Study & Prayer • Mondays @ 8:00 pm (men) • Thursdays @ 10:30 am Video: The Gospel of Matthew • First section: Sunday, Jan. 28 @ 12pm • Bag lunch?
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Psalm 103 1 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits
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Kids’ Minute • Junior Church for kids up to 12 years old
Matthew: Following the Teacher 5:1-16 – An Upside-Down World 5:17-48 – An Inside-Out LIfe
An Inside-Out LifeThe First and Last Word Hebrews 1:1-2 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.
An Inside-Out LifeThe First and Last Word Hebrews 1:3 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
An Inside-Out LifeThe First and Last Word John 1:1, 14 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
An Inside-Out LifeThe First and Last Word John 1:18 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, hasmade him known.
An Inside-Out LifeThe First and Last Word 5 Interpretations of the Law: Matthew 5: 21, 27, 33, 38, 43 • “You’ve heard it said, but I say to you…”
5 New Blocks of Teaching: “When Jesus had finished saying these things” 7:28 – Character 11:1 – Mission 13:53 – Kingdom 19:1 – Community 26:1 – Consummation
An Inside-Out LifeA Deeper Righteousness Matthew 23:23 23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness…
An Inside-Out LifeA Deeper Righteousness Psalm 51 16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
An Inside-Out LifeA Deeper Righteousness “Oaths are a sign that we live in a world of lies” – Stanley Hauerwas
An Inside-Out LifeA Message Embodied 1 Samuel 16:7 • But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
An Inside-Out LifeA Message Embodied Matthew 7:22-23 • Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
An Inside-Out LifeA Message Embodied • A New Pentateuch/Law • A New Adam/Creation • A New Israel/People
An Inside-Out LifeA Message Embodied Luke 24:27 • And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
An Inside-Out LifeA Message Embodied Hebrews 2:17 • 17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
An Inside-Out LifeA Message Embodied Romans 3:25 • God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith.
Titus 3:5 • he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. Ephesians 2:8-9 • For it is by grace you have been saved,through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.
We enter the kingdom • As a humble child, recognizing our need • “Poor in spirit” – receiving in faith We experience kingdom blessings • As an obedient child, trusting our Father • “Hear & do” – walking by faith
“This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me. This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings