Message: The Gospel According to Matthew
Text: Matthew 5:3
Spent
Spirit-
Poor-
John 15:5
You are not needed, you are wanted.
Matthew 11:28-29
The poorness of your spirit and the greatness of His Spirit.
Uphill
Message: The Gospel According to Matthew
Text: Matthew 4:23-5:1
Uphill
Teaching-instructing the mind, order, how to.
Romans 7:18
Preaching the gospel-reaching the heart and soul. An announcement, a proclamation, not a discussion.
Preaching calls for a response, a decision.
Healing the body and soul-peace, contentment, joy, hope.
Hopefully you will not experience demon possession but every serious Christian will likely contend with demon oppression.
Uphill-Everything that is good is uphill.
Matthew 4:23-25
Message: The Gospel According to Matthew
Text: Matthew 4:23-25
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.”
Teaching-instructing the mind, order, how to.
Romans 7:18
Preaching the gospel-reaching the heart and soul. An announcement, a proclamation, not a discussion.
Preaching calls for a response, a decision.
Healing the body and soul-peace, contentment, joy, hope.
Hopefully you will not experience demon possession but every serious Christian will likely contend with demon oppression.
Martin Luther, “When I go to my study and shut the door and open my Bible, the devil meets me there.”
Fishing (2)
Message: The Gospel According to Matthew
Text: Matthew 4:18-22
Applications:
1) This is a new level of discipleship
2) Those who weren’t called…yet, or to this ministry
Acts 1:21-22, John 21:22
3) From something to something
4) So, they had to choose. Salvation is free, discipleship/ministry costs us something.
5) People over projects.
Fishing
Message: The Gospel According to Matthew
Text: Matthew 4:18-22
Applications:
1) This is a new level of discipleship
2) Those who weren’t called…yet, or to this ministry
Acts 1:21-22, John 21:22
3) From something to something
4) So, they had to choose. Salvation is free, discipleship/ministry costs us something.
5) People over projects.
Repentance
Message: The Gospel According to Matthew
Text: Matthew 4:12-17
Repentance is a change of mind which leads to a change of direction.
Romans 2:4
“A mind changed against its will is of the same opinion still.”
Repentance must be chosen, it must be wanted.
Nothing stays the same.
Message: Nothing stays the same
Text: John 10:6-7, 19-21
It's Time to Move On
Message: It’s time to move on
Text: Exodus 14:5-14
What/who is chasing you?
What/who is leading you?
Letting go
William Inge, “Worry is the interest paid on trouble before it becomes due.”
A good shepherd.
Message: Father’s Day-A good shepherd
Text: John 10:1-5, 10-15
The sheep know the shepherd’s voice because they know him.
The sheep know the shepherd loves them enough to die for them.
Why does the shepherd love the sheep so much?
Amos 3:12
Psalm 23:1
Jesus. Others. You.
Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 4:1, 5-7
Jesus
Others
You
What am I doing?
Why do I really want to do it?
Who am I doing it for?
All 3 temptations will culminate again at the cross of Jesus Christ.
Used by God.
Our sins are paid for.
Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 4:8-11
Communion-Our sins are paid for
John 10:10
Sin Creates Debt
Romans 7:14
Romans 6:23
Because of the justice of God, we are not just forgiven, our sins have been paid for.
1 Peter 1:18-19
1 Corinthians 6:20
John 8:44
Is this what God made you for?
Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 4:2-4
Is this what God made you for?
What has God said to you?
There is nothing wrong with fruit or bread…if that is what God has said.
Luke 19:10
1 John 3:8
Temptation again--Matthew 27:39-43
Is this what God made you for? (Prodigal son)
Trust and Obey
Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 4:1
Trust and Obey
Success is sometimes our greatest challenge.
Job 1:8
Where God sees tests, the devil sees temptation.
James 1:2-4, 13
The devil’s hatred of Jesus and you is so strong he cannot control himself.
Revelation 12:12, 17
Luke 22:3-6
The devil did not take Jesus as far as He could go, Jesus took the devil as far as he could go. Jesus did not give up, the devil did.
When I Remember You
Message: When I Remember You
Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-7
Paul to Timothy:
I remember you in my prayers-constantly.
I remember your tears (sadness, weakness, burden, humanness)
I remember your genuine faith.
You, remember your gift.
Genuine faith (Amplified), “The leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness.”
The Servant
Message: The Servant
Text: 2 Kings 6:13-17
2 Corinthians 4:18
Philippians 2:5-8
Ephesians 6:12
My friend is not my enemy.
Where has Elisha seen horses and chariots like this before?
How did Elisha learn to divide a river?
Making a Difference
Message: Making a difference
Text: 2 Kings 6:12-17
2 Corinthians 4:18
The Enemy
John 10:10
Ephesians 6:12
We can’t win:
We can’t lose:
The Servant
Acts 19:15
Master, what shall we do?
Message: “Master, what shall we do?”
Text: 2 Kings 6:8-23
2 Corinthians 4:18
“Master, what shall we do?” Direction or Desperation?
Acts 9:6
We are always walking in on what God is already doing. The work of God did not start with you and it will not end with you.
You don’t get to see angels out of curiosity, you see them out of need.
Humility
Message: The Gospel according to Matthew
Text: Matthew 3:13-17
Humility
Our humility before God is seeing who He is, seeing who we really are and never forgetting our need.
Philippians 2:5-8
God’s humility toward us is identifying with us and our sin.
2 Corinthians 5:21
Galatians 3:13
Real ministry is identifying with those you are trying to reach.
We are loved by virtue of whose we are, not what we have done.
Romans 2:4
From Beginning to Eternity
Message: The Gospel according to Matthew
Text: Matthew 3:13-15, 28:1-10, 18-20
From beginning to eternity
Adrian Rogers, "If Christ didn't die on a cross, wasn't buried in a tomb, and doesn't live today, nothing matters. If Christ did die a horrible death on a cross, was buried in a borrowed tomb, and did rise again on the third day, nothing else matters."
Romans 8:29
Can’t remember who said it, “The thing about life is that it ends.”
“In one sentence, the reality of the outside world had shattered the artificial world of the theater production. Suddenly, whatever action took place onstage seemed superficial and irrelevant.”
Immersed in the Holy Spirit
Message: The Gospel according to Matthew
Text: Matthew 3:11
Immersed in the Holy Spirit
Acts 1:4-8
Water baptism is an event. Spirit baptism is a life long process.
Water baptism done slowly leads to death. Spirit baptism done slowly leads to death.
Being baptized in The Spirit is not about you getting more of the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit getting more of you.
John 15:5
Romans 8:5