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Sexual Discipleship

July 21 2019

Matthew 5:27-32 — Through this passage the Holy Spirit led us to do a mini-series on sexuality within our main series, Living the Kingdom Life. This mini-series is called Radical Purity for Sexual Discipleship. Who is discipling our next generation in the area of their sexuality? Who is discipling us sexually? What is God’s design for sexuality? We are called to follow, obey, and exalt Jesus as Lord, Creator, and Savior of every aspect of our lives, including our sexuality and marriage. The Church must be a safe place where we can talk about and help one another regarding our sexual questions, struggles, hurt, pain, and brokenness. Radical purity is necessary for Kingdom living. This and the next 3 sermons explore these questions. This mini-series is based on and makes extensive use of the following resources: Juli Slattery, Rethinking Sexuality: God’s Design and Why It Matters; Matt Chandler, The Mingling of Souls: God’s Design for Love, Marriage, Sex & Redemption; David Platt, Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age.

This is sermon #1, Sexual Discipleship, in the mini-series, Radical Purity for Sexual Discipleship. This is part of our larger series, Living the Kingdom Life, based on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.

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We Are Peacemakers

July 7 2019

Part 2 on Matthew 5:21-26 — How should we as Kingdom people live in the current age of outrage, contempt, and hatred? We are our brothers’ keepers. Therefore, we are peacemakers. That is what we are as children of God. To make peace we must deal with anger through the steps of QSSQS-F. Peacemaking always aim at reconciliation—reconciliation with God, which is possible through Jesus Christ. Peacemaking calls God’s people to obedience and the world to repentance

This is part of our series, Living the Kingdom Life, based on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.

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We Are Our Brother’s Keeper

June 30 2019

Matthew 5:21-26 — How should we as Kingdom people live in the current age of outrage, contempt, and hatred? Anger and contempt take life. It’s murder. All human life is very valuable to God because they are created in God’s image. We are our brothers’ keepers! The kingdom response to anger, wrongs, injustice, hatred is always persistent love, grace and forgiveness. Jesus goes deep here into our hearts.

This is part of our series, Living the Kingdom Life, based on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.

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Jesus is the Word—Live Right, Be Holy

June 23 2019

Matthew 5:17-20 — Jesus fulfills God’s Word. Jesus is the Word. God’s Word is eternal. Therefore, to follow Jesus we must obey the Word to live right, be good, and live the kingdom life. This is possible because we stand in the righteousness of Christ, because the Holy Spirit gave us new hearts, new hearts with God’s will written on them, new hearts that desire to do God’s will out of reverence and love for God.

This is part of our series, Living the Kingdom Life, based on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.

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We Are Different, We Have Influence

June 16 2019

Matthew 5:13-16 — As the salt of the earth and light of the world we are called to be holy, to be different than the world, and to impact the world through kingdom living so that the world will see the kingdom life and glorify God.

This is part of our series, Living the Kingdom Life, based on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.

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Jesus Speaks with Authority

May 12 2019

We believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We are saved by grace through faith. We are born again by the power of the Holy Spirit. We have new, eternal life. Now what? What happens after we believe? What are we here for? What is this thing called the Christian life? How do we know our faith is authentic? In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus teaches us with authority how authentic faith is expressed in kingdom living.

This is part of our series, Living the Kingdom Life, based on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.

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