Matthew 5

A New Year With God 

A New Year With God 

Phil Woodman- 1/1/2023

Key Passage: Matthew 5:3-6

Hungry For God 

  • Matthew 5:3-6

    • Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed, for they will be filled. 

Deeply Rooted in Faith

  • 2 Timothy 1:5

    • Who has poured into you. Who are you pouring into?

  • Spend time in God’s word.

    • cbcjoy.org/bible

  • Psalm 42:9-11

    • David puts his hope and trust in God, even when he feels discouraged and distant.

Hungry for the Presence of God 

  • Psalm 27:4

    • David asks and desires for one thing above all else… to be with God and to dwell in his presence.

  • Exodus 33:18

    • Moses has seen God and met with him on multiple occasions and yet his request to God is still, “Please show me your glory”

  • Ruth 1:16-17

    • Ruth’s willingness to leave everything behind.

  • Philippians 3:7-8

    • Paul considered all of his accomplishments as meaningless compared with knowing God.

Are You Hungry to Experience the Presence of God?

  • When was a time when God felt near? A time when you felt the presence of God?

Missions Emphasis Week - The Glory of Going

Missions Emphasis Week - The Glory of Going

10/2/2022 - Victor Nuwamanya

Key Passage: Isaiah 6:1-9

“In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord…” Isaiah 6:1

Who was King Uzziah?

  • He was faithful to the Lord and God used him, until…

    • 2 Chronicles 26:16, 21

  • “Fame is like perfume. When you spray it, it smells good. When you drink it, it is poison”

Who is your Uzziah?

  • They didn’t see the Lord until he was dead and gone.

  • Who is your Uzziah? Work, idols, hobbies, your belongings, a politician.

  • “Uzziah will die, but God reigns from eternity to eternity”

God’s Glory Compels us to Go

  • We have to…

See the Glory of God

  • Isaiah 6:3

    • Holy holy holy, the earth is filled with God’s glory.

      • What does the word “holy” make you think of?

  • Holy = qadosh (קָדוֹשׁ) - sacred and set apart.

    • “You cannot experience the holiness of God and not be changed”

    • “Show me a prideful person, and I will show a person that has not encountered the holiness of God”

Show the World the Glory of God

  • Isaiah 6:6-7 - Isaiah experiences the glory of God

  • Isaiah 6:8-9 - Isaiah is compelled to go!

  • The glory of God compels to sing hymns in prison, walk on water, take the gospel to your neighborhood, out of the pews and onto the streets.

Here I am. Send me.

  • Isaiah 6:8-9

  • Matthew 5:14-16

What Does Jesus Say About Hate?

Hate The World?

Dave Riddle • 05/22/2022

Key Passage: John 15:18-16:4

The “World” Hates Jesus

  • John 7:7 (CSB): The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me because I testify about it—that its works are evil.

    • Compare to John 15:18-19

A message for those of us who don’t want to be hated.

  • James 4:4 - Friend of the world = enemy of God

A message for those of us who enjoy looking for a fight

  • Romans 12:18 - as much as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

We need to live in the tension between these two passages.

Expect Persecution

  • John 15:20

  • Matthew 5:10

    • Persecution is a blessing!

  • Matthew 5:11-12

    • Rejoice!

    • A blessed inheritance

Hating Jesus = Hating God

  • John 15:21-24

    • Jesus makes a claim of divinity.

      • John 10:22-38

  • Why did they hate Jesus? For no reason.

    • John 15:25

Jesus sends help!

  • John 15:26-27

  • The Holy Spirit

    • More on this next week.

“Fall away”

  • John 16:1-2

    • Fall away, stumble, be trapped

    • skandalizō - to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall. to offend

Outcasts

  • John 16:1-2

    • Outcasts: put out of your religious community, academic community, social community.

      • Did it happen? Yes.

        • Acts 26:9-11 - Paul’s testimony.

Why do they do this?

  • Because they don’t know Jesus or the Father

    • John 16:3-4

      • Jesus doesn’t want his followers to be caught off guard.

Upside Down Relationships

Upside Down Relationships

03/27/2021 - Phil Woodman

Key Passages: Matthew 22:35-39, Philemon

Matthew 22:35-39

Jesus invited us to live with God 

  • Galatians 4:7 - no longer slaves

  • John 15:15 - friends of God

  • Do you find yourself trying to earn God’s love?

  • Genesis 1:27- we are created in God’s image

  • 1 Timothy 2:3 - God wants to have a relationship with all of us.

Love Your Enemies

  • Matthew 5:43 - have you heard the law that says ‘loves your neighbor’ but hate your enemy?

    • Leviticus 19:18 - what’s missing?

  • Matthew 5:43-47

    • Called to something new and different.

    • We shouldn’t have enemies.

Rethinking the way we see others

  • Philemon 8-10

    • What would you do if you were Philemon?

  • Philemon 15-18

    • What’s our attitude towards the people who have wronged us?

What do you need to do?

  • Do you need a heart check?

  • Do something

    • How have you made the opportunity to point people to Jesus?

Sent in His Name

Sent in His Name

Dave Riddle - 11/10/19

Key Passage: John 3:14-17

God is both Sent and Sender

  • John 17:18 - “As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world”

Jesus Followers are “Sent Ones”

  • Matthew 4:19 - follow me and I will make you fish for people.

    • Not, “I will make you perfect people”

  • Mark 3:13-14 - apostles (sent ones)

    • They were with him

    • They were sent out

Salt & Light

  • Matthew 5:13-16

    • Useful

    • Representatives of Christ

  • Philippians 2:15

Ambassadors

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

  • Representing Jesus in everything we do.

  • He is making his appeal through us

Witnesses 

  • Acts 1:8

    • As witnesses, the only thing we’re called to be is truth tellers.

    • Not the judge, jury, prosecution, or defense.

    • We are witnesses that Jesus is alive and that he has changed our lives.

Disciple-Makers

  • Matthew 28:19 - therefore go and make disciples of all nations...

Content and Conduct

  • We have something to tell

    • euaggelizō (Greek: εὐαγγελίζω) - to announce good news ("evangelize") especially the gospel.

  • The way we live should show evidence of the Holy Spirit working in our lives.

    • The life of a Jesus follower should be aligned with the truth of God’s word.

Redeem and Restore

  • Has the Kingdom been fully realized? No. But we’re called, as members of the Kingdom, to play a role in that restoration.

    • Revelation 21:5 - “Look, I am making everything new”

What does it look like to live life as a Sent One?

  • That’s going to look different in each of our lives. One thing is certain though, for followers of Jesus, it isn’t optional.