Kingdom Living

July 14, 2012 by Jeff

There is no place in the Scripture where that “Kingdom Living” is spelled out any more extensively or articulated any more clearly than in the Gospel of Matthew chapters 5-7 in the passage that is commonly called “The Sermon on the Mount”.

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LIFE IN THE KINGDOM Notes:(download) The Old World is our home – a familiar and frequently comfortable setting -the New Life is an unfamiliar and frequently challenging calling. And yet Jesus calls us to this new life … a new life that embraces every aspect of our being – mental, spiritual, emotional, physical, financial and social. In a word – He calls us to “KINGDOM LIVING” – the title that I have chosen for this series of messages. There is no place in the Scripture where that “Kingdom Living” is spelled out any more extensively or articulatedany more clearly than in the Gospel of Matthew chapters 5-7 in the passage that is commonly called … “The Sermon on the Mount”.

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Kingdom Living: Introduction

What does it mean to live in the Kingdom of God? Do we have to wait until heaven, or is there a kind of kingdom living available to us right now? Matthew spends three chapters recording for us Jesu...

Kingdom Living: So Who's Really Blessed

Intro ... Today we begin our study of the Sermon on the Mount – Matthew chapters five through seven. Repeat after me … “More than anything else in the world I want to be blessed.” Speak...

Kingdom Living: Those Who Mourn

Intro Last week we began our look at the Beatitudes – the first section of the Sermon on the Mount and as we did so we noted first of all that in these Beatitudes Jesus was identifying the peopl...

Kingdom Living: Communion The Mourner's Comfort

Intro … Last week as we focused our attention upon the Second Beatitude listed in Matthew chapter five … “Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted.” we identified three specif...

Kingdom Living: Blessed Are The Meek

The ‘meek’ are those who ‘submit themselves purposefully to God’s standards of belief and behavior’ and who live gentle and quiet and non-threatening, non-disruptive lives. And Jesus said t...

Kingdom Living: Those Who Hunger and Thirst After Righteousness

Intro ... Last week we began our look at the Beatitudes – the first section of the Sermon on the Mount – and as we did so we noted first of all that in these ‘Beatitudes’ Jesus was identifying...

Kingdom Living: Those Who Are Merciful

Being merciful is an important thing to God. Way back in the days of Hosea the prophet he had declared … “ I desire mercy not sacrifice”. Even more than seeing his people bring sacrifices for t...

Kingdom Living: Communion - Mercy Illustrated

Here was the Key Definition we employed … MERCIFUL – possessing a BIAS toward forgiveness – a willingness to lift the load of JUDGMENT and offer a FRESH START. What a wonderful, God-pleasing ...

So Who's Really Blessed: Those Who Are Pure in Heart

Intro … Have you ever felt like someone is being less than perfectly honest with you – like there’s some kind of ‘agenda’ at play that you haven’t been made aware of – like you’re livi...

Kingdom Living: The Peacemakers

“Peacemakers” … if ever our world needed some it’s now. The Middle East is on fire; the teachers in Chicago are on strike; the Candidates for President are in each other’s face and who knows...

Kingdom Living: The Persecuted

Intro … Two months ago on July 22, we introduced ourselves to the condition Jesus called “Blessed” … To be blessed we said was to be “enjoying the full benefit of being born-again” – a �...

Kingdom Living: The Persecuted (Part 2)

Intro … Today we come to Beatitude #9 – a Beatitude that many Biblical Scholars deny even exists. If you ‘Google’ the question, “How many Beatitudes are there?” as I did just this morning,...

Kingdom Living: Communion: The Blessed Life Demonstrated

Intro … Last Sunday we concluded our nine week investigation of the Beatitudes – that nine part lesson with which Jesus introduced his ‘Sermon on the Mount’ which is recorded most completely i...

Kingdom Living: Transitional Considerations

This morning we cast our gaze forward into the specifics of the Sermon on the Mount –the specific prescriptions for living that Jesus laid out on that mountainside that sunny afternoon. Speaker: ...

Kingdom Living: No Murder Allowed

Intro … Today we make the jump – from the Beatitudes which lay the Foundation for Kingdom Living and from the Transitional Considerations that Ready Us for Kingdom Teaching into the very specific ...

Kingdom Living: No Cheating in the Kingdom

Intro … Last week we jumped with both feet right into the main content of the Sermon on the Mount. We examined the first of the Six Clarifications of Ancient Teaching with which Jesus began that inc...

Kingdom Living: Communion: Encounter with Perfection

Intro … In a nutshell, communion is intended to be an encounter with Christ – nothing more but certainly nothing less. As the title of today’s Communion Meditation suggests, Communion is intend...

Kingdom Living: No Casual Divorce

Today we take yet another giant step into our understanding of ‘Life in the Kingdom’ … Today I would draw your attention to the THIRD of the SIX KEY CLARIFICATIONS with which Jesus began this m...

Kingdom Living: No Demonstrative Speech

Intro … Today we come to the Fourth of those Six Key Clarifications of Ancient Teaching with which Jesus began the main body of teaching in what we call “The Sermon on the Mount” … On the sur...

Kingdom Living: Dealing With Evil People

Speaker: Mark Mikels :: Passage: Matthew 5:38-42 Intro … “Dealing with evil people” – that’s the title of today’s message and that’s the next subject for clarification that Jesus cho...

Kingdom Living: A Most Outrageous New Year's Resolution

Today, on this first Sunday of the New Year – on this Sunday that we first turn our attention toward our Annual Commitment Sunday, we come to Jesus’ Sixth and Final ‘Key Clarification of Ancient...

Kingdom Living ... Perfection's Perspective

Intro … The final verse of Matthew chapter five (the verse we focused on last week as the basis for an outrageous New Year’s Resolution) is both a conclusion to all that has preceded it and a tran...

Perfection in Action.. Giving To The Needy

Intro … This morning we begin our look at (what I have called) “Perfection in Action” … three ‘acts of righteousness’ (to use Jesus’ words) that demonstrate True Citizenship in the Kin...

Kingdom Living... 'Praying To The Father'

Intro … This morning we continue our look at (what I have called) “Perfection in Action” … Three ‘acts of righteousness’ (to use Jesus’ words) that demonstrate True Citizenship in the Ki...

Kingdom Living: Fasting To Take Charge Of Ourselves

Intro … This morning we continue our look at (what I have called) “Perfection in Action” … three ‘acts of righteousness’ (to use Jesus’ words) that demonstrate True Citizenship in the K...

Kingdom Living: Do Not Stockpile Earthly Treasure

Intro … Every time we enter a new section of the Sermon on the Mount, it’s important that we ask ourselves how we got here for in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus was handing out to the people of hi...

Kingdom Living : Do Not Worry About The Stuff Of Life

Intro … Have you ever noticed that the deeper you go into the ‘Religions of Men” the more philosophical and theoretical and even secretive or obscure things become? The more men think about thin...

Communion Corrective... Do Not Ignore My Body

Intro … This morning we find ourselves right in the middle of the section of the Sermon on the Mount that I have entitled: “Kingdom Correctives”. There are four of them … four common behaviors...

Kingdom Living : Do Not 'Krino' One Another

Intro … Today we take up the third of four “Kingdom Correctives’ that Jesus addressed near the end of the Sermon on the Mount and as we do so we transition into Matthew Chapter Seven. “Do not...

Kingdom Living : Do Not Waste Grace

Intro … Today we come to the fourth and final ‘Kingdom Corrective’ found in the Sermon on the Mount. It’s only a single sentence long; it’s by far the most cryptic of the four; it’s a st...

Living A Celebratory Life

Intro … Palm Sunday provides an excellent opportunity for us to remind ourselves that Celebration in life is both possible and desirable. Life without moments of genuine celebration can become drudg...

Key To Triumphant Kingdom Living #1

Intro … This week we return to our examination of the “Sermon on the Mount” – a series of messages we’ve entitled simply “Kingdom Living” – a daily manual for those who by the Gracious...

Key To Triumphant Kindom Living # 2

Intro … ‘Triumphant Kingdom Living’ – that’s what our focus is upon as we come to the end of our examination of the Sermon on the Mount. The ‘Abundant Life’ Jesus called it in John 10:1...

Key To Triumphant Kingdom Living #3

Intro … This morning we come to the third of the four “Keys To Triumphant Kingdom Living” with which Jesus concluded the Sermon on the Mount … Four ‘Keys’ that literally ‘unlock the door...

Key to Triumphant Kingdom Living #4 Recognize Falsehood

Intro … This morning we return to our examination of the four “Keys To Triumphant Kingdom Living” with which Jesus concluded the Sermon on the Mount … Four ‘Keys’ that literally ‘unlock...

How To Have An Indestructable Life

Intro … “AN INDESTRUCTABLE LIFE” … who wouldn’t want one? Who wouldn’t want to possess the kind of life that simply could not be ‘destroyed’ by any calamity that comes along the way? ...

"Kingdom Living Sermon Notes"

LIFE IN THE KINGDOM Notes:(download) The Old World is our home – a familiar and frequently comfortable setting -the New Life is an unfamiliar and frequently challenging calling. And yet Jesus ca...