Kingdom Life in a Fallen World
"Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: " Matthew 5:1-2
And so begins what has been called, the Sermon on the Mount. At Grace Baptist Church we will be spending the next few weeks considering these words of Christ. The teaching contained therein sets a high standard. If we take it seriously we realize that we cannot attain the standard set before us and therefore cannot merit salvation. This teaching of Christ drives us to seek salvation not in our own work, but in Christ Himself.
Once we have received the salvation offered as God's free gift, the sermon shows us how we should live in the service of our gracious God. It shows us what life is like in the Kingdom of God. The sermon removes all complacency and hypocrisy --which is the problem with many Christians today and many churches. No matter how far we have gone along the 'Christian road' the sermon on the mount tells us that there is more ahead of us. It stretches our horizons, but at the same time it helps us understand more of what the grace of God means.
May the love and mercy of God be with us as we see what it means to live and be part of the Kingdom of God in a fallen world.
posted by gbc blog @ 8:25 AM
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It is with excitement, and some trepidation that we anticipate this study in Matthew these next weeks. Ellen and I have been reading this passage at breakfast this week, and it is not possible to read with out being challenged in several areas of our life. May the Holy Spirit work in us, and our congregation, in the coming weeks. In preparing for our adult class this week, I came across the following in Donald Whitney’s “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life”, when he was writing about the necessity of not just reading, but meditating on God’s Word: “Here are some examples of application-oriented questions that can help us you become a doer of God’s Word,”
Does this text reveal something I should believe about God?
Does this text reveal something I should praise or thank or trust God for?
Does this text reveal something I should pray about for myself or others?
Does this text reveal something I should have a new attitude about?
Does this text reveal something I should make a decision about?
Does this text reveal something I should do for the sake of Christ, others, or myself?
Sobering questions these, but ones that can help us to grow and change from our study of the “Sermon on the Mount”
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