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TITLE: Salt & Light
TEXT: Matt 5:13-16
OUTLINE:
THE SALT OF THE EARTH
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
RESOURCES: Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-Jones, Stott; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing, by Pennington; The Divine Conspiracy, by Willard; How to Reach the West again, by Keller, The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire, by A. Kreider

TEXT: Matthew 5:10-12
TITLE: The Cost & Reward of Discipleship
MAIN POINT: because our reward is great in heaven, we can rejoice even when persecution weighs us down
 
OUTLINE:
“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”
– D. Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
WHERE WE ARE HEADED
Matthew 5:10
Revelation 21:1-5
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
Matthew 5:10-11
Suffering, then, is the badge of true discipleship. The disciple is not above his master. Following Christ means suffering because we have to suffer…Discipleship means allegiance to the suffering Christ, and it is therefore not at all surprising that Christians should be called upon to suffer. In fact, it is a joy and a token of grace.
– D. Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
 
HOW WE RESPOND
Matthew 5:12
1 Peter 4:12-14
RESOURCES: Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-Jones, Stott; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing, by Pennington; The Divine Conspiracy, by Willard; The Cost of Discipleship, by Bonhoeffer

Listen as Pastor Rob reminds us that the way we relate to others is a mirror image of how we think God relates to us.
JUST MERCY
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8
FLOURISHING ARE THE MERCIFUL
Matthew 5:7
Matthew 18:35
FLOURISHING ARE THE PURE IN HEART
Matthew 5:8
Psalm 24:4
FLOURISHING ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
Matthew 5:9
James 3:18

Listen as Pastor Rob reminds us that Jesus emptied himself to make us full.
 

THE STATE OF KINGDOM CITIZENS

Romans 7:7
Psalm 1:1-2


THE NEED OF KINGDOM CITIZENS

Matthew 5:3
Matthew 5:4
2 Corinthians 7:10
Matthew 5:5
Matthew 5:3-6
Philippians 2:5-8

Listen as Pastor Rob reminds us that Jesus invites us to stop trying to climb up the mountain to God and receive the Grace that has come down to us.

THE TWO MOUNTS

Matthew 7:28-29
Matthew 4:25
Matthew 5:1
Exodus 19:23-24


THE TWO PROPHETS

Matthew 5:2
Matthew 5:48
John 1:14-17

Listen as Pastor Rob reminds us that Jesus invites us to come and see Him, before we go and tell others about Him.

COME AND SEE

Matthew 28:4
Matthew 28:5-7


COME TO ME

Matthew 28:8
Matthew 28:9
Matthew 28:10