At 7.30pm tonight we are holding our first evening gathering called LightHouse in Haxey. Here's the basis of the overview sheet of the talk we'll be giving out to help people follow, and with 3 questions at the bottom for them to think and pray through.
Matthew 5:1-3 ‘Marks of the Kings People: they have nothing to offer God.’
What does the word “Blessed…” mean?
1. The Coming of the Kingdom
- Matthew 1-4 a crucial context
- Descendant of Adam, Abraham, David
- Son of God - who pleases his Father
- Teaching for the kingdom citizens with the crowd listening in
2. A Kingdom of Dependents? (3)
- The only entrance requirement is crawling to Christ
- who are the poor in Spirit
Isaiah 66:2
Psalm 34:6
Isaiah 61:1
- the now and not yet of the kingdom
a. What are the implications for us of the first beatitude?
b. How is it counter-cultural?
c. What is the comfort for the disciple, what should this look like lived out?
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