Matthew 5:4-6 ‘Marks of the Kings People: they know their God and show it

Here's the outline for tonights talk:

The King’s people are marked by:



1. Active Compassion

The difference between pity and mercy



Micah 6:8



What will compassion mean for us?



2. Holy Focus
Heart

Pure



Psalm 24:3-4
What do I think about when my mind is in neutral?
What do I long for more than anything else?
To what do I give my allegiance and how is that seen?
What prompts me to serve others?




3. Reconciled Reconcilers

The Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9)




Isaiah 52:7



“Peace be with you!” (John 20)


What are the twin dangers with the beatitudes?


a. What will being actively compassionate mean for us?
b. How should we help one another to be pure in heart?
c. How can we act as peacemakers now?

LightHouse Matthew 5:4-6

Here's the talk outline and the questions we'll be using as we look at Matthew 5v4-6.

Matthew 5:4-6 ‘Marks of the Kings People: they recognise their need of grace.’

What would you include in the job spec for a pastor?



1. A Right Perspective on Sin

Isaiah 61



John 11:35

Luke 19:41-44

Hebrews 5:7




2. A Focus on Edification not Self Justification
What does the word meek mean?

Zephaniah 3:12

Psalm 37:11


Philippians 2:5-11




3. A Growing Longing for Righteousness

Psalm 42:2


Psalm 107:9


Isaiah 55:1



What is righteousness?


For Discussion
a. Do we mourn over our sin? Why or why not? Is there such a thing as an unhealthy mourning over sin?
b. How will being meek bring us into conflict with a materialistic world?
c. How will hungering and thirsting after righteousness be seen? How will it be satisfied

LightHouse

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?