Living the Last Beatitude – 13 January 2019

Our sermon series is called, “Following Jesus” because that’s what we’re learning to do in the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew is a theological biography of the most compelling Person in history–the Person of Jesus Christ. And Jesus Christ has called us to follow Him and fish for more followers.

Matthew tells us that Jesus finishes telling the parables that we often call the Parables of the Kingdom. That’s what Matthew 13 has been all about. Parables about the upside-down, inside-out Kingdom of God which has come (much smaller than we might have expected), is coming (much slower than we might have expected, though it’s happening all around us), and will come (much greater than we can ever expect)!  The kingdom is a treasure, and if you find it, you have found everything. If you miss it, you have lost everything, and if you know it, you should share it with everyone. That’s what Jesus has been teaching about in Matthew 13, using parables.  So how do we live because of this?  Expect to Be Rejected. Expect to Be Rewarded.

Pastor Matt preaching on Matthew 13:53-14:12.

Full manuscript available at Pastor Matt’s blog.

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Living the Last Beatitude – 13 January 2019

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