TITLES OF JESUS 4. PRINCE OF PEACE (Isaiah 9:6)
1. CONFRONTATION! (2 Sam 12:1-14) Exposed! 2. CONFESSION! (Psalm 51) Broken! 3. CONSECRATION! (Psalm 51) Humble and devoted “I will teach transgressors Your ways”
1. CONTEXT a) Explicit: The Sermon on the Mount – “…these words of mine..” (v24,26) b) Examples: perfection (5:48), priorities (6:33), prospects (7:21b) Impossible? See Matt 19:25-26 Why do you call Me Lord and not do what I tell you (Luke 6:46) 2. COMPARISON Everyone who hears these words of mine……: a) and does them b) and…
1) THE CHARGE! (v12-13) “Love one another as I have loved you”: Personally, Humbly, Unreservedly, Sacrificially 2) THE CHALLENGE! (v14-15) “You are My friends if you do what I command you.” 3) THE CHOICE! (v16-17) “You did not choose Me but I chose you” for Fruitfulness, Prayerfulness, Tenderness
1. THE CHALLENGE Consider Your Ways Prioritise With God 2. THE RESPONSE Corporate Obedience Corporate Reverence Corporate Action
1) THE GLIMPSE! (Ex 33:18-23) You cannot see My face for man shall not see Me and live 2) THE GLOW! (Ex 34:29-35) Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone 3) THE GLORY! (2 Cor 3:7-18) The Law – the Lord The stone – the Spirit Condemnation – Righteousness The temporary –…
A Godly Purpose A Clear Plan A Willing People A Burning Passion Challenges – Are You?: Constructor, Destructor, Obstructer? Co-operator or Competitor? And Is Each Part Working Properly?