An audio lesson or sermon from various contributors
Episodes
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21 NIV11)
Saturday Feb 15, 2020
Saturday Feb 15, 2020
- QUESTION: What impact is the series having on your faith so far?
- Because material treasures unsatisfactory and temporary (Matthew 6:19-21)
- Because focus on wrong things (Matthew 6:22)
- Because must choose master (Matthew 6:24)
- Because kingdom loyalty must be total (Matthew 6:19-24)
- QUESTION: When is worry helpful?
- QUESTION: When is worry unhelpful?
- Merimna, ‘over-concerned’
- Paul: Phil 2.27-28.
- The worriers: Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:6.
- The lazy: 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:11.
- The burdened: Gal 6.2
- QUESTION: How can we recognise when we are worrying in a way that breaks this command?
- More, v25 - Jn 10.10, the ‘good life’ - the ‘more’ life needs air to breath.
- What we ‘look at’
- Birds and Flowers
- “orni-theology”
- 500 million
- “orni-theology”
- Birds and Flowers
- Survival
- katamanthano
- Splendour: Solomon - 1 Kings 10:5; 1 Kgs 4:32–33
- How much happier we would be if we could give up trying to achieve something we cannot achieve by a method that will not produce what we hope for.
- What we think of the Father
- He knows and cares. Matt 6.6-8
- Trusting God for daily needs cf. Phil 4:6–7; Heb 13:5; 1 Pet 5:7.
- ‘But’: decisive action needed
- The antidote to anxiety is not so much not being anxious as pursuing the right things - the kingdom and God’s righteousness.
- seek: present imperative - ongoing
- Not so much bringing the kingdom into being in an eschatological manner, but living under God’s rule, revealing the kingdom.
- “make it your priority to find”
- kingdom:
- Seek God’s kingship - "resolving to live under God’s direction and control”
- righteousness
- Emphasis: Matt 5:6, 10, 20,
- Discipleship “God’s righteousness is not a focus that brings condemnation, but rather a reminder that it is his righteousness that sees us to heaven and not our own.”
- given to you
- Solomon. Asked for wisdom and got everything else thrown in.
- Trust the nature of the one making the promise.
- tomorrow: v33 about today, v34 about the future.
- A very pragmatic observation. We cannot predict tomorrow.
- Today’s bread - Matt 6.11.
- QUESTION: What does this look like today? What is the right response to worry?
- QUESTION for prayer and reflection: How will this passage affect the way you live this week?
Saturday Feb 15, 2020
Saturday Feb 15, 2020
“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.” (Matthew 7:19–20 NIV11)
“Kingdom Come” podcast, episode 48
Would you like to know more about the heart of Jesus? If so, you’ve come to the right place.
Welcome to the “Kingdom Come” podcast of the Thames Valley churches of Christ. For two months we are diving deep into the “Sermon on the Mount”, found in the Gospel of Matthew chapters 5, 6, and 7.
These podcasts are designed to help us take these amazing words of Jesus and apply them to our devotional life.
Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our website is http://www.tvcoc.org.
Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.
Do you have a question about the Bible or the Christian faith? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send us your questions or suggestions. Here’s the email: tvcochrist@gmail.com.
Thanks again for listening. Have a super day.
God bless,
Malcolm
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Friday Feb 14, 2020
Friday Feb 14, 2020
“By their fruit you will recognise them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.” (Matthew 7:16–18 NIV11)
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
““Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” (Matthew 7:15 NIV11)
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
It’s a bonus recording on a paragraph of the Sermon on the Mount not covered in the class series.
Thank you for listening to this podcast. You can find more episodes in our feed. Our web site is http://www.tvcoc.org.
Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.
Do you have a question about the Bible or the Christian faith? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send us your questions or suggestions. Here’s the email: tvcochrist@gmail.com.
Thanks again for listening. Have a super day. God bless, Malcolm
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
It’s a bonus recording on a paragraph of the Sermon on the Mount not covered in the class series.