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Right Side Up in an Upside Down World

Chapters 5 - 7 (Sermon on the Mount)

January 1, 2023 • Steve Hinton • Matthew 6:24, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 7:24–27, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 5:43–46

 1. Kingdom Residents.

 

5:1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.

  

5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 

 

2. Kingdom Righteousness.

 

5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

 

5:43. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

 

 

3. Kingdom Religion.

 

6:16 “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

 

 

4. Kingdom Resources.

 

6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

 

 

5. Kingdom Relations.

 

7:12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

 

 

6. Kingdom Roads.

 

7:24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”