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Week Two

A Christian’s character (5:3–12) Matthew 5:3-6

Christian’s relationship to God

Character: Bob & Hank

Narrator:

Over the next couple of weeks, we are going to be introduced to a few fictional characters as we study through Matthew Chapter 5-7 Better known as, the sermon on the mount.

It is our goal that some of you will be able to identify with these people portrayed as they wrestle with the material covered each Sunday.

Narrator:

Last week we met Hank, A busy businessman who has little time to read, but has found time to listen to audio books and has recently downloaded the Audio Book

“Living the life of the Sermon on the Mount in Modern Times”, How to discover your purpose as a disciple of Christ.

We find Hank once again at the local coffee shop, Celestial Beans.

Today he was some extra time and he thought he would sit this time and enjoy the coffee while listening to his audio book.

As he sat down, he noticed the book was still at the table.

<Bob enters Orders coffee, then sits down beside Hank>

<The Dialogue is slow between the two as Bob keeps interrupting Hank as he listens to the audio book.

Each time, Hank keep unplugging and plugging in his earphones>

Bob: (interrupting Hanks listening and asks him question)

Hey, do you mind If I sit at the table with you.

It seems quite busy today.

Hank: (Unplugging his earphones)

Sure,

(replaces his headphones and continues to listen)

Bob: (is looking around at the different people then begins to interrupt Hank)

What are you listening to?

Hank: (Unplugging his earphones)

It’s an audio book called, “Living the life of the Sermon on the Mount in Modern Times”, How to discover your purpose as a disciple of Christ.

(replaces his headphones and continues to listen)

Bob: (interrupting Hank) Is it any good?

Hank: (Unplugging his earphones)

Yes!

(replaces his headphones and continues to listen)

Bob: (interrupting Hank)

What is it about?

Hank: (Unplugging his earphones)

Learning to be a disciple of Christ and a Shining light to those around you.

(replaces his headphones and continues to listen)

Bob: (Muttering under his breath, Keep listening because your lights pretty dim.

Hank: (Unplugging his earphones)

What was that?

Bob: Nothing, this coffee if filled to the rim

Hank: I have just made my way through the intro and heard that the Sermon on the Mount is about God’s Kingdom and how disciples of Christ should be like.

It’s authentic, relevant, and practical.

You should read it, here it.

I’ve got to run.

(hands book to Bob replaces his earphones and leaves the coffee Shop)

Bob: (Looking at the book)

“Living the life of the Sermon on the Mount in Modern Times”, How to discover your purpose as a disciple of Christ.

Maybe I will read this book, my wife is always telling me to read more, I should surprise her and read this book.

Let’s see, he told me about the intro, so let me jump to chapter one

“The Disciples Character Part 1”

Hum, it starts with scripture:

Leaves the coffee shop and continues to reads the passage for this morning

Matthew 5:3-6

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

4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Introduction

Hank an Bob.

Two different people, yet this series is for them.

If you were not here last week and missed the introduction for this series, may I encourage you to take some time this week and listen to the audio file with slides found on our website.

May I also encourage you if you are away for some of the series to continue to be caught up by taking a half hour the week following to listen to the progression of the sermon series.

We, unless there is a technical issue, generally have the message up on the church’s website by Tuesday afternoon.

I am aiming to make the sermon’s stand alone each week, but to be honest they are all tied together.

The time of giving this

Authentic, realistic and practical sermon to the disciples and the people Jesus did it in one sitting; therefore it would be good for you to keep the flow together.

In the least, you will have a chance to see the story unfold between the various characters introduced throughout the weeks.

With that, Let’s pray

Scripture Passage

Turn with me if you would to the passage we are going to look at this moring

The Disciple’s Character: Who is the disciple?

We have been working through our definition of a disciple:

He or she is one who...

is seeking to know God while being transformed into the image of Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit in the context of community.

with last week we discovered that Jesus taught, walked, showed what His Kingdom is and will be in the context of community.

Now in the midst of the people with his disciples around him he begins with outlining what the disciple’s character should look like.

Where are you in the journey of seeking to know God?

Are you sitting here this morning for the first time hearing that there is a God who desires to be in a relationship with his creation.

He desired so much that he took on the form of his creation, mankind and came to this world to walk and talk with us.

Jesus is God

He came to invite people into his Kingdom through accepting Christ’s work on the cross for our forgiveness of our sins.

If your journey with God, seeking God, has not come to the point of giving your life to Him, may I encourage you to do so.

If your not ready, listen to the words found in these passages as Christ calls to his followers, his disciples to hear his voice.

Maybe you are sitting here this morning, you have made a decision to follow God many years ago, but you feel there must be more.

You want to be freshened as to what a disciple life should look like, feel like.

These words are for you.

It may be that you are a follower of Christ, A life long disciple, seeking to know God and are being transformed daily into the image of Christ, you have been and continue to be empowered by the Holy Spirit, may these words continue to strengthen your faith.

When Jesus spoke these words, to the people,

there were the different types of people in the crowd.

Some willing to follow, some coming to hear what is being said, some being dragged alone, some skeptics.

Then there were his newly appointed disciples, and now there are us.

The disciples character part one is about the first four beatitudes.

I use to read these as four different types of people.

A list of skills and approaches to life.

I have heard several sermons on each individual beatitude, but for this mourning, we are going to look at the first four together.

Together is the key.

These listings are not a list of different people, rather they are a list of what our character should look like as a disciple of Christ.

Dallas Willard put it this way.

The beatitudes of Jesus drive home his answers to this very question.