Kingdom Part 6

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Recap

Matthew 7:1–14 NIV

1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. 6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. 13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

pray

Jesus has spent a lot of time talking about our hearts.

He’s purposefully, time after time, talked about that which motivates us

He’s illustrated to us what a kingdom heart looks like

It’s different. It calls us deeper. It allows us to see things differently. Act differently. Be different.

But it begins to make sense of the world around us and the calling within us

The more clearly we are able to see the kingdom of God, the more we are going to be able to understand the fullness of life that God has for us

So Jesus has spent all this time talking about kingdom but getting to our hearts

Now, He is going to take a shift and begin to focus on the outcomes.

He will do this by talking about our relationships, rewards, .... responsibilities,