Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: 6 signs of a 'Sermon on the Mount faith' in action. 

1. An exemplary compassion (vv. 1-2) 

2. An exemplary humility (vv. 3-4, 6, 7a)

3. An exemplary love (v. 5a)   

4. An exemplary generosity (v. 5b)     

5. An exemplary trust (v. 7b)

6. An exemplary submission (vv. 8-10)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: The crux of Christian discipleship is obedience. 

1. Discipleship implies lordship and lordship demands obedience (v. 46)   

2. Is your life the house built on the rock? (vv. 47-48)

3. Is your life the house built without a foundation? (v. 49)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: The resurrection proves there's power in the blood of Jesus.

1. What gives the blood such power?

a. Because it's Jesus' blood

b. Because Jesus offered Himself to God without blemish

c. Because Jesus offered Himself to God through the eternal Spirit 

d. What this means for us?

i. How great the love

ii. How vain the alternatives

2. What is the power of Jesus’ blood for you?  

a. Power to purge your conscience from dead works

b. Power to serve the living God

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: Jesus’ priesthood accomplishes the salvation the old couldn’t. 

Gripped by a salvation secured for us because:  

1. The office He occupies is better (v. 11a) 

2. The sanctuary He ministers in is better (vv. 11b)       

3. The sacrifice He offers is better (v. 12)

Better in what ways?

A. The holy place was better

B. The blood was better

C. The offering was better

D. The redemption was better

Preacher: Tyler Masters

Big Idea: Conduct and conversation reveal the heart’s condition. We need to examine the fruit and make sure we are rooted in Christ.

1. Two Trees (vv. 43-44)

2. Two Treasures (v. 45a)

3. True Source (v. 45b)

Preacher: Michael Pagan

Big Idea: Merciless people will not receive the mercy of God.

Two warning signs you might be merciless:

1. You judge others excessively (vv. 37-38)

2. You judge yourself leniently (vv. 39-42)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: Kingdom actions reveal Kingdom origins.  

1. Kingdom love in action (vv. 27-28) 

2. Kingdom love’s reactions (vv. 29-30)    

3. Kingdom love’s rule (vv. 31-34) 

4. Kingdom love’s reward (vv. 35-36)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: Jesus, the new Moses, pronounces the blessings of spiritual exodus to the new Israel. 

1. Blessings of the Kingdom-bound

a. The blessing of poverty (v. 20)

b. The blessing of hunger (v. 21a) 

c. The blessing of grief (v. 21b)

d. The blessing of rejection (vv. 22-23)

2. Curses that bind from the Kingdom

a. The curse of riches (v. 24)

b. The curse of fullness (v. 25a) 

c. The curse of laughter (v. 25b) 

d. The curse of popularity (v. 26)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: The time has come for Jesus to select the heads of a renewed Israel for His kingdom purposes. 

1. The priority of Jesus' private life (v. 12) 

2. The picking of Jesus' partnerships (vv. 13-16)  

3. The power of Jesus' public ministry (vv. 17-19)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: Jesus, the greater King David, is Lord of the Sabbath.

1. The Sabbath is subordinate to Jesus (vv. 1-5)               

2. The Sabbath is supportive of man’s good (vv. 6-11)