Sermon Notes

Main Point: If we know the Scriptures, then we know that the resurrection is a very real comfort.

Outline:

1. The Correction of the Scriptures

2. The Comfort of the Resurrection

Main Point:  God’s people must be wary of the ways that politics can be used to distract people from the truths of Christ.

Outline:

A Revolutionary Question

A Revolutionary Answer

Main Point: The kingdom of Christ is a kingdom of mercy, not merit.

Outline:

1. The Call of Mercy (22:1-7)

2. The Covering of Mercy (22:8-10)

3. The Celebration of Mercy (22:11-14)

Main Point: God loves and cares for his church, providing all that we need

in Christ.

Outline:

1. God’s Vineyard

2. God’s Enemies

3. God’s Response

a. Judgment (“he will…destroy the tenants”)

b. Grace (“he will…give the vineyard to others”)

Main Point: Christians have a responsibility to embrace the weirdness of

the testimony we hold out to the world.

Outline: Three things that make Christianity weird in our world today:

1. A Resurrection that Divides

2. A Faith that Matters

3. A Grace that Humbles

Main Point: The difference between the lost and those who know Christ is

not a gleaming record of good deeds, but a heart of repentance.

Outline:

1. The “Bad” Son (v. 28-29)

2. The “Good” Son (v. 30)

3. The True Solution (v. 31-32)

Main Point: Jesus speaks with divine authority.

Outline:

1. Christ’s Confrontation

2. Christ’s Enemies

a. Deliberate (v. 25-26)

b. Afraid (v. 26)

c. Dishonest (v. 27)

3. Christ’s Answer

a. Careful (v. 24-25)

b. Honest (v. 25)

c. Authoritative (v. 23-27)

Main Point: Jesus is the perfect and complete Israel, the fruitful temple,

and the fig tree that is always in bloom.

Outline:

1. The Fruitless Tree

2. The Fruitless Temple

Main Point: Jesus is the expected – but also unexpected – King of Israel.

Outline:

1. Jesus is Self-Aware

2. Jesus is Humble

3. Jesus is King

Main Point: Christians should see the blind men as an example of faith:

trusting in the Savior that we cannot see, daily crying out to him for mercy.

Outline:

1. They Know Who They Are

2. They Know Where To Go