First General Baptist

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew

Text: Matthew 6:19-24

Choose

Wealth or the lack of it, is neither good nor bad. It is what you make of it.

How do you know?

*When you have time to think, what do you think about most?

*Have I learned to be content, do I know when I have enough?

*Do I own things or do they own me?

*Am I selfish, afraid to give things away for fear I won’t have enough?

*Do I know why I keep trying to acquire more?

What controls you?

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew

Text: Matthew 6:16-18

Fasting, and other strange things.

Acts 13:1-4

Inward

Outward

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew

Text: Matthew 6:9-13

The Lord’s Prayer

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Message: The Gospel according to Matthew

Text: Matthew 6:1-9

Giving & Praying

Giving:

You are only a steward.

We are tempted to not give because we are afraid we will have less.

Prayer:

Tell your Father what you need.

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew  

Text: Matthew 5:38-48  

The Impossible  

*Murder  

*Adultery  

*Divorce  

*Oaths  

*Retaliation  

*Love  

1)   Live as you were created to be…like Jesus.  

2)   Love…makes us do the craziest things.  

Message: The 100th Sheep

Text: Luke 15:1-7

Reach them or complain about them, but you can’t do both.

Bernard of Clairveaux:

1) Loving ourselves for our own sake.

2) Loving God for our own sake.

3) Loving God for God's sake.

4) Loving ourselves for God's sake.

For Jesus’ sake

Who is the next person for you to reach?

The next one.

Message: God so loved

Text: John 3:16

There are degrees of love…for everyone.

Caution, handle with care.

God loves you more than you love Him.

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew

Text: Matthew 5:21-48

The Impossible

*Murder

*Adultery

*Divorce

*Oaths

*Retaliation

*Love

N.T. Wright, “Extra words, especially strong ones, call into question the speaker’s basic truthfulness. If you need to add them, maybe we can’t trust you at all.”

George Sala, "It is difficult not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."

Pause before you speak, so you can mean what you say.

Before you speak, ask yourself is it:

Truthful?

Helpful?

Inspiring?

Necessary?

Kind?

James 4:13-16

Curves

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew

Text: Matthew 5:21-48

The Impossible

*Murder

*Adultery

*Divorce

*Oaths

*Retaliation

*Love

Vs 27-30

Adultery-the root of adultery is lust. The root of lust is getting.

Vs 31-32

Divorce

Message: Communion

Text: 1 Corinthians 11:27-34

Vs 33-34

Wait for each other.

Vs 27-32

Examine yourself.