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Message notes by Cole Beshore, January 16 2022
’COMMUNITY WITHIN REACH’
1) A NEW KIND OF COMMUNITY
Matthew 5:21-24
“YOU HAVE HEARD THAT OUR ANCESTORS WERE TOLD, ‘YOU MUST NOT MURDER. IF YOU COMMIT MURDER, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO JUDGMENT.’ BUT I SAY, IF YOU ARE EVEN ANGRY WITH SOMEONE, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO JUDGMENT! IF YOU CALL SOMEONE AN IDIOT, YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT. AND IF YOU CURSE SOMEONE, YOU ARE IN DANGER OF THE FIRES OF HELL. “SO IF YOU ARE PRESENTING A SACRIFICE AT THE ALTAR IN THE TEMPLE AND YOU SUDDENLY REMEMBER THAT SOMEONE HAS SOMETHING AGAINST YOU, LEAVE YOUR SACRIFICE THERE AT THE ALTAR. GO AND BE RECONCILED TO THAT PERSON. THEN COME AND OFFER YOUR SACRIFICE TO GOD.
Matthew 5:44-47
BUT I SAY, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES! PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU! IN THAT WAY, YOU WILL BE ACTING AS TRUE CHILDREN OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. FOR HE GIVES HIS SUNLIGHT TO BOTH THE EVIL AND THE GOOD, AND HE SENDS RAIN ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST ALIKE. IF YOU LOVE ONLY THOSE WHO LOVE YOU, WHAT REWARD IS THERE FOR THAT? EVEN CORRUPT TAX COLLECTORS DO THAT MUCH. IF YOU ARE KIND ONLY TO YOUR FRIENDS, HOW ARE YOU DIFFERENT FROM ANYONE ELSE? EVEN PAGANS DO THAT.
Matthew 7:1-6
“DO NOT JUDGE OTHERS, AND YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED. FOR YOU WILL BE TREATED AS YOU TREAT OTHERS. THE STANDARD YOU USE IN JUDGING IS THE STANDARD BY WHICH YOU WILL BE JUDGED. “AND WHY WORRY ABOUT A SPECK IN YOUR FRIEND’S EYE WHEN YOU HAVE A LOG IN YOUR OWN? HOW CAN YOU THINK OF SAYING TO YOUR FRIEND, ‘LET ME HELP YOU GET RID OF THAT SPECK IN YOUR EYE,’ WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE PAST THE LOG IN YOUR OWN EYE? HYPOCRITE! FIRST GET RID OF THE LOG IN YOUR OWN EYE; THEN YOU WILL SEE WELL ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH THE SPECK IN YOUR FRIEND’S EYE. “DON’T WASTE WHAT IS HOLY ON PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOLY. DON’T THROW YOUR PEARLS TO PIGS! THEY WILL TRAMPLE THE PEARLS, THEN TURN AND ATTACK YOU.
2) NOT JUST FRIENDS
3) STAYING CONNECTED