APPLYING JESUS' SERMON (10 OF 52)
Scripture: Matthew 10:5-15, Matthew 10:26-33
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Applying Jesus' Sermon (10 of 52)
Series: Discipleship
Christopher B. Harbin
Matthew 10:5-15, 26-33
Often we find a difference between the truths we claim and the reality we live. In others, we call this hypocrisy, but on some level we all fail to live up to our ideals. We have heard reports of medical doctors who do not wash their hands. We have heard of police who abuse their authority to commit crimes. We claim to be law-abiding citizens, yet fail to follow traffic laws. We claim to hold missions as very important, yet fail to support it financially. We hold marriage in high regard, yet have the highest rate of divorce in the nation. Most often, we do not even recognize the difference between our claims and the reality of our actions.
We like Jesus. Often enough, however, our lives ignore the majority of Jesus' teachings. We claim Jesus as Lord and Savior, and yet we tend to live as if Jesus' words have little to no relevance to our daily interactions with one another. It is almost as if we are more in love with the idea of Jesus or the claim of loving Jesus than with the actual Jesus as described in the gospels. We know that loving Jesus is the right answer, but our claims may ring hollow.
Often as not, we memorize and quote Jesus' words, especially from the Sermon on the Mount. Then we go on to live as though we had never heard those same words. Some have taken this so far as to say that those words do not apply to life on earth, only to the heavenly reality that is yet to come. The problem is that Jesus and his disciples did not interpret his words that way. They actually attempted to apply them to the process of daily living.
A few chapters after Matthew's summary of Jesus' central teachings, we find Jesus giving the disciples some basic instructions before sending them out on a missionary journey throughout Israel. Mixed in with Jesus' instructions for that specific occasion, we find a set of instructions for the early church as it confront ...
Series: Discipleship
Christopher B. Harbin
Matthew 10:5-15, 26-33
Often we find a difference between the truths we claim and the reality we live. In others, we call this hypocrisy, but on some level we all fail to live up to our ideals. We have heard reports of medical doctors who do not wash their hands. We have heard of police who abuse their authority to commit crimes. We claim to be law-abiding citizens, yet fail to follow traffic laws. We claim to hold missions as very important, yet fail to support it financially. We hold marriage in high regard, yet have the highest rate of divorce in the nation. Most often, we do not even recognize the difference between our claims and the reality of our actions.
We like Jesus. Often enough, however, our lives ignore the majority of Jesus' teachings. We claim Jesus as Lord and Savior, and yet we tend to live as if Jesus' words have little to no relevance to our daily interactions with one another. It is almost as if we are more in love with the idea of Jesus or the claim of loving Jesus than with the actual Jesus as described in the gospels. We know that loving Jesus is the right answer, but our claims may ring hollow.
Often as not, we memorize and quote Jesus' words, especially from the Sermon on the Mount. Then we go on to live as though we had never heard those same words. Some have taken this so far as to say that those words do not apply to life on earth, only to the heavenly reality that is yet to come. The problem is that Jesus and his disciples did not interpret his words that way. They actually attempted to apply them to the process of daily living.
A few chapters after Matthew's summary of Jesus' central teachings, we find Jesus giving the disciples some basic instructions before sending them out on a missionary journey throughout Israel. Mixed in with Jesus' instructions for that specific occasion, we find a set of instructions for the early church as it confront ...
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