A Church After God’s Own Heart

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1 Samuel 13:14

[14] “But now your kingdom shall not endure. The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him

1 Samuel 13:14

as ruler over His people, because you have not

kept what the LORD commanded you.”

Matthew 22:15-22

The Wisdom of Jesus

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Jesus caught the Pharisees in a false choice.

What Does God Want Our Goals to Be?

1) Obedience or love and joy?

Matthew 22:37

(37) ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with

all your mind.’

Matthew 7:21

(21) Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does

the will of My Father who is in in heaven will enter.

An example:

Jesus Himself

John 14:31

(31) but so that the world may know that I love the

Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. …

2) Confrontation or encouragement?

Matthew 23:13

(13) Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off

the kingdom of heaven from people;

Matthew 23:13

For you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you

allow those who are entering to go in.

Matthew 11:28

(28) Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden,

and I will give you rest.

An example:

Aquila and Priscilla

3) Teach people or help people?

Matthew 28:19-20

(19) Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son

and the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 28:19-20

(20) teaching them to observe all that I

commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Luke 10:30-37

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

An example: Stephen

4) Outreach or faithfulness to God?

Matthew 5:13-16

(16) Let your light shine before men in such a way

that they may see your good works, and glorify

Your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:19

(19) Whoever then annuls one of the least of these

commandments, and teaches others to do the

same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven,

Matthew 5:19

but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be

called great in the kingdom of heaven.

An example:

Paul

Navigating a World of Extremes

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God desires us to be faithful in every way!

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