King's Cross Church - Defiance

Matthew 6:19–24 | I. How is your vision? | II. Where is your affection fixed? | You can't serve God and money, but if your vision and affection is fixed on God, you can serve Him with money.

I. How is your vision? | II. Where is your affection fixed? | You can't serve God and money, but if your vision and affection is fixed on God, you can serve Him with money.

Matthew 6:19–21 | I. Generosity is trusting Jesus' financial advice. Matthew 6:19 | II. Generosity is investment in an eternal future. Matthew 6:20 | III. Generosity forms our hearts for heaven. Matthew 6:21 | “Jesus declares that our heart always follows our treasure, whether down to earth or up to heaven.” - John Stott

I. Learning from Leaders as Sufferers, 1 Cor 4:8-13 | II. Learning from Leaders as Fathers, 1 Cor 4:8:14-21

1 Corinthians 3:18–4:7 | When we step back to evaluate how we evaluate ourselves, we can see that it's Christ's evaluation that matters most. | I. A self-deceived worldly evaluation, 1 Cor. 3:18-23 | II. A self-forgetting eschatological evaluation, 1 Cor 4:1-5 | III. A self-aware grateful evaluation, 1 Cor 4:6-7

1 Corinthians 3:9–17 | I. Take care to build right 1Cor 3:9-10 | II. Take care to build on the right foundation. 1 Cor 3:11 | III. Take care to build with the right materials. 1 Cor 3:12-15 | IV. Take care to build toward the right end, 1 Cor 3:16-17 | “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the Church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever. Worship, therefore, is the fuel and goal of missions.” -John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad

1 Corinthians 3:1–9 | I. Grow up! A spirit of competition is unspiritual. 1 Cor 3:1-4 | II. Grow up! Ministers are ministers and God is the Grower. 1 Cor 3:5-9

1 Corinthians 2:6-16 | Prayer of Illumination from George Herbert: O, make your Word a swift Word, passing from the ear to the heart, from the heart to the life and conversation; that, as the rain returns not empty, so neither may your Word, but accomplish that for which it is given. Amen. | We don't come by God's wisdom naturally but spiritually. | I. Wisdom Revealed (1 Cor. 2:6-11) | II. Wisdom Received (1 Cor. 2:12-16) | APPLICATION: 1. If you have God's Spirit, you can know God through His Word. | 2. Since the Spirit helps us comprehend God's Word, pray before reading it. | 3. Read and study the Bible, not merely books about the Bible. | 4. Proclaim the gospel and let the Spirit apply the gospel.

What you win people with is what you win people to. I. What you win people with, 1 Cor 2:1, 3-4 II. What you win people to, 1 Cor 2:2, 5

Sermon Text: 1 Cor 1:18-31 Outline: I. God's “folly:” His King was killed on a cross. 1 Cor 1:18-24 ‌II. God's “folly:” He saves the likes of you. 1 Cor 1:26 ‌III. God's reasoning in such “folly.” 1 Cor 1:27-31

I. You can't spell community without unity, 1 Cor 1:10 II. You can't spell division without “I,” 1 Cor 1:11-13 III. The issues that divide us, 1 Cor 1:14-16 IV. The person who unites us, 1 Cor 1:17 “For [Paul] baptism comes after the hearing of the gospel, but it does so as the God-ordained mode of faith's response to the gospel.” - Gordon Fee, The First Epistle to the Corinthians.

What matters most is that we are called together into a new identity in Jesus Christ. Our Identity in Jesus Christ: 1. We Are Saints in Christ 2. We Are Family because of Christ 3. We Are Products of Grace in Christ 4. We are gifted to serve in Christ, 5. We have Guiltless Status and Fellowship with Christ.

Our mission is to multiply gospel-centered disciples and churches to be worshipers who delight in Christ, witnesses who declare His cross, and servants and family who display His love.

Mark 2:23-28 I. Restlessness (vs 23): Our hearts are restless until they rest in God II. Religion (vs 24) : A division of the world into good and bad seeps into us in the form of judgmentalism III. Realism (vs 25 - 26): Behind shabbath is the true and better sabbath IV. Revelation (vs 27): Jesus reveals a new revelation of gospel to sabbath

Romans 12:1-21 | Main idea: By the mercies of God, we've been saved for community, not for quarantine.

Psalm 95 What is worship? Worship is giving attention to God's worth, and responding in joyful, humble adoration and thanksgiving.

God Is: An Invitation to Wonder / Psalm 34 Main idea: We don't bless the Lord always because life is good always. We bless the Lord always because the Lord is good always. I. Understanding God's Goodness, Psalm 34:8 The goodness of God is His overflowing moral excellence and innate inclination to show kindness to all of His creatures. II. Trusting God's Goodness When Life is Not Good, Psalm 56:1-11 “God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And so when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.” -C.H. Spurgeon III. Tasting God's Goodness, Psalm 34:8-10 “…There is a difference between having an opinion that God is holy and gracious, and having a sense of the loveliness and beauty of that holiness and grace. There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness. A man may have the former, that knows not how honey tastes; but a man can't have the latter unless he has an idea of the taste of honey in his mind. So there is a difference between believing that a person is beautiful, and having a sense of his beauty.” - Jonathan Edwards, “A Divine and Supernatural Light” “The goodness of God is seen in the variety of natural pleasures which He has provided for His creatures. God might have been pleased to satisfy your hunger without the food being pleasing to our palates—how His benevolence appears in the varied flavors He has given to meats, vegetables, and fruits! God has not only given us senses, but also that which gratifies them; this too reveals His goodness. The earth might have been as fertile as it is without being so delightfully variegated. Our physical lives could have been sustained without beautiful flowers to regale our eyes, and exhale sweet perfumes. We might have walked the fields without our ears being saluted by the music of the birds.” - A.W. Pink IV. Imitating God's Goodness, Psalm 34:13-14

1 John 4:7-21 I. God's love is unique (4:7-11); II. God desires us to experience his love (4:13-18); III. God desires to live out his love (4:19-21).

I. What is God like, at His very center? | II. How does God express His mercy and grace? | III. How should we respond to what God is like?

1. Missional Church does Holistic Ministry (9:35) | 2. Missional Church is Compassionate (9:36) | 3. Missional Church Depends on God (9: 37-38)

I. God is holy, holy, holy. (Isaiah 6:1-4) II. The holy, holy, holy God has made you holy (if you follow Jesus). (Isaiah 6:5-6) III. Because God is holy, His children must be holy. (1 Peter 1:13-19) How do we be holy in all our conduct? 1) Store the Bible in your heart. 2) Put sin to death and leave it behind. 3) Prepare your mind to choose holiness.

I. Jesus will come to judge the world in righteousness (Rev. 19:11-16). II. Jesus will come to judge without favoritism (Rev. 19:17-18). III. Jesus will come to judge the beast and all who follow him (Rev.19:19-21).

Message from Matthew Parks on July 17, 2022

I. God is present in your mind. Ps. 139:1,4 II. God is present in your bed. Ps. 139:2 III. God is present all around you. Ps. 139:5-6 IV. God is present even when you want to run from Him. Ps. 139:7 V. God is present in heaven and in the grave. Ps. 139:8 VI. God is present in the depths of the sea. Ps. 139:9-10 VII. God was and is present in your darkness moments. Ps. 139:11-12 VIII. God was present with you before you were born. Ps. 139:13-15 IX. God will be present with with you when you die. Ps. 139:16 X. God thinks about you more than you can fathom. Ps. 139:17-18

Message from Ben Moser on July 3, 2022

I) God is Unchangeable in His Character (Mal. 3:6; Jas. 1:17) II) God is Unchangeable in His Word (Num. 23:19; Ps. 119:89; Isa. 46:10-11) III) God is Unchangeable in His Plans (Job 23:13; Isa. 14:24) 1. We have the hope of redemption. 2. We have the assurance of salvation. 3. We have the promise of sanctification.

I) What is the Trinity? 1. God is three persons (or personalities) 2. Each person is fully God 3. There is one God II) Why does the Trinity matter? 1. All of the Christian life is trinitarian. 2. Without the Trinity, there would be no salvation 3. If you are in Christ, the Father is already pleased with you.

Main Idea: Rejoice that the infinite, eternal God, has invited finite, time-stuck sinners to dwell in Him eternally! I. God is timeless and infinite. (Psalm 90:1-4) II. We are time-stuck and finite. (Psalm 90:5-11) III. How then should we spend this mist of a life? (Psalm 90:12-17) 1. Learn to number your days. 2. Rejoice in God Himself. 3. Live in dependence on God's favor. (Psalm 90:16-17)

Main Idea: God in no way needs us, but we in every way need God. I) God created everything and owns everything (Gen. 1:1) II) God is completely independent of anything outside Himself (Ex. 3:13-14) III) Therefore, God doesn't need us, but we need Him.

I. God Is Incomprehensible and That Is Wonderful II. God Is Knowable, and That Is Wonderful

“Sow a thought, Reap an action; Sow an action, Reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character; Sow a character, Reap a destiny.” Jesus modeled good and godly habits. Luke 5:15–16 Paul modeled and encouraged good and godly habits. 1 Corinthians 9:24–27 2 Corinthians 3:17–18 KCC's 10 Spiritual Practices 1. Scripture Reading and Meditation 2. Prayer and Worship 3. Community 4. Fighting the Flesh 5. Feasting and Sabbath 6. Learning and Wonder 7. Sacrificial Giving 8. Fasting and Moderation 9. Spiritual Direction 10. Preaching the Gospel and Serving Others Psalm 119:9–16 Meditate in Hebrew - “muse on, consider, think on, i.e., ponder and so give serious consideration to information, or a situation” - Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains Meditation is deep thinking and musing on scripture for the purpose of understanding, application, and prayerful communion with God. Psalm 1:1–2 Psalm 119:97 Psalm 119:148 Joshua 1:7–8 How to Meditate on Scripture John 5:39–40 17 ways to meditate on Scripture: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/17-ways-to-meditate-on-scripture/

with Nashwan Saadoon

I. Christ ascended to the Father to reign as the Supreme King II. Christ ascended to intercede for us as our eternal high priest. III. Christ ascended to prepare a place for us in His Father's house.

I. Jesus Arose from the Grave, so Believe Him! Luke 24:36-42 II. Jesus Fulfilled the Scriptures, so Study Him! Luke 24:44-45 III. Jesus Sent the Spirit for His mission, so Obey Him Luke 24:46-49

Main Idea: The resurrection proves that God's plan of redemption was always the person of Jesus. I. The Plan of Redemption Revealed (Luke 24:13-27) II. The Person of Redemption Revealed (Luke 24:28-35)

I. The Jolting Finality of Death, II. The Unexpected Reality of the Empty Tomb III. The Journeys to Embrace a Miraculous Reality, Luke 24:9-12

Q: Who was responsible for the death of Christ? I. The Mockers who Shamed Jesus, Luke 22:63-65 II. The Jewish Leaders Who Do Not Believe, Luke 22:66-71 III & IV. The Politicians who Clung to Power , Luke 23:1-5, 13-25, Luke 23:6-12 V. The Mobs who Clamored for Crucifixion, Luke 23:18-25 VI. The Guilty One who Received Grace, Luke 23:25 VII. God Himself

I. We are weaker than we want to admit. Luke 22:31-34 II. Jesus is stronger than we realize. Luke 22:35-46 III. Some who seem to follow Jesus will betray Him. Luke 22:47-53 IV. Some who seem to follow Jesus will deny Him yet return. Luke 22:54-62

Main Idea: Worldly troubles are a sign to be awake and a witness to Jesus. I) In this world you will have trouble (21:5-24). II) Jesus has overcome the world (21:25-36). III) Therefore, be awake and a witness to Jesus.

Main Idea: The more we remember what Jesus has done for us, the greater our response will be to his mission. 1. Remember that the enemy is always at work. (22:1-6) 2. Remember that Jesus is always in control. (22:7-13) 3. Remember that Christ has already accomplished salvation. (22:14-20) 4. Remember that Christ has left us a mission to carry out (22:21-30)

I. Questioning Jesus on Politics, Luke 20:19-26 II. Questioning Jesus on Speculative Theology, Luke 20:27-40 1. The resurrection is for real. 2. The resurrection body will be invincible. 3. Marriage, as we know it, is momentary. 4. Resurrection life will be of a more glorified order. III. Jesus' Question about His Supremacy, Luke 20:41-44

I. The Reception of King Jesus, Luke 19:28-40 II. The Grief of King Jesus, Luke 19:41-48 III. The Authority of King Jesus, Luke 20:1-19

I. One Life and One Gospel II. The Two Judgements 1. Judgment of Commendation 2. Judgment of Condemnation

Main Idea: Jesus came to seek and to save lost people, not people who think their religion has saved them. 1. Jesus loves the unlovable. 2. Jesus saves the unsavable. 3. When Jesus brings salvation to your house, your life will be changed forever.

I. Pray like a sinner not like a saint. Luke 18:9-14 II. Depend on God like a baby. Luke 18:15-17 III. Follow Jesus into the impossible. Luke 18:18-30 IV. How Jesus met our greatest need. Luke 18:31-34