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Our Father in Kingdom PrayerOur Priorities in Kingdom PrayerOur Dependence in Kingdom Prayerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZViYZL1YR0

When "In the Right" - 31-37Legal Divorce in place of Full FaithfulnessRestricted Oaths in place of Constant TruthfulnessWhen "Have the Right" - 38-42Right to Resist the Oppressor ... or Opportunity to ServeRight to Refuse the Beggar ... or Opportunity to GiveWhen "They're Not Right" - 43-48Hating those who Hate/Hurt You ... Not Sons of the FatherLoving Only those who Love You ... No Different than "they are"

Kingdom Mission as ProphetsHow You Are a Blessing - Living out the Gospel - "Persecuted"How to Continue to Be - "Rejoice and Be Glad"Kingdom Mission as SaltHow You Are a Blessing - Flavor of the Gospel - PreservingHow to Continue to Be - Not Losing Taste and Thrown OutKingdom Mission as LightHow You Are a Blessing - Light of the Gospel - IlluminatingHow to Continue to Be - Not Hidden but Seen

Blessed Are Kingdom Disciples - They Recognize Their NeedNot Most Appealing DescriptionBut More Accurate DepictionBlessed Are Kingdom Disciples - They Care for Needs of OthersNot Most Honoring PositionBut Far More Helpful One

Recognition of the New King (1-8)– action/accuracyInteraction with the New King (9-18)– give/takeContinuation of the New King (19-23)– life/death

Before Recognizing It - 17-19 "divorce"When Recognizing It - 20-23 "dream"After Recognizing It - 24-25 "did"

1. Humble Oversight2. Humble Example3. Humble Watchfulness

Open to Oversight - 17Prayer in Partnership - 18-19Sheep of the Shepherd - 20-21

1. Relying on God's Faithfulness2. Repenting of Our Failure3. Rejoicing with Fuller Hope

1. Declaration, how we don't find rest (from ourselves) - "at that time Jesus declared..."2. Invitation, how we do find rest (only in Jesus) - "Come to me ...I will give you rest ... my yoke"

1. Getting it Right - "You are the Christ ..." 2. Getting it Wrong - "Far be it from you, Lord."

1. Eyewitness Experience - "we were eyewitnesses of his majesty" 2. Something More Sure in the Word - "we have something more sure, the prophetic word"

1. the Ending we want - "complete, equipped for every..." 2. the Means we don't - "teaching, reproof, correction, training" 3. the Source we can't - "all scripture is breathed out by God"

1. Unveiling - "bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil ..." 2. Beholding - "beholding the glory of the Lord" 3. Transforming - "being transformed ... one degree of glory to another"version from New Philadelphia on 11/25

1. About Him (not us) - "Thus it is written: the Christ..." 2. About His Expereince (not ours) - "should suffer and on the third day rise" 3. About His Shared Benefits (not private) - "repentance and forgiveness proclaimed to all"

1. The Invitation (why to come) - "everyone who thirst .. come to me" 2. The Instruction (how to come) - "seek ... call ... forsake ... return ... abundant pardon" 3. The Impact (what comes) - "everlasting covenant ... everlasting sign"

1. Wanted Forever - "I desire that they may be with me..." 2. Sent Already - "... you have sent me ..." 3. Loved Even Now - "the love ... may be in them and I in them."

1. Glory in place of Shame - "The glory you have given me, I have given to them." 2. Unity in place of Conflict - "that they may be one ... even as we are one" 3. Influence in place of Insignificance - "so that the world may believe/know..."

"I am glorified in them" 1. Different than the World; 2. Directed into the World

1. Who? - "Father ... your Son"; 2. When? - "the hour has come"; 3. What? - "glorify"

1. Too Much - Hera and Zeus - "you were bought with a price" 2. Not Enough - Hera and Competitors - "do not become slaves of men" 3. Needing More - Hera and Bastards - "in whatever condition...remain with God

1. Humble Obedience or Throwing Off Authority 2. Loving Sacrifice or Subjugating Equality 3. Securely Exalted or Fear of Losing Superiority

1. From Truth to Lie 2. From Weighty to Worthless 3. From Life-giving to Draining

1. warning of Prosperity - "lived on the earth in luxury and self-indulgence"; 2. waiting in Patience - "be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord"; 3. wanting to Pray - "prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working"

1. so Not Fighting for Place - "passions are at war .. so you fight"; 2. but Needing More Grace - "he gives more grace ... to the humble"; 3. and Noticing each case - "speaking evil against ...; not knowing what tomorrow ..."

1. Problems for Speech - "bridle ... rudder ... fire ... beast ... spring"; 2. Purpose for Speech - "wisdom ... truth ... righteousness ... peace"

1 Even When It is Hard - "trials of various kinds"; 2. And You Don't Want To - "tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires"; 3. Because the Truth is Real - "doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves."

1. Law; 2. Leaven; 3. Love

1. Contrary Desires; 2. Dead Desires; 3. Live Desires.

1. Father's Redeemed Sons - "redeem ... adoption as sons ... crying, "Abba! Father!""; 2. Parental Concern - "again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!" ; 3. Mother's Sons of Freedom - "Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother".

1. The Promise (still valid) - "the law ... does not ... make the promise void" 3:17; 2. The Law (added proof) - "the law was our guardian until Christ came ..." 3:24; 3. The Impacts (confirmed) - "heirs according to promise" 3:29

1. Wanting Blessing - "by works of the law or by hearing with faith" 2:2,5; 2. Taking Curses - "Cursed be/is everyone ...", "Christ redeemed us from the curse" 3:10,13.

1. The Branch - 2:16 "justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law"; 2. Cutting It Off - 2:14 "conduct was not in step with the truth of the Gospel"; 3. Falling Away - 2:21 - "not nullify .... then Christ died for no purpose"

1. Gospel of Grace (not slavery) - 1:6 "the grace of Christ"; 2. Gospel of God (not man) - 1:11 "not man's gospel"; 3. Gospel of Good (not evil) - 2:10 "remember the poor".

1. Unhindered by Circumstances; 2. Unhindered by People; 3. Unhindered by Us.

1. Take Courage, When You Are Down; 2. Because Jesus is Up, Take Courage.

1. Why is Christianity Not Liked? - "there are no little disturbance about the Way" v 23; 2. Why is Christianity Liked? - "no cause that we can give to justify this commotion" v40.

1. Hurting - "provoked - full of idols" v16; 2. Helping - "What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you" - v23; 3. Hoping - "So Paul went out of their midst... but some joined him and believed" - vv33-34.

1. Unless you are _____, you cannot be saved - v1; 2. Saved through the Grace of the Lord Jesus - v11.

1. Not Unclean - "I should not call any person common or unclean." 10:28, 11:12; 2. Not Favoritism - "God shows no partiality" 10:34; 3. Not Opposing - "who was I that I could stand in God's way" 11:17

1. Genuine Love (from Spirit) - "they had everything in common" 4:32-38; 2. Faked Love (against Spirit) - "Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit" 5:1-11

1. Humble (not arrogant) Boldness - "recognized they had been with Jesus" 12-14; 2. Submissive (not rebellious) Boldness - "listen to .. God" not man 15-22; 3. Dependent (not independent) Boldness - "grant to your servants" 25-31

1. about Jesus? - "for certain ... Lord and Christ ..." vv32-36; 2. about Humanity/Us? - "repent and ... receive the gift ... vv37-40; 3. about the Church? - "all who believed were together" vv41-47

1. Jesus Left to Continue - "all that Jesus began to do and teach ..."; 2. Jesus Left to Send - "when the Holy Spirit .. my witness ..."; 3. Jesus Left to Return - "...will come in the same way as you saw him go..."

1. Goal - "get wisdom"; 2. Progress - "dawn ... until full day" 3. Evaluation - "heart ... speech ... eyes ... feet"

1. Danger - "do not forget" 2. Desire - "nothing you desire can compare" 3. Difficulty - "do not withhold good"

1. Seeking - not lax but with longing; 2. Finding - not achieving but receiving; 3. Living - not the end but continuing

1. What You Think You Don't Want; 2. What You Actually Don't Want.