SERMONS | PRACTICES | READING PLAN | COMMENTARIES
The gospel according to Matthew was one of the earliest accounts of Jesus’ life that circulated among the church. These early believers were first called, “Followers of the Way”. They weren’t marked by merely believing in a few theological truths, rather they were marked by being with Him, becoming like Him, and doing what He did.
For this series, we’ll focus on the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 5-7. It’s here King Jesus gives us a radical picture of what life in the Kingdom looks like. It’s our hope that as we meditate on Jesus’ words that we might more closely follow His Way.
To help you worship at home, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: The Beatitudes
Week 2: Salt and Light
Week 3: Jesus and the Bible
Week 4: From Cruelty to Unity
Week 5: On Lust, Objectification and Adultery
Week 6: On Integrity and Becoming Truth-Tellers
Week 7: On Retaliation and Becoming People of Peace
Week 8: On Loving Your Enemies
Week 9: Warning Against Theatrical Righteousness
Week 10: The Practice of Prayer
Week 11: Kingdom Treasure
Week 12: Jesus on Anxiety
Week 13: Rebuke: Wounds That Heal
Week 14: A Call to Decide
For this series, we want to focus on a particular tool to help us learn to follow Jesus more closely. It’s our hope that as we do new teaching series, we would be introduced to new practices that help us learn to be with Jesus and look more like Him.
In order for us to meditate more fully on Jesus’ words - our practice for this series will be journaling.
The commentaries below are some of the resources used in preparation for our series. For those wanting a more in-depth study of the text, we’d recommend the following to you.
