Transcript Slide 1

Archa
OPENING QUESTION
What’s the best
Christmas gift
you ever got?
JESUS
OBEDIENCE
SCHOOL
Quick Review
Theme: STAY in Jesus’ words
• 1st words: “in my Father’s House”
• 1st miracle: Joy
• 1st message: Repent, the kingdom is near
SERMON
ON THE
MOUNT
Christian Counterculture
• BEATITUDES: BLESSED?
• SALT + LIGHT?
• IS THE LAW DEAD?
• ARE YOU A MURDERER?
• WHY AREN’T THERE MORE ONE-EYED CHRISTIANS?
• LOVE OSAMA BIN LADEN?
• GOD OR $$$?
• NO WORRIES?
• YANK YOUR PLANKS?
GOD
GIVES
GOOD
GIFTS
Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door
will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives;
he who seeks finds;
and to him who knocks,
the door will be opened.
Which of you,
if his son asks for bread,
will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish,
will give him a snake?
If you, then, though you are evil,
know how to give
good gifts to your children,
how much more
will your Father in heaven
give good gifts
to those who ask him!
(Matthew 7:7-11)
GRAMMAR TEST
What’s grammatically
significant about the
three verbs in verse 7?
What exactly
happens when we
ask, seek & knock?
So what?
Why does God
contrast our giftgiving with His?
Have you ever
been surprised by
an answer to
prayer?
So, what’s the
ultimate gift?
If you then,
though you are evil,
know how to give good gifts
to your children,
how much more
will your Father in heaven
give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask him?
(Luke 11:13)
What gifts does the
Holy Spirit give?
LOVE
JOY
PEACE
PATIENCE
KINDNESS
GOODNESS
GENTLENESS
FAITHFULNESS
SELF-CONTROL
(Galatians 5:22-23a)
ASK!
SEEK!
KNOCK!
(repeat)