September 21, 2014

The King's Speech - An Introduction

Speaker: Reid S. Monaghan Series: The King's Speech Topic: Exposition Passage: Matthew 4:18–5:2

INTRODUCTION

 

The Power of Words

 

SETTING THE SCENE

 

Scene 1—The King’s Roots

Matthew 1:1, 17

 

Scene 2—The King’s Birth

Matthew 1:19-23

 

Scene 3—Opposing Kings

Matthew 2:13-15

 

Scene 4—God’s King

Matthew 3:16-17

 

Scene 5—The king’s Temptation

Matthew 4:1

 

Scene 6—The King’s Calling

Matthew 4:18:25

 

Scene 7—the King’s speech

Matthew 5:1, 2

 

Community Meditation

Know

  • Why is it good to read the gospels casually as a story yet also closely as theology?
  • Discuss why Matthew “sets the scene” so deliberately in leading up to the Sermon on the Mount?
  • Why is it important to maintain a tight connection in our understanding of Jesus’s identity with his words/teaching?

Feel

  • How do you feel about the call to establish your life based upon the words and teachings of someone else? Easy to do? Hard?
  • Why do you listen to the counsel and advice of certain people and not others? What do you need to know before you heed someone’s words?

Live

  • Read Hebrews 10:19-30. We are called into a beautiful relationship which then calls us forward in a new life together. Our call is forward.
  • “But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.”

other sermons in this series

Apr 5

2015

The Authority of the King

Speaker: Reid S. Monaghan Passage: Matthew 7:28–7:29 Series: The King's Speech

Mar 29

2015

Foundation for the Good Fight

Speaker: Reid S. Monaghan Passage: Matthew 7:24–7:27 Series: The King's Speech

Mar 22

2015

House Builders

Speaker: Dean Macke Passage: Matthew 7:24–7:27 Series: The King's Speech