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Intentional Spiritual Growth: REFLECT On the Why Questions
Matthew 6:25-27
Look at (OBSERVE) the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store
away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much
more valuable than they? Matthew 6:26
Brief Review of last week:
Intentional Spiritual growth: OBSERVE
Worry: to be apprehensive, have anxiety, be anxious, be (unduly)
concerned.
Greek Dictionary
God invites us to observe our worries from the new a new
perspective – God pulls us up to a new
perspective
Reflect on Jesus good news: He says this THREE times in ten verses because
it’s SUPRA important:
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry
about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its
own.
Matthew 6:21, 24, 34
Look at (REFLECT ON) the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much
more valuable than they? Matthew 6:26
This week: Intentional Spiritual growth
REFLECT: Asking the why Questions
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how
the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor
or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was
dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the
field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, …..
…….will he not much more clothe you, O you of
little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we
wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and
your heavenly Father knows that you need
them. Matthew 6:28-32
Reflect
For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Matthew 6:32
Reflect
Pagan (noun): An offensive term that deliberately insults somebody who does not acknowledge (live by) the God of the
Bible, Torah, or Koran.
Microsoft Word DictionaryItalics mine
Pagan Definition reminders
Reflect Pagans/ Gentiles (noun), Greek = ἔθνη
1.a nation/ people united by kinship, culture, and common traditions
Reflect
Pagans/ Gentiles (noun), Greek = ἔθνη
1.a nation/ people united by kinship, culture, and common traditions
2.people groups foreign to another specific people group
Reflect
Pagans/ Gentiles (noun), Greek = ἔθνη
2.people groups foreign to another specific people group
a. those who do not belong to groups professing faith in the God of Israel
Reflect
Pagans/ Gentiles (noun), Greek = ἔθνη
b. non-Israelite Christians (Gentiles)… The word connotes Israelite allegations of religious and moral inferiority of gentiles
Danker, Greek–English Dictionary
Reflect
Pagans/ Gentiles (noun), Greek = ἔθνη
1.a nation/ people united by kinship, culture, and common traditions2.people groups foreign to another specific people group
a. those who do not belong to groups professing faith in the God of Israelb. non-Israelite Christians (Gentiles)… The word connotes Israelite allegations of religious and moral inferiority of gentiles
Danker, Greek–English Dictionary
Reflect
Jesus said:
“It is not the healthy that need a doctor but the sick.”
Mark 2:17
Reflect on Jesus, God’s words that lead us to life…
1. How are we worrying like pagans?
A couple hard questions Jesus is asking us to reflect on today, to lead us to abundant life, are:
2. Where are we we thinking and acting like Pagans?
A couple hard questions Jesus is asking us to reflect on today, to lead us to abundant life, are:
Reflect
Repentance is not about judgment It’s about a (positive) change of the mind that effects our actions, feelings and behaviors. It’s about believing that God can change us and help us and others, look more like Jesus over time and live in his kingdom today.
.
The Passionate Life, Breen and Kallestad
Italics mine
Reflect
We try to change the things we worry about, Jesus promises to change the person who worries, not the things
we worry about.
The Passionate LifeBreen and Kallestad
Italics mine
Reflect
“Instead of looking back at the event to prevent circumstances from converging in the same way again, we need to look forward to see the growth
that we can experience from it. Passionate Life, Breen and Kallestad
Reflect
It’s about a heart that trusts a good God, so that he can be King in
all and despite of our circumstances.
But (you) seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given
to you as well.
Matthew 6:33
The kingdom of God is the world the way God created it to be and intends it to be today. It is the rule of God in the hearts of people and lived out in society.
Reflect on…
God’s righteousness is our hearts desire to live in HIS KINGDOM – doing our part by HIS SPIRIT – to re-create the world as he intended it today. This is living as the life-long learners being shaped by Jesus THE KING.
(bottom of discipleship circle)
Matthew 5-7
Jesus Sermon on the Mount
(Retelling of the Law or Ten
Commandments)
REFLECT in Context
Reflect
For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of
the Pharisees and teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the
kingdom of God (now or ever).
Matthew 5:20
Reflect on Jesus, God’s words…
Matthew 5-7
Jesus Sermon on the Mount
(Retelling of the Law or Ten
Commandments)
REFLECT in Context
Reflect
Wow, that’s impossible, God please help me be lifelong learner of Jesus THE KING
(The Sermon on the Mount starts with Blessed are those who know they need God to live in God’s Kingdom (Matt 5:2)
OR…We can’t do that today in our culture
today
What’s our first reflection after reading
Jesus teachings?
Is it:
As we reflect on this message today and wrestle with whether Jesus or the culture is our king, we’re having a Kairos moment.
Further clarity on Kairos time…
Kairos moments impact us personally, positively or negatively
Kairos moments involve emotions
Kairos awareness always overrides chronos awareness.
“The time is now!” (Mark 1:15).
Reflect on Jesus good news: He says this THREE times in ten verses because
it’s SUPRA important:
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry
about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its
own.
Matthew 6:21, 24, 34
A Disciple = Life-long learner of Jesus the King