RELIGION VS REALITY
MATTHEW 6:1-15
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT IS A CALL FOR RADICAL OBEDIENCE NOT
CONFORMITY TO LEGITIMATE EXTERNAL RULERS WHICH IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH, BUT FOR TOTAL TRANSFORMATION OF A PERSON FROM THE INSIDE OUT. TO BE OBEDIENT TO JESUS IS TO BECOME, AS HE IS HUMBLE, GENTLE AND ABOVE ALL TRANSPARENT.
CHRISTIANITY 101
GIVING, 1-4
HEART, 1
HOW, 2-3
HONOR, 4
“EARN ALL YOU CAN, SAVE ALL YOU CAN, AND THEN GIVE ALL YOU
CAN. NEVER TRY TO SAVE OUT OF GOD’S CAUSE; SUCH MONEY WILL CANKER THE REST. GIVING TO IS NO LOSS; IT IS PUTTING YOUR SUBSTANCE INTO THE BEST BANK.” SPURGEON
“THE BASIC QUESTION IS NOT HOW MUCH MONEY WE SHOULD GIVE TO GOD, BUT HOW MUCH OF GOD’S MONEY WE SHOULD KEEP FOR OURSELVES.” J. OSWALD SANDERS
GIVE TO GOD FROM THE HEART, LUKE 6:38
GIVE TO GOD SACRIFICIALLY, MARK 12:41-44
GIVE TO GOD NOW, I CORINTHIANS 16:2
PRAYING, 5-15
CONTRAST, 5-7
CAUSE, 7-8
THE KEY IS THE CAUSE FOR WHICH YOU WILL BE HEARD:
BUSINESS
FAMILY
CONVERSATION, 9-15
PARENT,
PRAISE,
PETITION,
SUBMISSION,
CONFESSION,
APPLICATION
