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February 6, 2022

THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON M 51 S

We welcome you to our worship services this morning. We hope that you will be encouraged and uplifted by our time together. We have no creed or set of rules to force on you. We simply rely on the Bible to tell us what to do and try to copy what we read the church in the first century did. We meet here every Sunday, but we also have Zoom available for those who are interested. Just ask and we will include you in our Zoom services. Call Karl Marcussen at 574-514-1400 for information.

FAMILY NEWS

TIMBERS: Last Sunday Bill and Patty made soup for us and we conducted services at Timbers nursing home. Our thanks to all who showed up and helped. One of the residents was in tears at being able to participate in the Lord's Supper, and we had a good crowd. Mark March 6 as our next service at Timbers. Please join us.

FOOD PANTRY: We had twice as many families come for food this past Monday as we had last month. There were 14 families, 59 individuals, this month that were served. Our thanks to everyone working with that ministry.

NEW OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE: Last week we shared with you that Della Bundle has opened another door for us. Look at last Sunday's bulletin for more on this project. Julie Marcussen is heading up this project because of her experience in making blankets in the past. If you are willing to help, please let her know.

REMEMBER OUR CLASSES: Old Testament history on Wednesday night at 7:00 P.M. Sunday morning at 10:00 A.M. we are having a survey of the New Testament. On Sunday night at 6:00 P.M., we are studying skepticism, atheism, and how to answer the challenges people raise about our faith in Christ. These classes help us grow in our knowledge of God's word and help with our faith questions!


TODAY'S LESSON

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, Part 2

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John Clayton

JESUS DEALS WITH THE REAL STRUGGLES IN LIFE.
Help in knowing what to pray for.
SONG: “Take Time to Be Holy”
INTRODUCTION — Matthew 5:21-6:34
A. Managing life — instructions from God
B. A continuation of last week
I. ANGER — Matthew 5:21-22; James 1:19-20, 26
A. “Raca” — calling names in resentment
B. “Thou fool,” “Moros” — person is of no value.
C. Learn to think before speaking. Ask God’s help.
II. LUST — Matthew 5:27-30 — “If I could, I would.”
A. Jeremiah 3:6-10 — adultery: breaking of a covenant — a whole nation can commit adultery.
B. 2 Timothy 2:9 — Learning to help one another
III. DIVORCE — Matthew 5:31-32; 1 Corinthians 7:12-17
Breaking of a covenant is adultery — 
porn, abuse, abandonment, etc., not just sexual infidelity.
IV. OATHS — Matthew 5:33-37; 26:72-74 (Peter) — Not the signing of an agreement
V. RETALIATION — Matthew 5:38-42 — What does it gain?
VI. ENEMIES — Matthew 5:43-48 — What did Jesus do?
A. Nicodemus — John 3:2; 7:50; 19:38-42
B. Being “perfect” (complete — no enemies)
VII. GIVING — Matthew 6:1-4; 25:31-40: Luke 6:38
A. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 — not a way of exploitation
B. Not just money — a heart for the hurting
VIII. PRAYER — Matthew 6:5-14; James 4:1 — talking to God as a close friend —  IX. FASTING — Matthew 6:16-18 — only to help you
X. MATERIALISM — Matthew 6:19-24; 1 Timothy 6:6-10 — what really matters in life?
XI. ANXIETY — Matthew 6:25-34
A. “Worry” is not in the original Greek.
B. Matthew 6:25 “Meri” — to be over anxious
1. Matthew 10:19; Luke 12:25 — Other uses
2. Do we trust God? — Remember 1/1/2000 — Y2K
XII. HOW DO WE FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF JESUS?

THE BACK PAGE

THE AMAZING WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST, Part 2

Let me encourage you to read last Sunday's bulletin, because today continues our discussion of the book of Matthew with a look at God's instructions for life. There is no heavy theological approach made in the words of Jesus. Jesus is laying out a blueprint for successful living.

The big issue when you read Matthew 5 – 7 or the parallel passage in Luke is not in understanding what Jesus is calling us to do, but in actually doing it. This is very much like a New Year's resolution; we know what we should do and we might even desire to do it, but how do we do it?

Let me suggest some things to you:

  1. Re-read the instructions from God. Why am I giving a sermon and devoting this space to talking about the “Sermon on the Mount?” Do we not already know and perhaps even are able to quote the words of Jesus in this passage? The answer is that we are human, and since we are human we need to be reminded and constantly encouraged to practice what we have been told. Spend time with the outline of today's lesson in this bulletin.
    How many times do we need to be told something before it sinks in enough to make us act? For most of us it is more than once.
  2. Add some of the topics in this passage to your talks with God. Every one of us has an area or areas we are weak in. Do not try to do it totally on your own. Ask God's help and think about what the alternatives are to what Jesus told us to do in this lesson. Do not let your prayer life slip. If it has, block out time and start talking to God.
  3. Take active steps to reduce the influence of your weakness. If your problem is your temper, make a conscious effort to steer away from situations and maybe people who cause you to lose your temper. If your problem is lust, get the magazines out of your house that portray “hunks” or temptresses that lead your mind to bad places. Avoid TV shows or movies that glorify sex.

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Let us encourage one another to love and good deeds!

Scripture links/references are from BibleGateway.com. Unhighlighted scriptures can be looked up at their website.

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03/25/2022