Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. Beautiful One Jeremy Camp Everlasting God: 25 Modern Worship Favorites Jesus, You Are Worthy Brenton Brown The Wonderful Cross Worth It All Meredith Andrews Worth It All You Are My King (Amazing Love) Newsboys Adoration: The Worship Album As It Is In Heaven - Matt Maher Empty and Beautiful
The Already But Not Yet Kingdom Matthew 21:1-11
Triumphal Entry of Christ (Matthew 21:1-11) 1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her.
Triumphal Entry of Christ (Matthew 21:1-11) Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.
Triumphal Entry of Christ (Matthew 21:1-11) 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 5 Say to Daughter Zion, See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Triumphal Entry of Christ (Matthew 21:1-11) 6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on.
Triumphal Entry of Christ (Matthew 21:1-11) 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Triumphal Entry of Christ (Matthew 21:1-11) 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!
Triumphal Entry of Christ (Matthew 21:1-11) 10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, Who is this? 11 The crowds answered, This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.
What is the Kingdom of God? Rule & reign of God
What is the Kingdom of God? Rule & reign of God Psalm 103:19 19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
What is the Kingdom of God? Rule & reign of God Psalm 145:13 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.
What is the Kingdom of God? Rule & reign of God Matthew 5:9-10 9b Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
What is the Kingdom of God? Current Age Age to Come
What is the Kingdom of God? Already Kingdom Church Age
What is the Kingdom of God? Already Kingdom Not Yet Kingdom Church Age Us
The Already Kingdom Matthew 12:26-28 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? 27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out?
The Already Kingdom Matthew 12:26-28 So then, they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
The Already Kingdom Matthew 13:24-33 othe Kingdom of God is like. Wheat & weeds Mustard seed Yeast
The Already Kingdom Colossians 1:13-14 (ESV) 13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
The Already Kingdom Hebrews 12:28-29 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
The Not Yet Kingdom Luke 19:11-27 11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. 12 He said: A man of noble birth went to a distant.
The Already but Not Yet Kingdom Luke 17:20-21 20 Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, 21 nor will people say, Here it is, or There it is, because the kingdom of God is in your midst.
The Already but Not Yet Kingdom Luke 17:22-37 22 Then he said to his disciples, The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. 23 People will tell you, There he is! or Here he is! Do not go running off after them.
The Already but Not Yet Kingdom Luke 17:22-37 24 For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. 25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation..
Dangers of over-emphasizing the already Danger of the health & wealth gospel
Dangers of over-emphasizing the already Loss of the sense of longing & anticipation for Christ s imminent return omatthew 25:1-13 (parable of the 10 virgins)
Dangers of over-emphasizing the already Underestimating the role of suffering in this life oacts 14:22b 22b We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God
Dangers of over-emphasizing the not yet Underestimating the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives
oezekiel 36:25-27 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
oezekiel 36:25-27 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
omatthew 3:11 (John the Baptist) 11 I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
ojohn 7:37-39 37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.
ojohn 7:37-39 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
ojohn 14-16 (Last Supper Discourses) 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. (John 14:16-17)
oacts 2:17 17 In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
oromans 8 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-2)
o2 Corinthians 3 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
o2 Corinthians 3 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
under the law. (Galatians 5:16-18) ogalatians 5 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not
Dangers of over-emphasizing the not yet Underestimating the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives
Conclusion Live as citizens of the already but not yet Kingdom!