Living the Blessed Life (Matthew 5:1-12)

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Preached on Sunday 19th June 2022 by Matthew Baines

A one-off sermon

Sermon Notes:

  1. #Blessed

  2. Three important principles

  3. Blessings

    1. The poor in spirit

    2. The mourners

    3. The meek

    4. The hungry and thirsty for righteousness

    5. The merciful

    6. The pure in heart

    7. The peacemakers

    8. The persecuted

  4. Be Glad and Rejoice

12. Saviour of the Superficial (John 4:43-54)

Preached on Sunday 5th June 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor

The twelfth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John:
From the Father’s Heart

1. The strangest ‘So’ in the Bible: 43-48

When mankind is at its most superficial and selfish,
Jesus gives himself.

2. The kindest ‘No’ in the Bible: 49-54

When life is at its most real and raw,
Jesus gives his word.

11. Ripe Rejoicing (John 4:27-42)

Preached on Sunday 29th May 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor

The eleventh sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart

1. What the uncertain evangelist has 27-30, 39-42

2. What the unpromising apostles lack 31-38

  • Look at the love willed in eternity

  • Look at the calendar written into your Bible

  • Look at the joy waiting for you in the world

10. The Well is Deep (John 4:1-26)

Preached on Sunday 22nd May 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor

The tenth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart

If only you knew the Gift of God!

• “Living water”?

• Satisfaction?

• Cleansing?

• Eternal life?

• The Holy Spirit?

• True, spiritual worship?

1. What Jesus gives to us: Not just benefits, but a bridegroom

The Gift: Christ himself, though his Spirit, with every blessing in his hands

  • Christ alone possesses the Spirit “without measure”, and every gift of the Father is placed in his hands (3:34-35)

  • God himself is “living water” his people need (Jer 2:13)

  • Drink from Christ, receive the living water of his Spirit (7:37, 39)

So What: No a ‘second blessing’, but more of Jesus

2. What Jesus wants for us: Not just mercy, but a marriage

A thirst we never knew we had: a temple for honest sinners to worship in

9. Here Comes the Bride! (John 4:1-26)

Preached on Sunday 15th May 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor

The ninth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart

Listen for the wedding bells…

The shocking bride: From heaven he came and sought her
The shocking gift: …to be his holy bride!

So how wide is Jesus’ great ‘whoever’?  (3:16)

The scandalous bride Christ loves and redeems:

  1. Discarded

  2. Disgraced

  3. Disinterested

  4. Desperate

  5. Dirty

Water that brings beauty out of brokenness (Ezek 47:1-12)