The Sinless One
Bible Reading
Matthew 6:25–34
Seek first the Kingdom
Part 1
Jesus’ Words
Challenging
“Do not worry about your life...”
“Do not worry about tomorrow...”
Matt 6:25
Matt 6:34
Suppose one of you wants to build a tower.
Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost
to see if he has enough money to complete it?
For if he lays the foundation and is not able to
finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
saying, “This fellow began to build and was
not able to finish.”
Luke 14: 28-30
Trusting God?
We cannot live
on past experiences of God.
Our walk with God
has to be renewed each day.
Seek first the Kingdom
Part 2
Look at the birds of the air...
Seek first
the
Kingdom
What is the Kingdom of God?
Seek first
the
Kingdom
The “places” where God rules
Seek first
the
Kingdom
What is the Kingdom of God?
A place or jurisdiction of:
no murder (wrongful anger),
no adultery (lustful looking),
no revenge, enemies are loved,
generosity, prayer, fasting,
God coming before possessions,
judging left to God,
God’s generosity surpassing ours,
open only to those who do what the Heavenly Father
wants...
A pearl worth sacrificing
everything for
A mustard seed growing into a
huge tree – a place of new birth
For
those of
childlike
faith
Hard for
the
wealthy
to get in
Requires
readiness
and
preparation
Requires our investment
Taken hold of by forceful people
Revealed in suffering
The Kingdom of God
separates people
weeds from the harvest
The Kingdom of God
separates people
bad fish - good fish
The Kingdom of God
separates people
goats - sheep
Jesus
Who are “the least of these
brothers & sisters of mine”?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The poor & disadvantaged?
Children?
Other believers?
The Jews?
The Kingdom of God
Called as His sheep,
separated into His Kingdom
The Kingdom of God is unified
under God’s sovereignty
 Inconceivable that it could be divided
 United, as Jesus and His Father are
 A divided kingdom will fall (Matt 12:25)
 Unity is not uniformity.
The Kingdom of God
embraces diversity – as in Creation