The Kingdom of Heaven
Pastor Tung Le
March 2, 2025
March 1 & 2, 2025 – Pastor Tung Le
The Gospel of Matthew: The King and His Kingdom
The Kingdom of Heaven
True happiness is about
Sermon on the Mount = a message delivered on a hillside
beatitudes = Latin for
2 main themes of the Sermon on the Mount:
1. Kingdom citizens live the
2. We are unable to do this on our own –
“The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting His way with us.” (Oswald Chambers)
blessed (makarios) =
Kingdom characteristic: Complete
“You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.” (Jonathan Edwards)
Kingdom characteristic:
“Kill your love for sin, or sin will kill your love for God.” (Garrett Kell)
“Meekness is not weakness, but spiritual strength harnessed for service.” (Joe Cothen)
Kingdom characteristic:
Kingdom characteristic: Hunger for
“The only one who can satisfy the human heart is the one who made it.” (Anonymous)
Kingdom characteristic: Showing
“God’s mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God.” (Charles Spurgeon)
Kingdom characteristic:
Kingdom characteristic: Prioritizing
“Jesus said, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’ And I think a lot of people don’t understand that there’s a difference between a peace lover and a peacemaker. Everybody loves peace, but wearing jewelry around your neck and saying ‘I love peace’ doesn’t bring it.” (Mike Huckabee)
Kingdom characteristic: Willing to
Kingdom characteristic: Truly happy people are
In Communion we celebrate that Jesus fulfilled the impossible standard.
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