Pastor Shannon O’Dell | October 26/27, 2024

Heart for the House

THREE PRIMARY THINGS JESUS COVERED IN HIS WORD:

1. Building the Kingdom of God

But seek first the Kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be added…
Matthew 6:33

… the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 4:17

The gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world …
Matthew 24:14

He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:3

Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 28:31

2. Money

So is he (a fool) who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Luke 12:21

If the first piece of bread is offered to God, then the whole loaf is made holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, then the tree’s branches are holy too.
Romans 11:16

But rather give alms of such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you. But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
Luke 11:41-42

Seek first the Kingdom of God…
Matthew 6:33

First take the plank out of your own eye …
Matthew 7:5

First bind up the strong man.
Matthew 12:29

Love the Lord your God …This is the first and greatest commandment.
Matthew 22:38

First clean the inside of the cup …
Matthew 23:26

O God, You are my God; early will I seek You …
Psalm 63:1

On the first day of the week the disciples came together …
Acts 20:7

On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money …
I Corinthians 12:6

3. Faith

And without faith it is impossible to please God …
Hebrews 11:6

I will give.
Luke 19:8

Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.
Hebrews 7:8

The others gave what they’ll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn’t afford.
Mark 12:44

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
Hebrews 11:4