SERMON OUTLINE Sunday March 7th, 2021
Pastor David Cooke – Matthew 7:24-29
• Still Standing
• Living The Adventure
• You don’t have to be a fool to live the adventure
“Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise
wisdom and discipline.” (Proverbs 1:7, NLT)
“For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by
their own complacency. But all who listen to me will live in peace,
untroubled by fear of harm.”” (Proverbs 1:32–33, NLT)
• What if…
• I told you there was a way to live where you would be
guaranteed to be still standing. (Genesis 17:1–8)
• Faith Confession: Galatians 3:29, Galatians 3:9, Joshua 1:3
• Blessing does not mean lack of struggle
• The Words of Jesus (Luke 10:25–28, NLT)
• Love is not a feeling or a philosophy, it is action and lifestyle.
(Matthew 7:24–29, NLT)
• Unshakeable
A. Surrender – Mark 8:34–37, NLT
• We surrender because we’re the Beloved
B. Follow – Proverbs 3:5–8, NLT
• The call stories of Jesus in the Gospels are quite simple. Jesus
encounters someone in the midst of their normal life and
challenges them to follow him.
C. Listen – Luke 9:35 NLT
• Matthew, Mark and Luke all record the story of God speaking
to the disciples with a simple instruction: Listen
D. Do – Matthew 7:24, ESV
• Being flows into doing. Your doing reveals your being.
A disciple of Jesus is someone who follows Jesus in an ever
deepening relationship of love and helps others do the same.
• Unshakeable – Living The Words of Jesus
• Just outside Jesus’ home town of Capernaum, a hillside
Jesus gathered his disciples and all who wanted to hear to
speak these words.
• In these words – the longest body of Jesus’ teaching – we
experience the essence of all that Jesus taught about God
and his Kingdom.
• What’s Your Next Step?
Surrender – Follow – Listen – Do
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SERMON SERIES: “Unshakeable: Living The Words of Jesus”
Series Reference: The Essence: Unpacking Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (2020).
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THIS WEEK: Matthew 7:24-29
Watch the weekend’s sermon: http://www.coldspringschurch.net/sermons.html.
ICE BREAKER: What technological changes have impacted you in your lifetime?
PRAYER: God is worthy to be sought – take time to pray together in your group.
EXPLORING TOGETHER
There is value in sharing perspectives about the weekend message in
community. With dialogue around God’s truths, perspective broadens and
impacts transformation.
1. What is something from this weekend’s message that stood out to you? How
so?
GOING DEEPER
In this sermon series we explored how to live according to Jesus’ teachings in
Matthew chapters 5-7. This is the Gospel of the Kingdom. It is something we
are not only to know, but to do, to live. And when we do that, we are
immoveable, unshakeable because the foundation is Jesus and he is the Rock
of our salvation that is immoveable and unshakeable.
2. What are some of the significant cultural changes in values (in the past few
decades) that affect our country?
How do you think these changes have impacted Christians?
3. What are some specific examples from your life where “the words of Jesus”
(v.24) have provided a secure foundation for difficult life issues?
4. What challenges you most out of James 1:22–25?
5. At this point in your journey with God, is your most pressing need to “learn
more” or “practice what you’ve already learned”?
WEEKLY REFLECTION – NEXT STEPS
In Jesus, we have the power to live the Kingdom Life (2 Timothy 1:7; Lk. 19:10).
At Cold Springs we talk about next steps as:
Surrender your position as the Gold Standard, as judge (Mk. 8:34-37).
Follow Jesus’ example of love lived – be a person of grace and mercy
(Prov. 3:5-8). You can’t follow without surrendering first. A follower of
Jesus follows Jesus.
Listen to the voice of Jesus when tempted to judge – he touched people
with compassion. You can’t listen without following, you can’t follow
without listening.
Do the Good News of Jesus. Being flows into doing. Your doing reveals
your being. We surrender because we’re the Beloved. A disciple of Jesus
is someone who follows Jesus in an ever deepening relationship of love
and helps others do the same.
6. What do you need to surrender, follow, listen or do to increasingly become
(or help someone else become) a person who lives the Kingdom Life?