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Weekly sermons from Concord United Methodist's Traditional and Contemporary Services.
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Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Jesus’ enters Jerusalem on a donkey – which is the traditional entrance for a Jewish King – as opposed to Roman emperors or governors who would enter on a stallion or chariot. He also turns over the tables in the temple. In this way, Jesus establishes his reign showing himself to the public as the King of the Jews and showing his authority by ordering temple worship reforms to be made.
Scripture - Matthew 21:1-27
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Jesus tells us that only those who come to the kingdom like a child can enter it. The humility of childlike faith functions of the citizenship test for the Kingdom of heaven. Without the humility to recognize our need for God we will become our own gods and never experience the abundant life of the Kingdom.
Scripture - Matthew 18:1-5, 19:13-15
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Jesus tells us that only those who come to the kingdom like a child can enter it. The humility of childlike faith functions of the citizenship test for the Kingdom of heaven. Without the humility to recognize our need for God we will become our own gods and never experience the abundant life of the Kingdom.
Scripture - Matthew 18:1-5, 19:13-15
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Jesus compares the kingdom to a treasure that it would be worth selling all your other possession to acquire. This is the cost of the Kingdom. Only those who are willing to give up everything else can enter.
Scripture - Matthew 13:44-50
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Jesus compares the kingdom to a treasure that it would be worth selling all your other possession to acquire. This is the cost of the Kingdom. Only those who are willing to give up everything else can enter.
Scripture - Matthew 13:44-50
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Jesus tells his twelve disciples to go to the lost sheep of Israel and proclaim the kingdom of heaven as come near. Once you have entered the kingdom, you are called to invite others in. This is the cause of the kingdom – to reach out to all those beyond it’s borders and invite them to the only life that can free their spirits and satisfy their souls.
Scripture - Matthew 10:5-15
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Jesus tells his twelve disciples to go to the lost sheep of Israel and proclaim the kingdom of heaven as come near. Once you have entered the kingdom, you are called to invite others in. This is the cause of the kingdom – to reach out to all those beyond it’s borders and invite them to the only life that can free their spirits and satisfy their souls.
Scripture - Matthew 10:5-15
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
During the sermon on the mount, Jesus tells us not to worry by instead focusing first on the Kingdom of God and trusting God to give us everything else we need. We can only enter the Kingdom of God by putting the Kingdom first. Until we learn to put the Kingdom first, we will always be worried because we will always be seeking things that cannot fulfill the deepest desire of our souls.
Scripture - Matthew 6:25-34
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
During the sermon on the mount, Jesus tells us not to worry by instead focusing first on the Kingdom of God and trusting God to give us everything else we need. We can only enter the Kingdom of God by putting the Kingdom first. Until we learn to put the Kingdom first, we will always be worried because we will always be seeking things that cannot fulfill the deepest desire of our souls.
Scripture - Matthew 6:25-34
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
In Matthew Gospel, the first messages we hear from Jesus and from John the Baptist are identical, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven has come near.” According to these teachings, the kingdom can be entered during our earthly lives (not just after death) and repentance is the key to entering the kingdom. Repent means to turn around. Jesus’ first call on our lives is to turn from living by the values of earthly kingdom, or the selfish values of our own egocentric kingdom, and instead to live by the ways and means of the Kingdom of Heaven. During Lent, we focus on repentance, not so that we can improve our willpower, but so that we can experience life inside the Kingdom of Heaven.
Scripture - Matthew 4:12-17