1. January 21, 2018

2. Gatherings Men’s Breakfast Potluck Saturday, January 27 @ 8:00am
Sunday, Feb. 12:00pm
AGM
Sunday, Feb. 12:00pm

3. Going Deeper in Matthew
Bible Study & Prayer
8:00 pm (men)
10:30 am
Video: The Gospel of Matthew
First section: Sunday, Jan. 12pm
Bag lunch?

4. News Church Directory Ministry Teams
Check/Write info in foyer if you’d like
Ministry Teams
Coffee & snacks
Missions
Bylaws

5. Psalm 103
1 Praise the Lord, my soul;     all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul,     and forget not all his benefits

6. Prayer
Requests & Thanksgiving

7. Offering
Online giving now available on website:
Parkdalechurch.ca

8. Kids’ Minute
Junior Church for kids up to 12 years old

9. Matthew: Following the Teacher
5:1-16 – An Upside-Down World 5:17-48 – An Inside-Out LIfe

10. An Inside-Out Life The First and Last Word

11. An Inside-Out Life The First and Last Word
Hebrews 1:1-2 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

12. An Inside-Out Life The First and Last Word
Hebrews 1:3 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

13. An Inside-Out Life The First and Last Word
John 1:1, 14 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

14. An Inside-Out Life The First and Last Word
John 1:18 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

15. An Inside-Out Life The First and Last Word
5 Interpretations of the Law:
Matthew 5: 21, 27, 33, 38, 43
“You’ve heard it said, but I say to you…”

16. 5 New Blocks of Teaching:
“When Jesus had finished saying these things”
7:28 – Character
11:1 – Mission
13:53 – Kingdom
19:1 – Community
26:1 – Consummation

17. An Inside-Out Life A Deeper Righteousness
Matthew 23:23 23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness…

18. An Inside-Out Life A Deeper Righteousness
Psalm You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

19. An Inside-Out Life A Deeper Righteousness
“Oaths are a sign that we live in a world of lies” – Stanley Hauerwas

20. An Inside-Out Life A Deeper Righteousness

21. An Inside-Out Life A Message Embodied
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

22. An Inside-Out Life A Message Embodied
Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

23. An Inside-Out Life A Message Embodied
A New Pentateuch/Law
A New Adam/Creation
A New Israel/People

24. An Inside-Out Life A Message Embodied
Luke 24:27
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

25. An Inside-Out Life A Message Embodied
Hebrews 2:17
17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

26. An Inside-Out Life A Message Embodied
Romans 3:25
God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. 

27. Titus 3:5
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. 

29. An Inside-Out Life Living from the Heart

30. We experience kingdom blessings
We enter the kingdom
As a humble child, recognizing our need
“Poor in spirit” – receiving in faith
We experience kingdom blessings
As an obedient child, trusting our Father
“Hear & do” – walking by faith

31. Communion

32. “This is my body,
which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.  This cup is the new covenant
in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

33. Let us draw near to God 
with a sincere heart
and with the full assurance that faith brings