Sermon Central
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The Sermon On The Mount
Contributed by Allan Quak on Feb 10, 2025 (message contributor)
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1. Not For Spiritual Wimps
Contributed on Feb 10, 2025
Disciples of Jesus have a calling to partner with Jesus in enabling repentance-avoiders to repent by being salt and light as we live the "beatitudinal" life.
You can listen to this sermon at https://npbc.org.au/podcasts/media Matthew 5:1-16 “Not For Spiritual Wimps” Do you ever have those moments when you think – this world has gone mad! Attention spans are being reduced to sound bites … 2 minute reels … and doom scrolling. Everyone is now an expert ...read more
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2. We Are Not Minimalists
Contributed on Feb 17, 2025
Jesus gives six examples to demonstrate how a “righteousness that surpasses the Pharisees and teachers of the law” is a righteousness that avoids minimalism.
You can listen to this sermon at https://npbc.org.au/podcasts/media Matthew 5:17-48 “We Are Not Minimalists” There is a group of people in the Bible known as the Pharisees. If you have been a Christian for a while you would know that Jesus didn’t have a lot of good things to say about the ...read more
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3. An Oscar Winning Performance
Contributed on Feb 24, 2025
Jesus warns against the hypocrisy which can happen to disciples when they fall into the the spiritual danger of having a righteousness that is being done to be seen by others.
You can listen to this sermon at https://npbc.org.au/podcasts/media Matthew 6:1-18 “An Oscar Winning Performance” Every year in late-February or early March the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds a ceremony where the Academy Awards … commonly known as the Oscars … are ...read more
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4. Entangled Or Disentangled?
Contributed on Mar 5, 2025
Jesus equips disciples to transform their lives by disentangle ourselves from the materialistic thinking and practise of the world and entangling ourselves in service to our Saviour.
You can listen to this sermon at https://npbc.org.au/podcasts/media Matthew 6:19-24 “Entangled Or Disentangled?” When Jesus came to this earth Jesus made it very clear that we all need to make a decision. Are we going to live the way Jesus calls us to live? Or are we going to live our own ...read more
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5. Start Thinking And Don’t Worry
Contributed on Mar 10, 2025
Jesus calls us to stop worrying by not bringing the falsehoods of tomorrow into today, and by being thinking Christians who look to our heavenly Father.
You can listen to this sermon at https://npbc.org.au/podcasts/media Matthew 6:25-34 “Start Thinking and Don’t Worry” If you were old enough you will remember the powerful impact of the 1975 movie called “Jaws”. Even now, if you know the movie, you have the tune in your head. Durnut … durnut ...read more
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6. Relating To "others"
Contributed on Mar 17, 2025
We all have people in our lives who are different from us. In His Sermon Jesus equips to deal in a Godly manner with the “others” who are different to us.
You can listen to this sermon at https://npbc.org.au/podcasts/media Matthew 7:1-12 “Relating To Others” We all have people in our lives who are different from us. They have different approaches. They hold a different perspective. They have different Christian priorities. “Their” approach to life ...read more
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7. Are You In? Or Are You Out?
Contributed on Mar 24, 2025
Through a series of contrasts Jesus confronts His listeners with a key issue. Are you in God's kingdom? Or are you out of God's kingdom?
You can listen to this sermon at https://npbc.org.au/podcasts/media Matthew 7:13-29 “Are You In? Or Are You Out?” Through the Sermon on the Mount Jesus has been telling the disciples, what it means to be part of God’s kingdom, and how a person in God’s kingdom is to live. Jesus is particularly ...read more