Sermon on the Mount Series:
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is teaching his disciples what it means and looks like to be citizens of the Kingdom of God.
Main idea:
Matthew 5.33-48
Living as citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
1) How are you prone to using the world’s methods (“oaths”) to secure your own success or future? How does your status as a kingdom citizen give you security in Christ over the world?
2) What is your natural response when you are wronged by someone or face injustice? Why do you tend to respond this way?
3) How can Jesus’ love toward you change the way you love others and respond to personal injustices?
QUESTIONS FOR PARENTS
1) How are we prone to abiding by the world’s methods (“oaths”) to secure our kids’ successes or futures? How have we “bargained” with God to ensure their wellbeing?
2) When our kids are wronged or hurt by others, what is our initial reaction? Do we teach them to fight back, or do we disciple them to respond to evil with the love and mercy of Christ?
3) What do our relationships teach our kids about whom we are to love? How can we lead them to love their enemies as well as their neighbors?