1. If the feeding of the 5000 invited an emphasis on Jesus’ COMPASSION, this week’s miracle invites a sermon focused on Jesus’ AUTHORITY.
  2. Jesus’ miracle in this sermon, then, is a type of the compassion He has for your hearers. While they certainly have many physical needs, your hearers also (more fundamentally) need Jesus’ mercy and forgiveness.
  3. If your congregation promotes and supports “family values,” you should be prepared to take this text head-on.
  4. The Father in Heaven is the only one we have legitimate reason to fear. But in Christ, we learn that the Father knows His children intimately and values His children exceedingly.
  5. Before the sending is the gathering. Before the gathering is the compassion. Before the compassion is the seeing. And it all starts with a gracious God.
  6. The Lord, who is with us, retains authority over us. His promise calls for trust and obedience.
  7. Their hearts burned, their feet ran, and their mouths opened. “The Lord is risen, indeed!” they confessed, because this is what Easter does: It makes confessors.
  8. John chose to write these things for a specific purpose: “So that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name."
  9. Our God-given faith, despite our lack of sight, has made us sons and daughters of light who walk in the light even during dark times.
  10. God interrupts Peter, but not only to quiet him. He also directs Peter to listen to someone else.
  11. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus establishes a whole new standard for what it means to live as one of His people.
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