Reconciled People in a Fractured World | Kingdom Community Week 2 | 18 Jan 2026 | Andy Glover

``And so what Jesus wants us to remember is that one of the ways that I process unforgiveness is that I take time to remember again what Jesus has done for me. But Jesus pays the ultimate price, and so the process of forgiveness that I have to go through is rooted in his forgiveness of me, first and foremost, but also then the power of his blood opens up a way for me to access the holy spirit, to receive the holy spirit, to find a way then to take hold of some of this really strong teaching and to say, yes. [00:30:26] (48 seconds)  #ForgivenessThroughChrist

And that's quite a strong statement, isn't it? It's like, you know, if you're a follower of Jesus, then actually we're not really in in disagreeing with Jesus, are we? Now if you're not a follower of Jesus, then you need to perhaps sometimes thrash that out with with with Christians and with God himself. Like, I need to work out, is this truth that Jesus is teaching? Is it truth? But if you've committed yourself to follow him, then actually, it's not so much to disagree. It's actually to be in disobedience. [00:09:08] (31 seconds)  #FollowDontDisagree

This is this is Jesus now getting into the heart of his teaching here. And if you remember, I was saying before that this particular passage, these these chapters, chapters five, six, and seven, there's a crowd gathered around Jesus listening in to his teaching, but it's his disciples. It's the ones that are following him that he's actually addressing, and and they're leaning in. It's this is about creating this kingdom community. [00:03:00] (35 seconds)  #KingdomCommunity

as you go through Matthew five, the rest of Matthew five, and I've only read a few verses, you'll see that this is repeated a few times, and I'll summarize it like this. Jesus says, you have heard it said, but now I tell you. So it's repeated five or six times. You have heard it said, but now I tell you. And what Jesus is referring to is to the Old Testament laws, the whole Old Testament context. And this is really important in the way that Matthew particularly constructs his gospel. [00:09:45] (34 seconds)  #YouHaveHeardNowITellYou

So Jesus isn't sort of calling us to what Jesus sorry. What Jesus is doing here is he's calling us to reorder our lives under his rule. And, this is a powerful statement. I wrote this, and I thought, gosh, this is quite strong, but I'll say it anyway. To ignore this is not disagreement. It's disobedience. [00:08:43] (25 seconds)  #ReorderUnderChrist

And, I think for us as Christians, one of the greatest threats to our kingdom witness is not so much the hostility we get from outside the world, but the unresolved conflict and division within the church. [00:05:30] (18 seconds)  #HealChurchDivision

Jesus doesn't withdraw. He stays on the path. And if you know anything about the life of Jesus and you know the stories that unfolds in the gospels, you know there are real moments where Jesus has to process and pray through this journey that he's on because he knows that everything in his life is moving towards a moment that has to happen to enable the fractured relationship between humanity and God to be restored. [00:29:05] (36 seconds)  #JesusJourneyToRestore

I want you to understand that Jesus isn't offering you better tips to a better life. You know what I mean? He's like, these aren't like Jesus's top tips to how to live your life. This is actually fundamental kingdom authority in the way that we should live as kingdom followers, followers of the king. [00:06:31] (25 seconds)  #KingdomAuthorityLiving