Transformative Teachings: Building the Kingdom of Heaven

### Quotes for outreach

1. "Throughout history, all the greatest stories, the lullabies, the good, the bedtime stories, all the speeches that we know, we know them because they resonate with us, they share a horizon of hope with us, they give us something to work towards. And so they bring about truths within us and the human race." [44:00] (19 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "If we actually hear these words, these instructions for life that make us make changes, that if we transform our lives, both as individuals and as the human race, that we can really be a part of that movement still to this day. And if we really take the time to consider, Jesus is pretty radical with his ideas. And I think we are being called to be a little bit radical in this time." [45:30] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "So Jesus spends the rest of his sermon giving us these glimpses and so when we're talking about this this morning and over the next couple weeks it's going to be a little seemingly disjointed because he just gives you a snippet of it and talks about it and so that's where we're jumping in this morning of what it looks to be kingdom builders." [52:47] (16 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "When we hear or witness hate Jesus invites us to avoid steam procrastinating on sharing love because evil only invites more evil but love invites more love and when you are confronted about anger about a situation how are you redirecting that energy are you just being an idle observer just a commentator or are you redirecting that energy into making a change in the world." [01:01:36] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "So friends let us stop procrastinating and get busy doing the things of the kingdom so that we have a firm foundation from this day forward." [01:02:50] (10 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for members

1. "So what would it look like for Jesus to have given this message in this time and this place? Maybe it would be a TED talk. If you're not familiar, TED talk is that kind of 13 to 20 minute talk, almost like a sermon where it's a live studio audience. And TED is a nonprofit that tries to spread these ideas to transform the world. Sounds very Jesus-y, right?" [42:00] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "So the truth of the matter is is Jesus was speaking into conflicts of his day and if we lay those conflicts back on the ones that we have right now they're the same thing just with different people different tribes different nations different people but we still have poverty and things like that that he had during that day and so what Jesus is telling us is that in the midst of that conflict the sameness that we have today that there is a different way if we start putting everything that Jesus teaches us into practice we will be guided by the wisdom of God and have a different world around us and that if we are in tune with the holy spirit that we will see those glimpses of heaven right now." [51:25] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "So you like me maybe when you read that word enemies you might not have anybody that you can think of right away i don't have any enemies but what if you exchange that word for hard to love people now your list can probably get long pretty quick right those hard to love people and so then i start thinking about those people that maybe i dislike because i only know the thing about them that i dislike and so it's easier to say i don't like you because i obviously know this one thing about you and it doesn't align with me and then on the other hand the more we know about somebody it becomes hard to love them because we know so much about them so rather than behave in the same way our enemy acts jesus is saying meet them with love meet them with compassion meet them with grace and forgiveness don't match their behavior with their behavior but rather match their behavior with a a comeback of jesus's graciousness kindness all of that because that is the new way." [54:14] (63 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "So i often need this reminder when i am ministering to our people over at raytown the church community that we have there is a lot of our have-nots and i was sitting with three guys this past wednesday and a few of them would be unhoused but one has a house but in in every other sense of the word they are living on the streets they are looking for provision from others and from agencies and so they were talking about what they didn't have and and i was like how do i speak into this of like i those are some of my worries that i don't have to worry about and so i went to philippians 4 which is one of my favorites and i said we are all in a sense in some way in need of something and have to find our gratitude in the midst of that and so paul writes in philippians 4 this i have learned to be content whatever the circumstances i know what it is to be in need and i know what it is to have plenty i have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation whether well-fed or hungry whether living in plenty or in want i can do all things through him who gives me strength so i tried to put my myself in their shoes but also realized that that verse hits differently those verses of having and having not is different depending on who you are but we ended up talking about contentment and they walked out of there with gratitude saying you know i have these things today and i'm grateful and i'm still looking for all these other things to come and be about but that is where the rest of us get to surround them and be part of helping shape their world where they have uh when they are lacking." [57:07] (100 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "So again today it seems like we're just jumping from idea to idea and we're just scratching the surface on this sermon on the mount and those are the the few ideas that get us started on this but what i want to take us back to for a moment is that we all at times miss the mark and taking part in these things we procrastinate on what jesus calls us to do and so remember how i procrastinated by watching that video i think i have a way to bring it back so it wasn't wasted time that 14 minutes because spoiler alert if you end up going back to watch this this ted talk tim urban concludes his talk by putting a graphic up that has all these squares that represent one week of a 90 year old's life and that is 4680 weeks and a person's life most of us know that the um average life is about the least number of days more often than the whole life span is much less now it's 76 but think about it every one of those boxes represents how short life can be so urban proposes this to his audience and I do to you today that I think we all need to take a long hard look at this calendar we need to think about what we're really procrastinating on because everyone is procrastinating on something in life he calls us all procrastinators we all have something a goal a dream a project that we have but haven't started yet we keep making excuses of why we haven't started it this calendar visibly shows how short life can be and we have just spent those three weeks looking at how the afterlife affects what we do right now with our lives and what we can learn about that is that every week that we put off chasing our dreams is another box checked off but as Christ followers we're not just any dream we're not just chasing any goal but rather we are chasing the kingdom of heaven right here and right now and so Jesus has painted this beautiful picture for us of what we are to be in tuned with to experience the reign of God right here and right now and when we have the power of the Holy Spirit within us to grant us that strength and the power we get to put light into the darkness that we see all around us and so we have to ask ourselves we procrastinating on taking part in building the kingdom of heaven are we procrastinating on building the thing that God has called us to build what is God asking you to do what is God asking us to do as a church to build the kingdom right here and right now are you avoiding it because when we are saddened by the state of our relationships as Christ followers we are called to choose to not avoid healing those relationships we were asked to stop procrastinating on binding those relationships back together when we are upset about the lack of civility especially during an election year Jesus invites us to avoid procrastinating on being peacemakers and instead of putting more fuel on the flames Jesus says take a step back be at peace with one another." [58:38] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)