Sermons by Mark Kernan

Homicide of the HEart   Sermon Text: Matthew 5:21-26 The Principle Announced (Matthew 5:21–22) Our attitudes and words are just as important as our actions. The Principle Applied (Matthew 5:23–26) Our attempts at reconciliation are just as important as our worship The Power of the Gospel

Matthew 5:17-20 Main Idea: The purpose of the OT is to lead us, by God’s grace, into God’s righteousness, through its fulfillment Jesus Christ.

Matthew 5:1–6 Main Idea: Our everlasting happiness hangs on our acceptance before God and enjoyment of his ways.

Matthew 5:1–7:29, Main Idea: Our priorities and actions reveal the kingdom to which we belong.

Matthew 4:1–11 Main Idea: Temptation loses its power when pleasing God is our highest priority.

Matthew 3:13–17 Main Idea: Jesus identified with us in baptism so that he might rescue all those who take refuge in him.

Matthew 2:13–23 Main Idea: Jesus is worthy of our worship because he brought OT to its God-designed end.

Matthew 1:18–25 Main Idea: Our salvation is forever secured by God’s unwavering commitment to fulfill his sovereign plan. I. The Sovereign Power of God (Matthew 1:18) The Scandal of God’s Sovereign Intervention A. The Scandal of May’s Pregnancy B. The Righteousness of Joseph’s Response II.. The Saving Plan of God (Matthew 1:19–21) A. The Angel’s Correction B. The Angel’s Revelation III. The Surprising Fulfullment of God’s Promise (Matthew 1:22–25) A. An Honest Question B. The Original Context of Iaiah’s Prophecy C.…

Matthew begins his gospel with a tedious genealogy because he wants his readers to recognize, from the very beginning of his book, that God’s promised Messiah has finally come in the person of Jesus Christ.