The Tale of Two Cities Part 2

23.07.2023 (Explore)_The Tale of Two Cities Part 2

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Everyone loves a wedding!  But would you be willing to go out into the streets and extend an open invitation to anyone who would come?  As we come near the end of our series about the Kingdom of God, we see an open invitation to any who will respond to be the people of the Kingdom.  No matter our background, culture or nation, we are all invited to come and be a part of the Kingdom of God, but are we willing to make the sacrifices to enter into a life of complete commitment to Christ?

People of the Kingdom

In this sermon, Pastor Mark shares from Matthew 22 and Jesus' parable of the wedding banquet.

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REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
1. After reading this parable, what do you find comforting?
2. What do you find disconcerting?
3. In what ways does this parable connect the previous two?
4. In the tension between the two messages, which do you most commonly neglect?

PARABLES OF JESUS- Wedding Banquet

Milpitas Church\nThe kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them] spitefully, and slew [them]. But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. # And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness

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Mark kicks off our Third Way series by telling the story of where this conviction came from and what it means to our community.

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REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
1. Most families have stories they tell again and again. What is a story your family repeatedly told?
2. How would you define or describe the Third Way to someone who didn’t know our church?
3. What stayed with you from the sermon- either as confusing, curious or encouraging?
4. Read Matthew 22:15-22. What stands out to you? 
5. What does it mean to “give back to God’s what is God’s?”
6. What about our Third Way is hopeful or life-giving?
7. What about our Third Way seems challenging or impossible? 
8. Discuss this phrase found on our website. “We choose to value empathy and compassion over certainty and absolute agreement. We seek unity in following Jesus within the essentials of our faith.” 

End in prayer with one another. Perhaps pray for these 5 weeks, that Jesus would form us in this journey- bringing a clarity of conviction, merciful view of others and a Jesus-shaped lifestyle. 


THIRD WAY: The Story of our Sacred Experiment

Shirley Baptist Church is a thriving, contemporary evangelical church, with an emphasis on Scripture, faith and mission, working out its purpose in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Reproducing the full life of Jesus by discipling one another in missional congregations where everyone knows your name.

At PBC our longing is that people encounter the Lord Himself. 
We regularly pray that someone who joins us will be drawn to some inescapable conclusions:

“God is really among you!”

“Look how you love one another!”

And that after ministry their sense would be that “God did that!” This leaves us dependent upon God because ultimately it is about whether He does this or not.

We are passionate about the “finished product”, which ironically is something that will never be finished in this life. That “product” is not a big congregation or a new building or great services or a profile in the community. The “product” is ultimately personal and concerns who and what we are becoming. We believe that we are on this earth to discover, live out and pass on what it means to be whole-hearted followers of Jesus.

Sunday services are:
CLASSIC - 9am (WhatsApp)
EXPLORE - 9am (Pinehurst Primary)
EVENING - 4.30pm (Various)

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God is seeking true worshippers who are not merely moved by emotions provoked by what they hear and see; the Father is Spirit and is looking for those who truly seek to understand the heart of worship through the Scriptures. The Holy Spirit is leading the Redeemed to a prophetic worship experience that is beyond our abilities to fabricate through the mortal agencies. By the grace of God, the Church is called into His majestic presence through the precious blood of the Lamb.

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