Four Oaks East Podcast

Lethal or Lavish?

Pastor Greg Hutchins
Matthew 26:1-16
Big Idea: We will respond to the Messiah with lethal opposition or lavish honor. One is pointless; the other precious.
I. The Willing Sacrifice vs. The Treacherous Schemer
II. Precious Praise vs. Bargain Betrayal

Judgment Day

Pastor Funmi OjetayoText: Matt. 25:31-46
1. The Reality of Judgment Day – vv. 31-33              (i) The glory of Jesus (v. 31)              (ii) The scope of judgment (v. 32a)              (iii) The clarity of justice (v. 32b-33)
2. The Rationale of Judgment Day - vv. 34-45                  Hungry →  gave food                  Thirsty → gave drink                  Stranger → welcomed                  Naked → clothed                  Sick → looked after                  In prison → visited
3. The Result of Judgment Day - vv. 34, 41, 46           2 Groups → 2 Destinations:           (i) Sheep → Eternal Bliss in the Kingdom of God           (ii) Goats → Eternal Torment in Hell                 a. Separation - "depart from me"                 b. Association - "the devil and his angels"                 c. Pain - "eternal fire"
Matthew 10:40-42James 2:14-18

Fruitful Stewards

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 25:14-30
Big idea: Because the master has entrusted us with responsibility over his resources until his return, we must labor faithfully to steward fruitfully.
1. God gives us stewardship responsibility over what belongs to him. 
Romans 12:6-8
1 Peter 4:10
2. There are two ways to steward
3. There will be an accounting for our stewardship
Colossians 3:5-6

Watchful and Faithful

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 24:36-25:13
Big idea: Since the day of the Lord will come with shocking suddenness and severity, we must make it our daily business to be watchful and faithful.
1. The destination is certain, the arrival time is unknown.
2. We must stay watchfulLuke 21:34-35

Tribulation and Consummation

Pastor Joshua Hughes
Text: Matthew 24:15-35Big idea: Jesus frames our story as suffering then glory so that we might endure with our eyes on eternity.
1. The Sign of the Abomination of Desolation
Luke 21:20
2. The Promise of Tribulation
Mark 13:23
Luke 21:24
3. The Hope of Consummation
Application: Stay Situated in the Story

Durable Disciples in Times of Tribulation

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 24:3-14
Big Idea: Jesus wants to make durable disciples who see and sturdy themselves in light of his rule and his return, even and especially in times of tribulation. 
1. Be suspicious about signs- Pretenders- Wars- Famine- Earthquakes
2. Be prepared for persecutionLuke 6:22
3. Play the long game with perspective
Appllication:1. Don't lose your mind2. Don't lose heart3. Don't lose the plot

Weighty Woes

Pastor Greg Hutchins
Text: Matthew 23:1-24:2
 
Big Idea: Behold and beware the future of hardhearted hypocrisy, because Jesus’ weighty woes are a window and a warning
 
I. Glory in servanthood over status
-Deuteronomy 6:8
-Numbers 15:38-39
 
II. Grasp the deviation of hypocrisy
Misapplied zeal (1st 2 woes)
            -1 Corinthians 10:6
Misunderstood emphasis (3&4)
           -Micah 6:8
Misplaced purity 
III. Gaze at the destination of hypocrisy

Whose Son Is the Christ?

Pastor Greg Hutchins
Matthew 22:41-46
Big Idea: Surrender your stance on Jesus to Scripture's conception of the Christ
I. Jesus' Inescapable Inquiry
II. Scripture's Authoritative Attestation-If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— (John 10:35)
-“No prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s interpretation, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21)
-All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness (2 Tim. 3:16)
-The Lord says to my Lord:    “Sit at my right hand,until I make your enemies your footstool.”  -Psalm 110:1
III. The Hardhearted Hush
1) Search Scripture's stance2) Search your heart's subversion

Wholehearted Love

Kyle KraeftText: Matthew 22:34-40
Big Idea: wholehearted disciples pursue wholehearted love as a holistic vision.
1. What is Required The great commandment requires devotion of our entire persons entirely to God and tirelessly to our neighbors.
        - 1 Corinthians 13:1-3If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
      - Deuteronomy 6:10-14And when the LORD your God brings you into the land… Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you—
Love: Attention, Affection, Allegiance, Atmosphere, Attitude
2. What is Reflected
Christian love uniquely reflects the heart of God and the heart of the Gospel
1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us.
3. How it is Realized
- Intention
- Imagination 
- Imitation         - 1 Corinthians 11:1 Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ.
        - Luke 10:33-34But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw (attention) him, he had compassion (affection). He went to him (allegiance) 
 
 

The Know-Nothing Party

Pastor Funmi Ojetayo
Text: Matthew 22:23-33
Big Idea: Jesus has no time for smug scholars or loveless Christians, so don’t confuse religious fakery for biblical mastery. 
Two Takeaways:1. Beware of the unbalanced, self-justifying use of Scripture.2. Beware of a loveless and Christless Christianity.