Center Point Assembly

Sunday, July 18, 2021 – We are continuing to introduce our series on the Beatitudes as given in Matthew 5. The message is titled, “The Direct Nature of Jesus” and in this, we try to understand the context of the day that Jesus gave His longest sermon beginning with the proclamations of Blessings as Jesus describes comes to those that are willing to accept the challenges of the Beatitudes. Jesus is describing what it’s going to look like to follow Him and be a faithful disciple. He begins with the command to “Repent”. So we describe what repentance looks like and then look at the expectations of what Jesus has for all of His faithful. Understand, there is nothing wrong with knowing that God has expectations of those that are obedient followers. Listen in and be encouraged and challenged at the same time…