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Embracing the Habits of Jesus (Part 2) -
Matthew 12:1-7 The Power of Habit Series Lamont Ross, Senior Minister
Sermon Notes:
Matthew 12:1-9 (NASB) 1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath."
3 But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,
4 how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?
5 "Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
6 "But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.
7 "But if you had known what this means, 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
8 "For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
9 Departing from there, He went into their synagogue. Loading…

Matthew 12:1-7 Embracing the Habits of Jesus (Part 2)

The Power of Habit Series Embrace the value of scripture.

The people of God should value the word of God above any other word.

Matthew 19:3-6 (NASB) 3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?"
4 And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,
5 and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'?
6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

Matthew 22:29-32 (NASB)
29 But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.
30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
31 "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."

Mark 12:10-11 (NASB)
10 "Have you not even read this Scripture: 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone;
11 THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'?"

* Scripture reveals Christ (Luke 24:44-47).

* Scripture provides us with life (Matthew 4:4).

* Scripture equips us to defeat the devil and resist temptation (Luke 4:1-13).

* Scripture reveals to us our true identity (1 Peter 2:9).

* Scripture reveals the will of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

The word of God answers some of life’s hard questions (2 Peter 3:14-18).

Gather with the people of God.

Luke 2:46-49 (NASB)
46 Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.
47 And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers.
48 When they saw Him, they were astonished; and His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You." 49 And He said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?"

Luke 4:14-16 (NASB)
14 And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district.
15 And He began teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.
16 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

Private time with God AND assembling with the saints of God.

The church was important enough for Jesus to build.

It was precious enough for Him to purchase it with His life.

Embrace showing compassion.

Matthew 9:36-38 (NASB)
Matthew 14:14 (NASB)
Matthew 15:32 (NASB)
Matthew 20:34 (NASB)
Mark 1:40-42 (NASB)

Luke 7:12-15 (NASB)
12 Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
14 And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!"
15 The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

* Our habits reveal our heart.

* Compassion eliminates criticism and a self-righteous attitude.

* Compassion brings the presence of Christ into the crisis of another.

* Compassion leads us to share Jesus with others.