Four Oaks East Podcast

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 Mispl...

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 alo...

Kyle Kraeft Text: 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 13:1-3 If 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...

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.

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Matthew 22:15-22 Big Idea: Because King Jesus has all authority, kingdom citizens give to lesser authorities what they are owed properly (but not what they want ultimately). 1. A Pharisaical Maneuver 2. A Political Football 3. A Polemical Rebuke Three applications: 1. Pay attention to your affection 2. Pay attention to your attention 3. Pay attention to your devotion

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Matthew 22:1-14 Big idea: The Father has prepared a feast, and we must respond to his call by coming to Jesus and being clothed by Jesus.  1. An Irresistible Invitation (vv. 1-4) Isaiah 25:6-9 2. A Terrible Treachery (vv. 5-6) 3. A Righteous Recompense (v. 7) 4. An Extraordinary Extension (vv. 8-10) 5. A Required Regalia (vv. 11-14)

Pastor Funmi Ojetayo Scripture Passage: Matthew 21:23-46   Big Idea: our response to who Jesus is reveals our heart’s reception or resistance to grace, so don’t harden your heart in hypocrisy but instead fall broken on Christ the cornerstone. Two Lessons from Two Parables: The Two Sons: A heart hardened in hypocrisy immunizes you against grace. The Vineyard: Christ is the cornerstone and you must...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Matthew 21:12-22 Big Idea: Kingdom citizens have a duty to worship the right object in the right way in light of who Jesus is and what Jesus says. 1. The Temple Cleansed: Jesus has authority to regulate true worship. Isaiah 56:3-8 Jeremiah 7:8-11 2. The Teachers Corrected: Jesus has authority to receive true worship. 3. The Tree Cursed: Jesus has authority to require tru...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Matthew 20:21-21:11 Big Idea: The weak are welcomed by the king who comes low, so we must approach his humility in humility.  1. The pre-requisite for kingdom citizenship is humble dependence. Matthew 9:27 - “Have mercy on us, Son of David”  Matthew 15:22 - “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David”  Matthew 20:31 - “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David” 2. The pattern of...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Matthew 20:20-28 Big Idea - We ascend to true greatness by embracing the downward mobility of a cruciform, Christ-like life of serving and suffering.  1. An Audacious Ask 2. A Colossal Condition 3. A Commendable Confession 4. And Endowed Enthronement 5. An Ironic Invitation  2 Responses: 1. Put on the servant's towel 2. Sturdy yourself for suffering

Text: Matthew 20:1-19 Big Idea: In the kingdom of heaven, followers of Jesus view all of life through the glasses of grace and receive all things from the Father’s hand with gratitude instead of grumbling. 

Pastor Greg Hutchins Matthew 19:13-30

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Matthew 19:1-12 Big idea: Seeing and submitting to God’s beautiful design for marriage, gender, sex, and singleness frees us from cultural captivity and brings blessing. 1. God ordains and orders marriage Deuteronly 24:1-4 1 Cor. 7:15-16 2. God sees celibate singleness as a holy and honored status in the kingdom  Isaiah 53:3-5  

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Matthew 18:21-35 Big idea - Kingdom people handle the sickness of sin with limitless forgiveness that is simultaneously scandalous and suitable. 1. Jesus’ kingdom command is limitless forgiveness Genesis 4:23-24 Hebrews 12:14-15 Ephesians 4:31-32

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Matthew 18:15-20 Big idea: Because sin is so serious, kingdom citizens have a duty to discipline. 1. Discipline is commanded and structured within a clarified community 1 Peter 4:8 Proverbs 19:11 1 Cor. 5:4-5

Text: Matthew 18:10-14 Big Idea: Jesus, the Good Sheperd, rejoices over us as he seeks the strays and loves the lost.  3 Implications from the Text: 1. The gospel of grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone defines everything about us and what we do.  2. Those who are captivated by dependent faith are compelled to love dependent, “little ones” kind of people.   3. We must strive to make &am...

Text: Matthew 18:5-9 Big idea: Kingdom people must embrace a kingdom ethic in dealing with siblings, sin, and self. # 1. Kingdom People Welcome the Weak Worshipfully Matthew 10:40 Romans 15:1-3, 7 3 John 9-10

Text: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Title: Hope Big idea: Since Jesus was dead and is now alive there is hope, even in the hardest things. 

Passage: Philippians 2:5-11 Big Idea:  Jesus’ lowly lordship shows God’s method for majesty, so wonder and work in the humility of Jesus. 1) Recognize Jesus' lowly lordship 2) Revel in Jesus' meek mentality 3) Rehearse God's method for majesty

Gregory Hutchins Big Idea: In the kingdom of heaven, the way in is also the way up, so humble yourself like a child The Query about Greatness The Qualification for Greatness The Quest for Greatness -Scriptural Submission -Prayerful Dependence -Boasting in Weakness (through serving and suffering)

Text: Matthew 17:22-27 Big Idea: Followers of Jesus rejoice in the privilege of their tax-exempt status as sons, and then lovingly yield that privilege to serve others.  1. Jesus' tax-exemption confirms his deity and rightful place in God’s economy. 2. Our tax-exempt status is not merely for personal enjoyment but is entrusted to us for the sake of love and the benefit of others. 3. Receive Jesus’...

Big Idea: Faith that prayerfully petitions God and resolutely rests on God will experience spiritual power.