Matthew: A Different Kind of Power

Listen along as we continue our series through Matthew and see how Jesus' power is different. He is the source, sustainer, and sender of all power in ways that are different from the world.

Notes/Quotes:

Matthew 17:1-13

“Power is the capacity to effect reality.” - Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel

“On the mountaintop we learn who has supreme power in the church; on the walk down we learn that suffering is the form this power takes; and at the foot of the mountain we learn how disciples put Jesus’ power to work in the world. The whole chapter, then, is about power in the church: where it is lodged, its form, and its use. We have just learned in chap. 16 what makes a church—pointing faithfully to the crucified Christ and following him faithfully in our lives. We are now ready to learn how the church experiences the power of this crucified and risen Christ in her life for the world.” Dale Bruner

"God does not waste words or talk for mere effect. In the Synoptic Gospels, God the Father talks directly to earth only twice (3:17; 17:5), and both times God says exactly the same thing: “This is my priceless Son; I am deeply pleased with him.” What does this twice-repeated Voice mean? It means that the single most important fact that God wants the church and the world to know, barring none, is all that we have in Jesus of Nazareth.” Dale Bruner

Malachi 4:5-6

“We must not passively rely on leaders or teachers to tell us about our Head. We must seek Him, listen to Him, follow Him. We will fail to do as He asks and we will not be able to discern a corrupt leader unless we know Christ well." - Diane Langberg

2 Cor 3:17-18             

“This is a power known through death and resurrection – moving through our weakness to a new kind of strength – strength in abiding, submitting, and resting in God alone.” - Jamin Goggin

2 Peter 1:16-19