Emmanuel Presbyterian Church

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: Parables of the Kingdom in the Gospel of MatthewMatthew 13:31-33 (ESV)31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”Sermon OutlineThe kingdom of heaven is small (v. 31-32a)The kingdom of heaven is hidden (v. 33a)The kingdom of heaven is more than it seems (v. 32b, 33b)Prayer of ConfessionHeavenly Father, your kingdom is great, but it does not meet our expectations of what a kingdom should be. We confess that we tie significance to what is impressive. When you