Sermon on the Mount Finale

Review

The Sermon on the Mount is a clear set of instructions to teach us how to live this life in an abundant way.

God want us to live an abundant and purposeful life. He has made a way for this to happen through Jesus

In these teachings we have heard from Jesus Himself about the Kingdom of God.

These teachings will help you build strong!

Why is it important to build strong?

Because Life is Full of Storms that will tear you down.

Here is a quick review of these teachings

God Has Blessed You! You are Blessed!

God has Spoken a Blessing over us even when life seems to contradict that blessing

We are to be a Blessing to others

Because of God’s blessing on us we let our light shine Bright

Jesus Fulfills the Law and all its requirements

We no longer need to seek our own righteousness

No Personal Retaliation, Love your Enemies

Jesus is now victorious over all our enemies and Sin and death have been defeated. Justice comes from the Lord

Prayer, fasting and giving in Truth and Relevance

Our prayer life is crucial to our victory! pray the truth and fast and give with the right heart

Serve God not money

The Love of money is the root of all evil.

God has a special blessing for you financially

Do not worry

Trust God in everything every day.

Do Not Judge

Stop looking for evil in others

Have a Good Eye

Focus on the good things God is doing

Kingdom Perspective

Enlarge your outlook on life

Prayer Proxy, Believe and act

There should be no difference between what we say and how we act.

Today we bring this sermon to a conclusion

We will be talking about the final verses in chapter 7

The title is

Building Strong

Matthew 7:21–29 NKJV

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

You cannot build strong if you say one thing but do another!

Many will Say…

Words are easy to say, backing them up with action is where the rubber meets the road.

Jesus’s response to the tongues, was simple and clear

“I never knew you, depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”

Your foundations are cracking because you say one thing but live life contrary to what you say, there fore when the storm hits you shall be washed away… God is giving us the key to a strong house.

Therefore whoever hears these words and does them.

2 actions hears… learns, listens with the intent to follow and obey, and then does them… puts them into practice… actually walks them out.

Are we hearers and not doers? are we doers and not hearers?

Will your house still stand after the storm?

Jesus taught these things as one having authority. You can’t fake authority, Authority comes from a place of power and empowerment that only those who have actions to back their words carry!

James 2:18 NKJV

But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.