Lord, Lord ...

Introduction

Salvation in Christ

No way to do that in one day

Words from a Nephew

Uncle Darrel was Patient

Kind and giving

Hatchet

Coin - Out of the blue

Fishing and Camping together

Over at their house - Darrelynn was always gone.

Firm conviction of who Jesus is and unapolacetic about telling anyone about how you could know Jesus through the gospel.

His wish and the families is that you hear what he believed so that you might also believe.

Scripture Reading - Matthew 7:21-27

Believing there is a God does not save you.

No other God will do but the God of the Bible

Even the demons believe in God and shudder and yet Demons are not saved from their sin

John 14:6 ESV

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Doing good works does not save not save you.

Ephesians 2:8–10 ESV

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:8–9 ESV

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

It is our rebellion against God and his ways that has put us in danger and subjected us to judgment.

John 1:12 ESV

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Knowing is a term that indicates more than and intellectual knowing about God. Instead it refers to a real live relationship to a person.

Only knowing God and Him knowing us are the grounds for our salvation from sin.

Jesus tells us what we must do.

We must trust him for who he is and what he has done.

We follow his commandments and actually are obedient to his word.

Two possible responses

Build your house on a foundation of sand

build and live your life according to the world’s principles

gain material things

Gain money

satisfiy the lust your your body and flesh

gain power and prestige

The result is a hollow life with only temporal rewards

Rope Illustration

Matthew 6:19–21 ESV

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Build your house on the Rock

The rock is Christ

Build your life on what Christ has done for you and who he is

Follow his teacingings and your life will have a solid foundation that will not waver when times of trouble come`````````````````

We must build our lives upon the Rock, Jesus Christ and trust in him alone.