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Introduction
Here we are!
We have arrived at the end of The Sermon on the Mount.
If nothing else, it has been an interesting year.
This morning will make the 36th Sermon from these 3 chapters of Scripture.
This is easily the longest series I have ever preached, and for me it has been fun.
My biggest hope and prayer through all of this is that EVERYONE here would walk away with a new perspective.
My biggest hope is that every time I preach, every time we come together, something happens that changes us.
We were never meant to stay the same.
Change is the constant in all of our lives, and I pray that the change is your life takes you closer to God.
The final episode of season 2 of “The Chosen” is setting us up for this sermon.
The stage is literally set.
It’s super cool how they portray it in a context we can understand.
In the final moments of the episode Jesus is standing there with a couple people getting ready to teach.
Some of the disciples are still making final arrangements.
Still others are directing the crowds and helping keep things organized.
Jesus is preparing to teach His FOLLOWERS!
These are people that have followed Him to this very place and this very moment for varying reasons.
Some have been astounded by His teaching in the Synagogues.
Other’s have seen the blind eyes open, the sick made well, the lame walk, and demons cast out.
Some have merely heard of the signs, miracles, and wonders.
Some standing before Jesus to hear His teaching have been compelled to come by a spouse, friend, parent, or child.
Regardless of their reasons or motives, the entire crowd is about to hear the sermon of a lifetime…rather The GREATEST SERMON OF ALL TIMES.
As Jesus teaches, He teaches for life change!
Throughout this sermon He covers the majority of sins and failures that people deal with.
He begins with the right attitudes and the basic understanding that “there is nothing in me that makes me good.”
I am poor in Spirit and need a Savior.
That is the beginning of understanding this sermon.
It may not be what I called the thesis or the big picture idea, but it is the place to start…
I NEED JESUS!!!
He followed with attitudes I must have about my sin, about my God, and about my neighbor.
He pronounced the character of the believer as being Light and Salt.
He corrected misunderstandings about the big things in life such as Anger, Lust, Marriage and Divorce, Oaths, Retaliation, and loving both enemies and friends.
He talked about practicing your righteousness before God NOT MEN, and in that, TAUGHT US HOW TO PRAY!
He warned us about trying to hang on to worldly things, and encouraged us to put all our hope in God.
He reiterated one of my favorite beatitudes, by telling us to reject anxiety and seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.
HE IS JEHOVAH JIREH, The Lord that Provides!
Leading up to the conclusion, Jesus warned us that we will be judged with the same vigor that we judge other people.
That means we need to have our lived right, so we can be a blessing to the Kingdom.
Finally, He encouraged us to come boldly to the throne and be persistent in the things we need.
We serve a Good Good Father that loves us very much and will meet all of our needs!
Then He begins to close the Sermon.
Remember, Everyone here has followed Him to the same place.
They have all come from different homes and different beginnings
BUT THEY HAVE ALL HEARD THE SAME SERMON!
As He closes He says, THEREFORE…in other words, “Because of everything you have just heard me say,” be nice, don’t be jerks!
Do to other people what you want other people to do to you!
He shows the crowd that they have choices…
2 Roads
and
2 Types of Leaders
Then the Scariest verse in the Bible… This may be the most important part of the whole Sermon.
It’s the point of decision.
It’s the point where Jesus gets people to ask themselves, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH THIS!
How is this going to effect my life?
PRAY
Our Scripture this morning transitions directly out of last weeks Scripture using a conjunction.
The way the ESV structure the sentence is a little bit different, but listen to the NKJV.
Matthew 7:24
In verse 21 He starts out with this negative… “not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord will enter Heaven,” but He follows by implying that the one that does the will of God will enter.
Then Jesus moves into this metaphor showing our lives to be like houses.
Like last weeks passage, there seem to be similarities between the 2 things of comparison.
Last week the comparison was 2 people trying to enter into Heaven.
1 was refused, the other welcomed.
This morning we are looking at not just what other people see on the surface, but what is the foundation of our lives.
FOUNDATIONS ARE IMPORTANT!!!
Greers Ferry House
Proper Foundations take time
Storms will Come
I.
The Wise Man— Matthew 7:24-25
A. The symbol—v.
24.
Note the application here of hearing and doing the sayings of Christ.
1. Keep Christ’s commands—John 14:15
Love for Him is judged by our obedience.
2. Keep Christ’s words—John 14:23
Love will honor Him.
3. Act on Christs Words James 1:22-25
Love will obey Him
B. The stability—v.
25.
The winds and the storms came, but the house remained firm because it was established upon a rock.
We are kept by God’s power—
1. 1 Peter 1:3-5
2. 1 Tim.
1:12-14
3. Jude 24-25
II.
The Foolish Man— Matthew 7:26–27
A. The disrespect—v.
26.
When disobeying Jesus’ commands, we are like the man who built his house on the sand.
There was no sure foundation.
1. Sin—James 4:17
When one knows what is right and refuses to do so, he is sinning.
They had ALL Heard Jesus’ words
2. Stubbornness—Prov.
14:12
Refusing the right way leads to death.
See John 14:6.
3. Stupidity (FOOLISH moros) Proverbs 28:26
B. The destruction—v.
27.
When the storms came, the house fell.
This man was unstable.
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