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World Events
I would like to begin this morning first by seeking to share hope.
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have likely heard of Russia’s move against Ukraine.
This can truly be a s source of fear/contention/uneasiness for us and we are on the other side of the world!
For one, as Christians it ought to cause us to pray.
Pray for our brothers and sisters who will be directly affected by this conflict.
Pray for those that are directly impacted by this conflict.
Pray that they also might be witnesses in this time.
Jesus teaches what is know as the Olivet discourse, we find this in a few places but Matthew describes some aspects I would like us to see very clearly.
In the beginning of the chapter Jesus begins by telling the disciples of the coming destruction of the temple.
There is both a physical and theological aspect to Jesus statement there,
The temple does get physically destroyed, but the temple also represents the old ways.
God is going to do things differently through His son Jesus, and the temple will be destroyed as he moves forward with His plan.
But I want to focus in on what the disciples ask next and Jesus response.
What see happening in the world today is a direct result of sin coming into the world.
Which is why we need a savior.
There is hope in these verses but also warning in the verses that follow.
Brothers and sisters, my prayer for us is to not let our love grow cold.
Let us endure to the end that we will be saved and see the gospel of the kingdom proclaimed throughout the whole world, to all nations, for it is then that the end will come.
Intro
This morning we come to the final section of Jesus first significant teaching in Luke that we have of Jesus teaching His disciples.
So far, Jesus’ sermon on how to be His disciple has dealt with three major areas of life and what our attitude should be.
When dealing with life’s circumstances, trust God (Luke 6:20-26).
Your attitude toward other people should be to love them (Luke 6:27-38).
In regard to yourself, you need to be painfully honest (Luke 6:39-45).
To live lives of integrity.
Jesus concludes with our attitude toward God.
Our attitude toward God should be that of obedience.
This is a good way for Christ to end His sermon, because He has given us some hard truths.
So now He says, “If you’re my disciple, you will obey what I have taught.”
What we say and what we do are equally important.
We all know the phrase, do what I say, not what I do.
How well does that actually work, especially when it comes to raising children.
Jesus is reminding his disciples through these verse that you can’t do whatever you want, so long as you watch what you say.
While words reveal the heart, the actions must match.
Especially when trials come, we must practice what we preach.
Breaking down the question
Jesus begins this section now with a question.
As we begin looking at this question, the first thing that ought to jump out is the repetition.
Why do you call me Lord, Lord.
This repetition points us to a couple of things.
First, repetition in scripture almost always denotes a point of emphasis.
In the case of names and address, it is also a method of communicating closeness or intimacy.
A few other examples,
God spoke to Abraham when he was about to sacrifice Isaac.
Then God revealed the ram caught in the thicket.
God encouraged Jacob to go to Egypt when His son Joseph had prepared a place for them.
God used repetition in calling to Moses from the burning bush.
This continues on in the NT also
When Jesus enters the village of Mary and Martha in Lk 10, Martha is busy serving and taking care of everyone but Mary is taking the time to listen to Jesus.
Jesus responds to her
We also see it when Jesus cries out to the Father from the cross.
We could think of Jesus statement in 6:46 this way,
Why do you say that you love me, but act like you don’t,
Why do you say that you love me, but not do the things I ask.
When raising kids we at times might ask them the same sort of question.
Why can’t you just do what I ask.
Their answer is the same as our answer to Jesus.
Because I don’t want to.
I am more inclined to keep doing my own thing rather than do what you ask.
A lot of what we are seeing in this sermon goes directly against a common a popular idea that has really has only been a significant issue for the last 100 years or so.
It is a debate about salvation and how a christian lives and acts.
The roots go back to a man named John Wesley.
Wesley is actually the man who brought about the Methodist denomination.
Wesley helped to bring some much much needed revival in the 1800’s.
The idea I am speaking about, and I believe Jesus is speaking about here, is the idea that a person can claim Christ, to be saved, but not bear fruit.
This is an extremely dangerous idea really.
We see it today in someone simply praying a prayer, believing they are saved, but not seeing a change in life.
This is the idea some preachers use when they ask if you have made Jesus your Lord.
This is a widespread false teaching in the evangelical church today is that you can accept Jesus as your Savior, but that obeying Him as Lord of your life is optional.
Or that it will change at a crisis point in your life.
People who promote this teaching mistakenly think that they are preserving the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith, apart from human works.
They do not deny the importance of submitting to Christ as Lord, but they do insist that it has nothing to do with saving faith.
And so they teach that it is possible for a person truly to believe in Christ as Savior even though he never submits to Him as Lord.
How does that fit with what we have been studying?
Not well.
This teaching rests on a false idea about saving faith, it gives false assurance to many who think they are Christians.
These views lump people into 3 categories.
(1) natural (unconverted),
(2) carnal (converted but characterized by an unconverted lifestyle), and
(3) spiritual (converted and Spirit-filled).
Scripture is clear that without holiness, no one will see the Lord
Jesus though is quite clear, either you are a follower, or you are not.
Genuine saving faith always results in a life of progressive godliness.
If a person claims to be saved, but has no hunger for God’s Word, no growing hatred of sin, and no growth in godly living,
They need to as 2 cor says
God is the one and only true judge, we do not know who is truly saved.
The fruit some produce may only be as much as the thief on the cross next to Jesus who simply declared Jesus to be God and asked Jesus to remember him.
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As Jesus indicates with his example he provides in the following verses, sanctification is a process.
We know that by Jesus statement to the thief, that the thief would have been a tree that bore fruit.
Sanctification has a progressive nature to it.
Striving to be what we are, as Christians, growing in holiness and godliness.
Jesus asks some bold and difficult things of his followers in these verses.
The capstone so to speak of it all is obedience, shown by a contrast once again of two people building two houses.
The first man, the man who Jesus is asserting is a disciple
Think about it, how long would it take you to dig a foundation of a house with a shovel.
An excavator may could dig a foundation in a day depending on conditions, but a shovel, even a team of people?
That is the point though.
A solid foundation takes time and effort.
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