Sermon On The Mount (Week 10)
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SERMON ON THE MOUNT (WEEK 10)
People who will take the right path!
Jesus wants to be clear: The path to life is not easy. It can feel confining at times, and you're likely to face difficult trials. But, in reality, it is the way to true freedom.
[Matthew 7:15-18 NLT] 15 "Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. 16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit.
[Matthew 7:15-18, 24-27 NLT] 15 "Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. 16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit. ... 24 "Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn't obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
Verse 26: But anyone who hears my teaching - Let God speak to you, my sheep know my voice.
Jesus is describing a new humanity who lives together by God's wisdom and love, creating communities of peace and justice in the midst of the violence and death that surrounds on every front.
In all the teachings of the Sermon On The Mount, Jesus has given us a bold vision for what this can look like. Through the rest of his life, Jesus lived out that vision. And, he offered his followers the choice to do the same. Now, that choice is ours.
Jesus has told us the choice is ours.
Salt & Light or of no Influence – Matthew 5:13–16
Righteous Heart or Legalism – Matthew 5:17–20
Reconciliation or Anger – Matthew 5:21–26
Purity or Lust – Matthew 5:27–30
Faithfulness or Broken Promises – Matthew 5:31–37
Love & Forgiveness or Retaliation & Bitterness– Matthew 5:38–48
God’s Reward or Man’s Approval – Matthew 6:1–18
Treasure in Heaven or Earthly Treasure – Matthew 6:19–24
Trust or Worry – Matthew 6:25–34
Narrow Road or Wide Road – Matthew 7:13–14
Good Fruit or Bad Fruit – Matthew 7:15–20
Rock or Sand Foundation – Matthew 7:24–27
Serve the Lord or Serve Idols – Joshua 24:15
Life & Blessing or Death & Curse – Deuteronomy 30:19
Sit at Jesus’ Feet or Distracted by Many Things – Luke 10:38–42
Mother Teresa: “Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness.”
Charles Spurgeon: “If Christ be anything, He must be everything. O rest not till love and faith in Jesus be the master passions of your soul!”
