WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.320 Thanks, Rob. 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:22.440 If you need a sheet, if you're taking notes, then they're at the table if you came in. 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:26.620 Feel free to go and get one of them and a pen if you need one as well. 00:00:27.140 --> 00:00:29.580 It will help you as you follow along. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.000 Thank you. 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:39.120 And turn in your Bibles, please, to Psalm 1. 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:41.159 Psalm 1. 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:41.280 Psalm 1. 00:00:41.280 --> 00:01:06.840 We will be back in Matthew in just a moment or two, but we're going to read Psalm 1 today. 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:10.520 Let's hear God's word. 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:26.179 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked, or stand in the way that sinners take, or sit in the company of mockers, 00:01:26.180 --> 00:01:34.280 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:45.320 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season, and whose leaf does not wither. 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:48.879 Whatever they do, whatever they do prospers. 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:51.919 Not so the wicked. 00:01:52.919 --> 00:01:55.679 They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:03.060 Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 00:02:03.060 --> 00:02:12.360 For the Lord watches over the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:20.220 Well, let's turn to Matthew's gospel and chapter 7. 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:25.920 We're working our way through this gospel account, 00:02:26.600 --> 00:02:34.680 and I hope that you will make connections as we go along through Matthew 7, starting at verse 13. 00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:40.460 You'll make connections between Psalm 1 and what we're going to look at together. 00:02:40.460 --> 00:02:44.500 We're going to be looking at verses 13 through to 27, 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:48.960 but we're going to pray and ask for God's help. 00:02:59.219 --> 00:03:04.920 Father, as we listen to your word, as we meditate upon it and reflect, 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:12.039 we long that your word would travel deep into our hearts 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:18.039 and change us so that we become fruitful, 00:03:20.060 --> 00:03:24.639 displaying the beauty and the glory of Christ, 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:30.979 that we would become distinctive and attractive in our lives, 00:03:30.979 --> 00:03:36.039 leading others to Jesus. 00:03:38.139 --> 00:03:42.699 So would your words do an effective work in our life, 00:03:43.179 --> 00:03:46.159 that it would be good for us, 00:03:47.579 --> 00:03:48.819 good for each other, 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:52.339 and good for the world in which we live. 00:03:52.340 --> 00:03:56.080 Help us now, we pray in Jesus' name. 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:57.319 Amen. 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:02.939 Well, Jesus is coming to the end of his sermon, 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:04.699 and it's decision time. 00:04:06.620 --> 00:04:09.360 It's been a bit of a marathon, quite a long sermon. 00:04:09.500 --> 00:04:12.140 If you want to go back to chapter 5, verse 1, 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:15.379 this is where the sermon began. 00:04:16.300 --> 00:04:18.219 Remember, Jesus went up a mountain, 00:04:18.339 --> 00:04:19.300 he saw the crowds, 00:04:20.180 --> 00:04:22.899 and he sat down and his disciples came to him, 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:24.860 and he began to teach them. 00:04:25.379 --> 00:04:27.199 So this is where the sermon begins. 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:29.379 And it goes all the way through 00:04:29.379 --> 00:04:31.959 to the end of chapter 7, 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:34.000 verse 28, 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:37.180 where it says, 00:04:37.180 --> 00:04:46.680 So it's a long-winded message, 00:04:46.860 --> 00:04:47.600 long sermon. 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:49.180 Perhaps it took all day, 00:04:49.280 --> 00:04:50.720 we're not quite sure. 00:04:51.180 --> 00:04:53.180 But his message is crystal clear. 00:04:55.340 --> 00:04:56.899 Jesus is God's king 00:04:56.899 --> 00:04:59.759 with absolute power and supreme authority. 00:05:00.620 --> 00:05:02.100 And he's calling people 00:05:02.100 --> 00:05:04.160 to enter into his kingdom 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:07.580 and to live as citizens of the kingdom. 00:05:08.400 --> 00:05:11.480 We are to live distinctive and attractive lives 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:14.300 so that others would see our good deeds 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:16.720 and glorify God, 00:05:16.820 --> 00:05:20.200 that they too would enter into the kingdom. 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:23.840 And as Jesus comes to the end of his sermon, 00:05:24.520 --> 00:05:26.140 as he comes to his conclusion, 00:05:26.640 --> 00:05:28.400 we have a decision to make. 00:05:29.520 --> 00:05:32.240 Have I entered the kingdom? 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:37.500 Am I living as a citizen of the kingdom? 00:05:39.060 --> 00:05:41.579 And to help us make our decision, 00:05:41.740 --> 00:05:43.920 Jesus gives four pictures 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:47.000 so that we can be absolutely clear 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:48.720 where we stand. 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:52.300 The first picture 00:05:52.300 --> 00:05:57.259 is of two roads, 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:00.360 the choice we face. 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:04.180 I love takeaway nights. 00:06:04.900 --> 00:06:06.340 Not only do we have the choice 00:06:06.340 --> 00:06:07.480 between Indian, 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:08.800 pizza, 00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:10.080 Chinese, 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:10.819 or the chipper, 00:06:11.540 --> 00:06:12.680 maybe there's some other ones 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:13.400 out there as well 00:06:13.400 --> 00:06:14.139 in Carragalline, 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:14.720 but you know, 00:06:14.900 --> 00:06:17.400 each one has about 50 options. 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:19.439 So that's at least 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:21.259 200 different meals 00:06:21.259 --> 00:06:23.639 we get to choose from. 00:06:24.840 --> 00:06:26.319 And if we don't like it, 00:06:26.980 --> 00:06:27.300 well, 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:29.020 you can always go down to Lidl's 00:06:29.019 --> 00:06:30.279 and get a steak instead. 00:06:31.479 --> 00:06:32.779 We love choice, 00:06:32.919 --> 00:06:33.319 don't we? 00:06:33.359 --> 00:06:34.120 And the more, 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:35.459 the better. 00:06:36.479 --> 00:06:38.199 Except for when it comes to 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:39.279 how we live, 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.199 there are only two ways. 00:06:44.219 --> 00:06:45.419 Look at verse 13. 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:48.620 Enter through the narrow gate, 00:06:48.719 --> 00:06:49.939 for wide is the gate, 00:06:50.039 --> 00:06:51.339 and broad is the road 00:06:51.339 --> 00:06:52.719 that leads to destruction, 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:55.180 and many enter through it. 00:06:56.180 --> 00:06:57.640 But small is the gate, 00:06:58.340 --> 00:06:59.920 and narrow the road 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:01.200 that leads to life, 00:07:01.940 --> 00:07:04.200 and only a few find it. 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:06.520 It's very simple. 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:08.220 Jesus is crystal clear. 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:12.100 There are only two ways to live, 00:07:12.500 --> 00:07:14.600 two roads to walk on. 00:07:15.380 --> 00:07:16.840 There's a broad road 00:07:16.840 --> 00:07:18.320 with a wide gate 00:07:18.320 --> 00:07:19.320 or a wide entrance, 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:21.420 and there's a narrow road 00:07:21.420 --> 00:07:22.759 with a small gate 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:23.980 or small entrance. 00:07:24.860 --> 00:07:25.620 That's it. 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.040 That's your choice. 00:07:28.860 --> 00:07:29.759 Two roads. 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:32.199 There's no middle way. 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:34.379 There's no other option. 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:36.980 There's no alternative route. 00:07:37.980 --> 00:07:39.019 We haven't arrived 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:40.240 at a crossroads. 00:07:41.300 --> 00:07:43.699 It's more like a T-junction. 00:07:43.699 --> 00:07:47.360 And you can't be on both roads 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:48.439 at the same time. 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:49.560 You can't, as it were, 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:51.139 have one leg on one road 00:07:51.139 --> 00:07:52.599 and one leg on the other road. 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:56.519 It's one or the other. 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:00.899 This is the choice we all face. 00:08:01.939 --> 00:08:03.000 Two roads. 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:06.699 The broad road that we're given 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:08.240 is or represents 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:09.980 the way of the world's kingdom. 00:08:10.740 --> 00:08:13.039 It's a life that appoints self 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:13.680 as king 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:15.120 and always chooses 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:16.439 what I desire. 00:08:17.420 --> 00:08:18.700 The narrow road 00:08:18.700 --> 00:08:19.800 represents the way 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:20.760 of God's kingdom. 00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:23.280 It's a life that submits 00:08:23.280 --> 00:08:24.400 to Jesus as king 00:08:24.400 --> 00:08:25.840 and longs to serve 00:08:25.840 --> 00:08:26.700 his desires. 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:31.080 Now notice who's on the road 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:33.000 or where the people are. 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:35.259 Verse 13 tells us 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:36.019 that many 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:38.180 are on the broad road. 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:40.480 While in verse 14 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:42.340 only a few 00:08:42.340 --> 00:08:44.220 are on the narrow road. 00:08:44.860 --> 00:08:46.899 It seems that the broad road, 00:08:47.620 --> 00:08:49.000 the road where we appoint 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:50.039 self as king 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:51.899 is the most popular place 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:52.399 to be. 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:54.080 It's the option 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:55.279 that we most like. 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:56.159 After all, 00:08:56.220 --> 00:08:57.060 when I'm king 00:08:57.060 --> 00:08:58.519 I get to do 00:08:58.519 --> 00:08:59.940 and I live my life 00:08:59.940 --> 00:09:01.539 the way I want to. 00:09:02.379 --> 00:09:03.539 Who wants to walk 00:09:03.539 --> 00:09:04.680 the narrow road 00:09:04.680 --> 00:09:06.420 which is all about 00:09:06.419 --> 00:09:07.059 service 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:08.599 and sacrifice. 00:09:11.319 --> 00:09:12.439 Well as we think 00:09:12.439 --> 00:09:13.559 about our choice 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:16.319 look at the consequences. 00:09:17.699 --> 00:09:18.839 Verse 13 00:09:18.839 --> 00:09:21.939 The broad road 00:09:21.939 --> 00:09:22.899 leads to 00:09:22.899 --> 00:09:25.379 destruction. 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.379 But the narrow road 00:09:28.379 --> 00:09:29.219 verse 14 00:09:29.219 --> 00:09:30.139 leads to 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:31.500 life. 00:09:32.819 --> 00:09:33.839 That's why Jesus 00:09:33.839 --> 00:09:34.439 calls us 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:35.340 at the very beginning 00:09:35.340 --> 00:09:37.040 of his conclusion. 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:38.120 Look at verse 13 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:38.980 Enter 00:09:38.980 --> 00:09:40.920 through the narrow gate. 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:42.240 This is what 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:43.120 Jesus has been 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:44.220 urging us to do 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:44.820 all along. 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:46.280 To leave the kingdom 00:09:46.280 --> 00:09:47.340 of this world 00:09:47.340 --> 00:09:48.500 and enter 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:49.640 the kingdom of heaven. 00:09:50.920 --> 00:09:52.120 And how do we 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:52.520 enter? 00:09:52.660 --> 00:09:53.660 How do we go through 00:09:53.660 --> 00:09:55.760 onto the narrow road? 00:09:56.520 --> 00:09:57.380 Well just have a look 00:09:57.380 --> 00:09:58.540 back to chapter 4 00:09:58.540 --> 00:09:59.260 verse 7. 00:10:01.040 --> 00:10:01.560 Sorry, 00:10:01.700 --> 00:10:02.580 verse 17. 00:10:02.580 --> 00:10:04.040 chapter 4 00:10:04.040 --> 00:10:04.940 verse 17. 00:10:07.180 --> 00:10:08.100 As Jesus 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:09.340 began his ministry 00:10:09.340 --> 00:10:10.460 he had a simple 00:10:10.460 --> 00:10:11.740 clear message. 00:10:12.860 --> 00:10:14.180 From that time on 00:10:14.180 --> 00:10:15.160 Jesus began to 00:10:15.160 --> 00:10:15.580 preach 00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:17.040 repent 00:10:17.040 --> 00:10:19.400 for the kingdom 00:10:19.400 --> 00:10:20.060 of heaven 00:10:20.060 --> 00:10:21.560 has come near. 00:10:23.040 --> 00:10:23.660 It's the same 00:10:23.660 --> 00:10:24.560 as chapter 5 00:10:24.560 --> 00:10:25.200 verse 3. 00:10:25.940 --> 00:10:26.480 Blessed 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:28.320 are the poor 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:29.240 in spirit. 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:32.000 those who 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:32.659 he looks on 00:10:32.659 --> 00:10:33.259 in favour 00:10:33.259 --> 00:10:33.840 are those 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:34.379 who know 00:10:34.379 --> 00:10:35.299 their spiritual 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:35.840 need 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:36.480 that they 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:37.360 need God 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:39.600 for theirs 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:40.879 is the kingdom 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:41.480 of heaven. 00:10:42.860 --> 00:10:44.100 He's calling us 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:45.139 to change 00:10:45.139 --> 00:10:46.240 roads 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:47.299 to leave 00:10:47.299 --> 00:10:48.360 the broad road 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:49.340 and walk 00:10:49.340 --> 00:10:50.560 the narrow road. 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:51.500 The popular 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:52.620 path may promise 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:53.180 much 00:10:53.180 --> 00:10:54.620 but it will lead 00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:55.759 only to distress 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:56.539 and fear. 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:58.360 follow the 00:10:58.360 --> 00:10:58.819 path 00:10:58.819 --> 00:11:00.419 of Jesus 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:02.000 and it 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:02.480 leads to 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:02.939 life 00:11:02.939 --> 00:11:04.240 and hope 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:04.980 and peace. 00:11:06.419 --> 00:11:07.299 So the big 00:11:07.299 --> 00:11:08.079 question we need 00:11:08.079 --> 00:11:08.599 to ask 00:11:08.599 --> 00:11:09.139 as we 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:10.699 follow Jesus 00:11:10.699 --> 00:11:11.459 in his sermon 00:11:11.459 --> 00:11:12.399 is have I 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:13.480 entered 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:14.719 the kingdom? 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:16.179 No one else 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:16.959 can answer that 00:11:16.959 --> 00:11:17.500 question 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:18.879 for yourself 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:19.679 only you. 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:21.240 Have I 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:21.679 entered 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:22.919 the kingdom? 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:24.819 am I still 00:11:24.819 --> 00:11:25.599 fighting for 00:11:25.599 --> 00:11:26.539 my autonomy 00:11:26.539 --> 00:11:27.819 wanting to 00:11:27.819 --> 00:11:28.279 live my 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:29.039 own life 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:30.120 or have I 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:30.819 surrendered 00:11:30.819 --> 00:11:32.279 my all 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:32.979 to Jesus 00:11:32.979 --> 00:11:34.620 as my 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:35.179 supreme 00:11:35.179 --> 00:11:35.779 authority? 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:38.479 Which road 00:11:38.479 --> 00:11:40.379 are you on? 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:42.439 You can't 00:11:42.439 --> 00:11:43.339 walk both. 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:45.339 This very 00:11:45.339 --> 00:11:46.019 moment 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:46.699 right now 00:11:46.699 --> 00:11:47.639 you are either 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:48.360 on one 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.699 or the 00:11:49.699 --> 00:11:50.039 other. 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:52.339 Two roads. 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:54.660 the choice 00:11:54.660 --> 00:11:55.720 that we 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:56.240 face. 00:11:58.480 --> 00:11:59.440 The second 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:00.040 picture he 00:12:00.040 --> 00:12:00.740 gives us 00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:02.740 is one 00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:03.360 of two 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:04.160 trees. 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:06.280 The fruit 00:12:06.280 --> 00:12:07.240 we display. 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:10.180 It seems 00:12:10.180 --> 00:12:10.660 that there 00:12:10.660 --> 00:12:11.220 are some 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:12.019 people who 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:12.680 pretend 00:12:12.680 --> 00:12:14.040 to be in 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:14.460 the kingdom 00:12:14.460 --> 00:12:14.980 of heaven 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:15.759 but are 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:16.620 actually not. 00:12:17.940 --> 00:12:18.160 Do you 00:12:18.160 --> 00:12:18.639 see how he 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:19.340 describes them 00:12:19.340 --> 00:12:20.180 in verse 15? 00:12:20.680 --> 00:12:21.360 Watch out 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:21.740 for the 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:22.060 false 00:12:22.060 --> 00:12:22.539 prophets 00:12:22.539 --> 00:12:24.080 they come 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:24.419 to you 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:25.100 in sheep's 00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:25.820 clothing but 00:12:25.820 --> 00:12:26.740 inwardly they 00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:27.519 are ferocious 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.080 wolves. 00:12:29.379 --> 00:12:29.879 They have 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.600 this appearance 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:31.240 of being 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:32.180 followers of 00:12:32.180 --> 00:12:32.519 Jesus. 00:12:33.259 --> 00:12:34.120 They sound 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:35.000 like kingdom 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:35.580 people. 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:37.360 They claim 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:38.159 to be walking 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:38.820 on the narrow 00:12:38.820 --> 00:12:39.659 road but 00:12:39.659 --> 00:12:41.379 they are 00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:42.080 wolves in 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:42.580 sheep's 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:42.960 clothing. 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:43.659 They are 00:12:43.659 --> 00:12:44.220 not the 00:12:44.220 --> 00:12:44.860 real deal. 00:12:46.060 --> 00:12:47.019 They subtly 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:48.000 teach that 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:48.420 there are 00:12:48.419 --> 00:12:49.539 actually not 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:50.439 two roads 00:12:50.439 --> 00:12:51.479 but there 00:12:51.479 --> 00:12:52.079 are many 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:52.819 roads that 00:12:52.819 --> 00:12:53.219 you can 00:12:53.219 --> 00:12:53.819 take and 00:12:53.819 --> 00:12:54.699 any one 00:12:54.699 --> 00:12:54.979 of them 00:12:54.979 --> 00:12:55.379 that you 00:12:55.379 --> 00:12:56.079 choose will 00:12:56.079 --> 00:12:58.219 lead to 00:12:58.219 --> 00:12:58.639 life. 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:00.219 So choose 00:13:00.219 --> 00:13:01.120 whichever path 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:01.759 you want. 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:04.139 No, says 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:04.899 Jesus, watch 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:06.019 out, be 00:13:06.019 --> 00:13:06.459 careful. 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:09.319 So how do 00:13:09.319 --> 00:13:09.979 we know who's 00:13:09.979 --> 00:13:10.819 genuine and 00:13:10.819 --> 00:13:11.439 who's not? 00:13:11.719 --> 00:13:12.439 How can we 00:13:12.439 --> 00:13:13.659 tell who is 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:14.259 in the kingdom 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:14.759 of heaven? 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:16.219 Well, look at 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:16.960 verse 16. 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:20.000 By their 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.180 fruit you 00:13:22.180 --> 00:13:22.860 will recognise 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:23.320 them. 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:25.820 How do you 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:26.160 know the 00:13:26.160 --> 00:13:26.899 difference between 00:13:26.899 --> 00:13:27.779 a pear tree 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:28.360 and an apple 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:28.700 tree? 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:30.660 Well, they 00:13:30.660 --> 00:13:31.200 look pretty 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:31.920 similar, don't 00:13:31.920 --> 00:13:32.080 they? 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:33.019 Their leaves 00:13:33.019 --> 00:13:33.960 are very 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:35.920 similar but 00:13:35.920 --> 00:13:36.920 it's the fruit 00:13:36.920 --> 00:13:38.000 that will 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:38.899 distinguish them 00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:40.519 which is 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:41.360 exactly Jesus' 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:41.899 point. 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:42.899 He's crystal 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.259 clear. 00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:43.879 Let's read 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:44.320 from verse 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:44.820 16. 00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:45.879 By their 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:47.480 fruit you 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:48.100 will recognise 00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:48.560 them. 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:49.879 Do people 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.700 pick grapes 00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:51.400 from thorn 00:13:51.400 --> 00:13:53.000 bushes or 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.820 figs from 00:13:53.820 --> 00:13:54.480 thistles? 00:13:55.760 --> 00:13:56.240 Likewise, 00:13:56.540 --> 00:13:57.240 every good 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.960 tree bears 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:58.660 good fruit 00:13:58.660 --> 00:13:59.920 but a bad 00:13:59.920 --> 00:14:00.820 tree bears 00:14:00.820 --> 00:14:01.940 bad fruit. 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:03.260 A good 00:14:03.260 --> 00:14:04.660 tree cannot 00:14:04.660 --> 00:14:06.220 bear bad 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.600 fruit and 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:08.120 a bad 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.320 tree cannot 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:10.460 bear good 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:10.880 fruit. 00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:12.640 Every tree 00:14:12.640 --> 00:14:13.500 that does not 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.140 bear good 00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:14.679 fruit is 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:15.299 cut down 00:14:15.299 --> 00:14:15.779 and thrown 00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:16.279 into the 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:16.620 fire. 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:18.899 Thus, by 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:19.639 their fruit 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:21.159 you will 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:21.639 recognise 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.059 them. 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:24.819 Now here 00:14:24.819 --> 00:14:25.340 the kingdom 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:26.779 is pictured 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.899 like an 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.639 orchard. 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:30.399 An orchard 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.220 that's full 00:14:31.220 --> 00:14:31.799 of fruit 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:32.340 trees. 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:33.779 But there 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.179 are only 00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:35.480 two kinds 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.600 of tree. 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:38.080 There's a 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:38.679 tree that 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:39.600 produces good 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:41.340 fruit which 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:42.319 represents the 00:14:42.319 --> 00:14:43.220 true citizens 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:43.680 of the 00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:43.980 kingdom. 00:14:44.800 --> 00:14:45.379 They're the 00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:45.800 ones that 00:14:45.800 --> 00:14:46.779 take seriously 00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:47.420 the commands 00:14:47.420 --> 00:14:48.060 of God and 00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:48.660 the values 00:14:48.660 --> 00:14:49.000 of the 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:49.320 kingdom. 00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:50.800 And then 00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:51.420 there's another 00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:52.180 kind of tree 00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:52.940 that produces 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:54.519 bad fruit and 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:55.440 represents the 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:57.040 false citizens 00:14:57.040 --> 00:14:57.840 of the kingdom. 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:00.019 They live by 00:15:00.019 --> 00:15:00.519 their own 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.420 standards and 00:15:01.420 --> 00:15:02.060 pursue their 00:15:02.060 --> 00:15:03.000 own desires. 00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:04.899 Therefore, 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:05.779 the fruit 00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:07.040 that is on 00:15:07.040 --> 00:15:08.860 display is 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.620 the evidence 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:10.179 of whether 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:11.620 you are a 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.679 true citizen 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:14.120 or a 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.600 false 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:15.379 citizen. 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:16.940 The issue 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:17.480 isn't 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:18.659 is there 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:19.240 fruit 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.100 because we 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:22.100 all display 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:22.620 fruit. 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:23.860 The issue 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.460 is what 00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:26.360 kind of 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:27.019 fruit are we 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:27.539 displaying. 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.960 The kind 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.519 of fruit that 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:30.899 we should 00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:31.679 expect to 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:32.100 see on 00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:33.700 display is 00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:34.120 the life 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:34.740 that Jesus 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.539 commands and 00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:36.159 demands of 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:36.360 us. 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:37.000 if we 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.539 had time 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.139 to read 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:38.740 all of 00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:39.060 Jesus' 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:39.680 sermon, 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:40.779 he would 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.399 have reminded 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:42.240 us of 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:42.820 things like 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:43.080 this. 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:43.600 This is the 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:44.000 kind of 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:44.820 fruit that 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:45.279 we be 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:47.659 non-judgmental, 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.899 not looking 00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.500 down at 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.139 other people, 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:52.200 not looking 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:52.840 for the 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:53.940 speck in 00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:54.860 somebody else's 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.159 eye, 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.800 taking the 00:15:56.800 --> 00:15:57.600 plank out of 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:58.000 our own 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.300 eye. 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.560 That we're 00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:01.480 ruthless with 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:02.000 sin, that 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.700 we cut it 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:03.720 out, that 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.080 we are 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:05.659 faithful in 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.320 our marriages, 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:08.720 that we're 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.340 true to 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:09.779 our word, 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.139 that what 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.879 we say is 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.440 our yes 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:12.159 and what 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:12.639 we say 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:13.180 is no 00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:13.860 is no. 00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:15.680 That there 00:16:15.680 --> 00:16:16.039 would be 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:17.139 extravagant 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:17.800 love for 00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:18.759 others, that 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.060 there would 00:16:19.060 --> 00:16:19.940 be generosity 00:16:19.940 --> 00:16:20.720 in giving 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.220 to the 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:22.919 needy, that 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.320 we wouldn't 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:23.960 be holding 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:26.340 grudges, and 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:26.840 that we are 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:28.919 generous to 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:29.399 those we 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:30.680 consider to 00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:31.300 be against 00:16:31.300 --> 00:16:31.899 us. 00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:33.920 Chapter 00:16:33.920 --> 00:16:34.600 7, verse 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.580 12 captures 00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:36.120 it well 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.860 for us. 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.379 So in 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.120 everything you 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:42.039 do, do 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:42.860 to others 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.320 what you 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:44.740 would have 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.179 them do 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:45.860 to you, for 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.500 this sums 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:46.940 up the 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:47.279 law and 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:47.419 the 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:47.779 prophets. 00:16:48.060 --> 00:16:48.460 You want 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:48.940 a summary 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.679 of what 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.759 all God's 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:51.320 commands are 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:51.779 all about? 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.000 Love 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:56.440 others the 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:57.179 way you 00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:58.019 would want 00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.320 to be 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:58.720 loved. 00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:00.460 Treat others 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:01.080 the way you 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.580 want to be 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:01.879 treated. 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.700 That's it, 00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:03.960 fruit in a 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:04.420 nutshell. 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:06.019 This is the 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:07.600 kind of fruit 00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:08.480 that is good 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.460 that should be 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.259 on display. 00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:11.759 Now again, 00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:12.620 notice in 00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:14.180 verse 18 that 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.880 there are no 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.920 mixed trees 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:17.220 producing mixed 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.799 fruits. 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.440 Verse 18, 00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:20.299 a good tree 00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:22.759 cannot bear 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.660 bad fruit, 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:25.299 and a bad 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.240 tree cannot 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.080 bear good 00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:27.380 fruit. 00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:27.540 fruit. 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.020 Now this 00:17:29.020 --> 00:17:29.620 isn't talking 00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.260 about being 00:17:30.260 --> 00:17:31.200 perfect, 00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:32.880 it's talking 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:33.520 about people 00:17:33.520 --> 00:17:34.600 who humbly 00:17:34.600 --> 00:17:35.260 see their 00:17:35.260 --> 00:17:35.780 need of 00:17:35.780 --> 00:17:36.840 God and 00:17:36.840 --> 00:17:37.860 are depending 00:17:37.860 --> 00:17:38.880 upon God 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.840 to do a 00:17:39.840 --> 00:17:40.260 work in 00:17:40.260 --> 00:17:40.720 their life 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.140 so that 00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.540 they will 00:17:41.540 --> 00:17:42.300 produce 00:17:42.300 --> 00:17:43.700 good fruit. 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.100 But those 00:17:46.100 --> 00:17:46.380 who are 00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:48.080 proud and 00:17:48.080 --> 00:17:48.740 depend on 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.400 self and 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:50.040 carry on 00:17:50.040 --> 00:17:50.500 their life 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:50.980 going their 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.460 own way 00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.480 will only 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.480 ever produce 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.280 bad fruit. 00:17:55.300 --> 00:17:56.000 And sooner 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.680 or later 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:57.640 there's going 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.120 to be a 00:17:58.120 --> 00:17:58.620 harvest. 00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:00.580 When the 00:18:00.580 --> 00:18:01.100 fruit will 00:18:01.100 --> 00:18:01.700 be picked 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:03.039 and it 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.519 will become 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.220 evident to 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:05.080 all and 00:18:05.080 --> 00:18:05.720 the trees 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.360 that do 00:18:06.360 --> 00:18:07.080 not belong 00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:07.460 to the 00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.060 kingdom will 00:18:08.060 --> 00:18:09.000 be exposed, 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:10.539 there will 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:10.920 be no 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.340 hiding. 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:11.740 Look at 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.519 verse 19, 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:14.759 every tree 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:16.200 that does 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:16.700 not bear 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.640 good fruit 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:19.299 is cut 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:21.160 down and 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:21.799 thrown into 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.360 the fire. 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.320 So the 00:18:25.320 --> 00:18:25.900 big question 00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.400 we need to 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:26.920 be asking 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:27.540 here is 00:18:27.540 --> 00:18:27.940 this, 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:30.080 can I 00:18:30.080 --> 00:18:30.460 see 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.400 evidence 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:33.180 of good 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.620 fruit? 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.660 Am I 00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.300 practically 00:18:39.300 --> 00:18:40.160 serving in 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.519 the life 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:40.800 of the 00:18:40.800 --> 00:18:41.220 church? 00:18:42.540 --> 00:18:43.519 Am I 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:43.960 other 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.640 centred or 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:46.060 have I 00:18:46.060 --> 00:18:46.519 become 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.240 self 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.200 absorbed? 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:49.980 What 00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.720 kind of 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.360 tree are 00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:51.620 you? 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.320 Only 00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:54.220 you can 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:55.000 really answer 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.420 that. 00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.460 We can't 00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.960 be both, 00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.440 we can't 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:58.779 be kind 00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.079 of a 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:00.099 half a 00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:00.519 good tree 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.019 and half 00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.460 a bad 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.700 tree, 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.000 it's 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.519 either good 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:02.960 fruit or 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.720 bad fruit. 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.259 Two 00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.839 trees, 00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:09.160 the fruit 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.940 we display. 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:12.259 The third 00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:13.480 picture that 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.180 Jesus gives 00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.960 us is one 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.539 of two 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.319 claims, 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:19.299 the priorities 00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:20.099 we have. 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:22.419 as he 00:19:22.419 --> 00:19:23.119 comes towards 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:23.500 the end 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:23.759 of his 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.039 sermon, 00:19:24.159 --> 00:19:24.559 he gets 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.119 very 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:26.039 personal 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.519 and up 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:26.959 front. 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:28.500 And we're 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.039 to imagine 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.659 ourselves 00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:30.219 standing 00:19:30.219 --> 00:19:31.259 before Jesus 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:32.339 on the 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:33.039 last day. 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.000 Here we 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.240 are, 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:35.599 picture 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.079 yourself 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.839 standing at 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.399 the entrance 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:37.819 to the 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.139 kingdom. 00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:39.719 Are we 00:19:39.719 --> 00:19:40.159 going to 00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:41.639 enter into 00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:42.699 that eternal 00:19:42.699 --> 00:19:43.119 kingdom? 00:19:43.719 --> 00:19:44.439 What are we 00:19:44.439 --> 00:19:44.899 going to 00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:46.439 say to 00:19:46.439 --> 00:19:46.819 Jesus? 00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.059 Jesus? 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.539 Well, let's 00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.079 read verse 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.639 21. 00:19:52.679 --> 00:19:53.200 Not 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:54.139 everyone who 00:19:54.139 --> 00:19:54.659 says to 00:19:54.659 --> 00:19:54.939 me, 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.679 Lord, 00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.299 Lord, 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.919 will enter 00:19:57.919 --> 00:19:58.379 the kingdom 00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:58.960 of heaven, 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.819 but only 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.339 the one who 00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:01.720 does the 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.019 will of 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.720 my Father 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.379 who is 00:20:03.379 --> 00:20:03.899 in heaven. 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.460 Many 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.939 will say 00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.299 to me 00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.659 on that 00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:06.919 day, 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.480 Lord, 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:07.799 Lord, 00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.220 did we 00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.500 not 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.240 prophesy 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.759 in your 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.339 name and 00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:11.119 in your 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:11.879 name drive 00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.500 out demons 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.500 and in 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.980 your name 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.439 perform 00:20:14.439 --> 00:20:14.879 many 00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.359 miracles? 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.879 Then I 00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.259 will tell 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:18.460 them 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.039 plainly, 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.839 I never 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.559 knew you. 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.319 Away from 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:23.539 me, 00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:23.799 you 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.859 evildoers. 00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.299 Once 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.619 again, 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:27.919 we're 00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:28.339 presented 00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:29.200 with two 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.879 kinds of 00:20:29.879 --> 00:20:30.240 people. 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.980 The first 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.559 person 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:34.200 claims to 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.980 know God, 00:20:35.899 --> 00:20:36.419 but it 00:20:36.419 --> 00:20:37.240 is actually 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.399 excluded and 00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:38.899 shut out 00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.279 from the 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.559 kingdom. 00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.200 Jesus 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.519 says, 00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.279 away from 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.419 me, 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.980 I never 00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.559 knew you. 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:44.619 Now, 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.059 at first 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.399 reading, 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.919 it seems 00:20:45.919 --> 00:20:46.500 terribly 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.140 unfair, 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.640 because this 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.579 person seems 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:49.980 to be 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.519 sincere. 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.299 Lord, 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:51.720 Lord, 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.400 it's a 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.940 recognition 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:54.000 that Jesus 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.660 is king, 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.079 that he 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.660 does have 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.420 all authority. 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.200 Lord, 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.200 you're the 00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.720 one who's 00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.420 in charge. 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.619 And they 00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:04.019 seem to 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.359 have done 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.900 some very 00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.559 spectacular 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.359 things in 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.960 their ministry 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.579 life as 00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:07.799 well, 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.079 haven't 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.319 they? 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.759 Verse 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:11.200 22, 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.440 we 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.240 prophesied 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.599 in your 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:13.920 name, 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.380 we drove 00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:16.039 out demons 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.480 in your 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.720 name, 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.899 we performed 00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:19.000 miracles in 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.519 your name. 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.639 I mean, 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.220 look at all 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.619 that we've 00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:21.859 done. 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.680 Surely, 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.920 they must 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.879 be a 00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.399 disciple. 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.279 If anybody's 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.680 going to be 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.159 a disciple, 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.740 it must be 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.039 one of 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.639 these people. 00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.039 They seem 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.339 to be 00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:32.799 genuine, 00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.740 enthusiastic, 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.200 and have 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.740 served well. 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.899 But yet, 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.720 Jesus said, 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.759 I never 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.220 knew you, 00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.480 they're 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.019 excluded. 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.299 Why? 00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.859 Why have 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.240 they been 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.899 shut out? 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.680 Well, 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.000 when we 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.259 look at 00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.700 the second 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.240 person, 00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.200 they also 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.740 claim to 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.500 know God, 00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.240 they also 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.839 acknowledge 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.519 Jesus as 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.779 Lord, 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.879 but here's 00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:56.119 the difference. 00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.039 Did you 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.500 pick it up 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.919 at the end 00:21:57.919 --> 00:21:58.200 of verse 00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.720 21? 00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:02.039 Only the 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.599 one who 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.240 does the 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.919 will of 00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.639 my Father 00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.079 who is 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.579 in heaven. 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:08.679 only the 00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.039 one who 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.399 does the 00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:09.659 will of 00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.220 my Father 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.199 in heaven 00:22:11.199 --> 00:22:12.240 is going 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.779 to be 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.299 in the 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.619 kingdom. 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.839 Their 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.559 priorities 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.279 are 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.819 God's 00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.599 priorities. 00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:21.879 Imagine 00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.439 yourself 00:22:22.439 --> 00:22:23.199 right now 00:22:23.199 --> 00:22:25.099 standing 00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:26.339 at the 00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.000 entrance to 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.519 the kingdom 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.299 before 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.919 Jesus. 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.199 Lord, 00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.919 I was 00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:33.779 such a 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.240 regular 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.879 attender 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.640 at that 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.040 church, 00:22:36.280 --> 00:22:36.840 Carigoline 00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.280 Baptist 00:22:37.280 --> 00:22:37.880 Church. 00:22:39.540 --> 00:22:40.740 I sang 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.700 songs so 00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.720 enthusiastically. 00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:45.040 I don't 00:22:45.040 --> 00:22:45.660 think any 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.400 time I was 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.840 ever there 00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.220 that I 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.300 ever did 00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:49.100 not take 00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.680 communion. 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.840 And when 00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:53.340 I was in 00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:53.940 that church, 00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:55.420 I served 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.760 well. 00:22:57.040 --> 00:22:57.680 I was on 00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.340 the rota 00:22:58.340 --> 00:22:58.720 Lord. 00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.440 And in 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.120 my ministry 00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.540 life, 00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.340 I even 00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.700 led 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.160 somebody 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.539 to the 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:05.880 Lord. 00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.620 No, 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:09.980 Jesus 00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.420 isn't 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.900 impressed 00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.460 by our 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.980 words 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:13.799 or our 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.340 lists. 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.059 The real 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.620 issue that 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.279 he'll keep 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.840 coming back 00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.259 to is, 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.220 did you 00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.559 do the 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:19.860 will of 00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.019 the 00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.299 Father? 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.480 You see, 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.000 doing the 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.420 Father's 00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.819 will is 00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.279 not a 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:25.059 once a 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.640 week event 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.400 or a 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.200 duty to 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.819 tick off 00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.200 on my 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.940 to-do list. 00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:29.880 That's it 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.200 done. 00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:30.840 That's that 00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.400 compartment 00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.120 dealt with. 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:33.319 The 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.859 Father's 00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.500 will is 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.879 to be 00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.299 done 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.459 every 00:23:37.459 --> 00:23:37.959 moment 00:23:37.959 --> 00:23:38.500 of every 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.879 day. 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.299 Remember 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.979 how Jesus 00:23:40.979 --> 00:23:41.579 taught us 00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.059 to pray. 00:23:42.719 --> 00:23:43.039 Have a 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.399 look back 00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:43.819 at chapter 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.399 six. 00:23:46.459 --> 00:23:47.039 Chapter 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.639 six and 00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.279 verse nine. 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:58.920 This 00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.460 then is 00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.839 how you 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.039 should 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.359 pray. 00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.240 Our 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.819 Father in 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.160 heaven, 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.879 hallowed be 00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.579 your name. 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.480 Your 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.259 kingdom 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.799 come, 00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.720 your 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.339 will be 00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.740 done 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.940 on earth 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.660 as it 00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.019 is in 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.299 heaven. 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.720 Not 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.680 my will, 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.420 not my 00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.099 standard, 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.939 not what 00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:18.500 I think 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.000 is enough 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.659 or suitable. 00:24:20.959 --> 00:24:21.559 Your 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:23.219 will be 00:24:23.219 --> 00:24:23.659 done on 00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:25.019 earth as 00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.480 it is in 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:25.740 heaven. 00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:26.779 It's a 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.379 whole life 00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.879 of prioritising 00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.539 and pursuing 00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.240 what God 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.559 wants. 00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.659 It's daily 00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.619 submitting and 00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.419 surrendering to 00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:33.899 his will. 00:24:34.219 --> 00:24:34.619 It's a 00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.219 wholehearted 00:24:35.219 --> 00:24:36.059 commitment to 00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.599 see his 00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.279 rule over 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.719 every area 00:24:38.719 --> 00:24:39.199 of my 00:24:39.199 --> 00:24:39.659 life. 00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.799 Christianity 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.740 is not a 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.480 social club 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.119 where we 00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.619 meet up 00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.099 once a 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.339 week, 00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.000 put our 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.500 names on 00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:46.839 a road 00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.359 to help 00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.699 out our 00:24:48.699 --> 00:24:49.379 duty to 00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.879 perform. 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.619 It demands 00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.480 our life, 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.599 my all. 00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:57.779 Chapter 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.159 6, 00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.019 verse 33, 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.419 seek 00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.500 first 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.699 his 00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:03.199 kingdom. 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.439 It's 00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:07.939 challenging, 00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.659 isn't it? 00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:10.319 When you 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.480 say, 00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:10.779 yes, 00:25:10.959 --> 00:25:11.259 yes, 00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.599 I get 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:11.939 all of 00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.099 that, 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.299 but what 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.599 about 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.159 grace? 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.279 grace. 00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:15.759 I 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.100 thought 00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.480 getting 00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.060 into the 00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.660 kingdom 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.960 was all 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.519 about what 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.380 Jesus has 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.860 done for 00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.120 me, 00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.960 not what 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.540 I do. 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.680 And yes, 00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.220 you've got 00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.640 it right. 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.360 That's true. 00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.160 It's all 00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.740 of grace. 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:30.140 My performance 00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.880 counts for 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.220 nothing. 00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:32.120 There's nothing 00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:33.160 I can say to 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.540 Jesus, 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.500 look at what 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.980 I did, 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.820 that will 00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:37.120 mean that 00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.779 he has to 00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.480 accept me. 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.880 It's all 00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.519 of grace. 00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.639 grace. 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.359 However, 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.259 if I 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.559 have 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.559 experienced 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.139 grace, 00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.680 it will 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.420 be seen 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.119 and expressed 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:50.680 in prioritizing 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.139 the kingdom 00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.759 of God, 00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.220 his will 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.779 being done 00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.099 in my 00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.420 life. 00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:54.980 An 00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.680 experience 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.660 of grace 00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:58.859 will always 00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.359 lead to 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.019 a life 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.720 of 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.200 obedience. 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.619 We 00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.259 sang about 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.779 amazing 00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.339 grace, 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:08.519 but amazing 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.500 grace changes 00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.980 us and 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.559 transforms 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.160 us. 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.480 So the 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.039 big question 00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.519 we need to 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.000 be asking 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.599 is this, 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.599 do I 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.380 obey God's 00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.599 will? 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.480 We all 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.900 know what 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.299 God's 00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.819 will is. 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.339 I'm sure 00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.940 many of us 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.380 here could 00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:25.779 write a 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.160 wonderful 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.579 essay. 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.299 We could 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.980 even teach 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.440 people, 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.980 this is 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.519 what God 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.079 desires. 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.619 And maybe 00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.279 some of us 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.680 here can 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.220 look back 00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.880 in history 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.640 to our 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.380 past life 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.319 and pinpoint 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.200 examples 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.700 and say, 00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:41.400 I did 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.299 God's 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.559 will. 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.259 But it's 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.759 not about 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.519 what we 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.860 know or 00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.460 even what 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.420 we did. 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.580 It's am I 00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.259 humbly 00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.440 reordering 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:55.400 my life 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.519 around his 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.200 values 00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.299 today? 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.660 Am I 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.240 doing what 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.900 I claim 00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.380 to be? 00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:06.000 two claims 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:08.540 the priorities 00:27:08.540 --> 00:27:09.400 we have. 00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.980 The fourth 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.760 picture that 00:27:14.760 --> 00:27:15.500 Jesus gives 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.000 us 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:18.820 is of 00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.660 two houses 00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:21.940 the way 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.640 we build. 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:26.000 how are 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.300 we going 00:27:26.300 --> 00:27:26.940 to respond 00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.540 to Jesus 00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:28.060 teaching? 00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:28.860 I mean, 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.280 it's hard 00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:29.840 to avoid 00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.000 it. 00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.740 I don't 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.040 know about 00:27:32.040 --> 00:27:32.220 you, 00:27:32.300 --> 00:27:32.580 but it's 00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:32.980 hitting me 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.520 between the 00:27:33.520 --> 00:27:33.800 eyes 00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:34.140 anyway. 00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.580 What we 00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:38.259 do with 00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.800 the words 00:27:38.800 --> 00:27:39.380 of Jesus 00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:41.180 is like 00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.800 building a 00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.180 house. 00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:44.020 Let's read 00:27:44.020 --> 00:27:44.420 together 00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.340 verse 24. 00:27:47.540 --> 00:27:48.100 Therefore, 00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.759 conclusion, 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.259 therefore, 00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.420 everyone who 00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.160 hears these 00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.759 words of 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.240 mine and 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.720 puts them 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.359 into practice 00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.039 is like a 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.599 wise man 00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.079 who built 00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.599 his house 00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:58.980 on the 00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.299 rock. 00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.640 The rain 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.299 came down, 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.960 the streams 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.359 rose, 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.680 and the 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.299 winds blew 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.799 and beat 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.359 against that 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.680 house, 00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.480 yet it 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.140 did not 00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:07.539 fall because 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.240 it had its 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.799 foundations 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.259 on the 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.599 rock. 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.559 But 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.160 everyone who 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.779 hears these 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.299 words of 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.640 mine and 00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.359 does not 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:15.819 put them 00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.680 into practice 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:18.259 is like a 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.059 foolish man 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.179 who built 00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:20.679 his house 00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:21.519 on sand. 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.059 The rain 00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.639 came down, 00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.279 the streams 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.700 rose, 00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.700 the winds 00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.099 blew, 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.679 and beat 00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.279 against that 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.700 house, 00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.200 and it 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.859 fell with 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.279 a great 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.839 crush. 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.099 Again, 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.619 the picture 00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.179 is clear 00:28:37.179 --> 00:28:37.779 and simple, 00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.379 isn't it? 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.319 But here's 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.879 what it does 00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.179 do. 00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.919 It reveals 00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:44.659 our eternal 00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.240 destiny. 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:47.839 first we 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.400 have this 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.279 house built 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.759 on a 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.319 foundation 00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.980 of rock. 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.539 This 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.039 building 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.579 project 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.079 represents 00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.779 the person 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.900 who hears 00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.579 the word 00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:58.460 and obeys 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.000 the word. 00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.720 And then 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.079 we have 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.900 another house 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.460 which is 00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.019 built on 00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.700 a foundation 00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.400 of sand. 00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.299 And this 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.700 building 00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.220 project 00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.700 represents 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.319 the person 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.940 who also 00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.500 hears the 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.880 word, 00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.779 but does 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.440 nothing about 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.779 it. 00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:14.660 you see, 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.099 each one 00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.420 of us 00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:15.680 here, 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.200 all of 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.420 us, 00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.119 we're all 00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.700 building a 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.079 house. 00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.819 And from 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.539 the outside 00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.220 and from 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.059 our perspective, 00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.119 they all 00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:25.079 look identical. 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.200 Above 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.720 ground, 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.799 they're exactly 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.420 the same. 00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.019 The house 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.019 is all the 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.240 same. 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.779 We're all 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.740 hearing the 00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.539 word together. 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.319 But there's 00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.740 a crucial 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.399 difference 00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:38.180 that will 00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.639 determine 00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.200 whether the 00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.920 house stands 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.619 strong or 00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.160 falls with 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.740 a crush. 00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:43.460 and that's 00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.220 the foundation. 00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.920 The foundation 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.799 is not 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.500 the word 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:51.599 and the 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.119 foundation 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.680 is not 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.599 even Jesus, 00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.579 not in 00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.440 this context. 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.859 The foundation 00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.759 is putting 00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.599 the words 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.319 of Jesus 00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:02.180 into practice. 00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.500 That's the 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.019 foundation. 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.440 Look at 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.240 verse 24. 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.460 Everyone 00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.279 who hears 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.099 these words 00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.680 of mine 00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:10.059 and puts 00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.579 them into 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.160 practice 00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.860 is like 00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.380 the wise 00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.800 man who 00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.279 built his 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.940 house on 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.660 the rock. 00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.420 In other 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.720 words, 00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:17.740 the foundation 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:21.180 is obeying 00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.840 the teaching 00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.460 of Jesus. 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.660 You see, 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.160 this is the 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.680 point of the 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.300 whole sermon. 00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.900 Am I 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.320 living a 00:30:29.320 --> 00:30:29.720 life of 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.200 obedience? 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.259 Obedience 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.840 is always 00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.680 evidence of 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.140 repentance. 00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:35.280 I say I've 00:30:35.280 --> 00:30:35.740 repented. 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.140 Well, 00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.520 it will be 00:30:37.520 --> 00:30:38.259 expressed in 00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.000 obedience to 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.580 God's word. 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.300 I've 00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:41.160 experienced 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.680 God's 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.240 grace in 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.920 my life. 00:30:44.540 --> 00:30:45.000 Well, 00:30:45.020 --> 00:30:45.500 the evidence 00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.900 of that 00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.280 will be 00:30:46.280 --> 00:30:46.740 obedience. 00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:49.900 That's 00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.600 the foundation. 00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.120 And the 00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.920 foundation we 00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.720 have determines 00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.460 our eternal 00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.960 destiny. 00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.140 Jesus tells 00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:58.240 us it's like 00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.900 a flood 00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.600 that is 00:30:59.600 --> 00:30:59.980 coming. 00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:01.020 In the 00:31:01.020 --> 00:31:01.700 picture here, 00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.539 the rains 00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.940 are going 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.420 to fall, 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.360 the streams 00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.779 are going 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.340 to rise, 00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.140 the winds 00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.519 are going 00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.980 to blow. 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.640 It will 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.420 test whether 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.880 you have 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.440 built your 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:11.220 house on 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.539 a good 00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.200 foundation. 00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.720 It's a 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.539 flood of 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.580 judgment. 00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.580 Just as 00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:18.980 the flood 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.500 came in 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.920 the time 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.400 of Noah, 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.240 so a 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.960 final and 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.340 ultimate 00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.840 judgment 00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.440 will come. 00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.120 And the 00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.840 question is, 00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.600 how will 00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:26.440 your house 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.279 stand? 00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.440 You see, 00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.980 not having 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.620 the right 00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.440 foundation 00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:35.320 is like 00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:36.000 walking on 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.500 the broad 00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.920 road. 00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:37.740 It leads 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.539 to destruction. 00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.980 It's like 00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.380 a tree 00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.940 with bad 00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.320 fruit. 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.940 It's going 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.559 to be cut 00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.460 down and 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.220 thrown into 00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.759 the fire. 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:48.200 It's like 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.779 making a 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.400 claim to 00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.000 no God, 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.820 but being 00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.519 shut out 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.299 and excluded. 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.600 Jesus' 00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.420 words 00:31:58.420 --> 00:32:00.279 are serious. 00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.200 Do you 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.700 hear them? 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.799 He's 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.420 painting a 00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.000 picture that 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.620 is real 00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:08.539 and through 00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.480 it he is 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.019 literally 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.380 shocking us 00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.200 into action. 00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:16.160 How do you, 00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.519 how do I 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.920 respond to 00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.440 his word 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.860 today? 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.120 Because it 00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.960 determines our 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.960 eternal destiny. 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:26.660 it's either 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.140 heaven 00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:29.840 or it's 00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.140 hell. 00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.259 It's 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.680 either the 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.220 kingdom of 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.660 light 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:35.620 or it's 00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.019 the kingdom 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.720 of darkness. 00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.259 There are 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.920 only two 00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.480 roads. 00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.400 There's 00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.000 only two 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.740 trees, 00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.920 two claims, 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.460 two houses. 00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.720 things. 00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.380 So the 00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.039 big question 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.559 is, 00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.420 am I 00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.880 putting 00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.400 Jesus' 00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.039 word 00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.319 into 00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.900 practice? 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.740 Not am I 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.600 reading it 00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:05.079 through the 00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.400 week, 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.500 but am I 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.500 doing what 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.059 it actually 00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:10.000 says? 00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.539 It's not 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.880 can I 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.440 answer all 00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.120 the questions 00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:15.519 about who 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.059 did what 00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:17.000 and who 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.819 Moses was 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.659 and who 00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.419 David was 00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:19.859 and what 00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.659 Jesus did, 00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.700 but is it 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.259 making a 00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.859 difference 00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:25.139 in my 00:33:25.139 --> 00:33:25.579 life? 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.940 Decision 00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.319 time. 00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.179 Let's 00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:38.460 pray. 00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:51.139 let's 00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.659 just take 00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.079 a moment 00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:53.139 to reflect 00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:55.859 on what 00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.139 we've 00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.500 heard. 00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.500 Let's 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.500 just 00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:02.819 take a 00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.819 moment 00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:05.119 to reflect 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.819 on what 00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:08.019 we've 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:12.500 heard. 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:24.059 Father, 00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.760 we need 00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:26.360 your 00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.920 spirit 00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.739 to do 00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.179 a work 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.719 in each 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.019 of our 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.460 life, 00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:33.920 to show 00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.119 us 00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.619 exactly 00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.199 what our 00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.760 hearts are 00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.159 like, 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:39.260 so that 00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.840 we run 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.440 to you 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:42.119 seeking 00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.480 your 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.980 grace 00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:44.980 and your 00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.400 help. 00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.059 Asking, 00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:48.440 Father, 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:48.900 that you 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.679 would change 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.000 us and 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.559 do a work 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.840 in our 00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.440 life so 00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.240 that we 00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:56.139 produce 00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.700 fruit, 00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:58.840 live lives 00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.559 of obedience 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:02.200 and prioritize 00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:03.480 your values 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.980 and your 00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.659 desires 00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:06.500 above 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.440 our own 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.980 thoughts. 00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:13.139 Father, 00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.659 help us 00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.159 to walk 00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.519 in your 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.860 way 00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:17.980 and help 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.360 us that 00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.840 we might 00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.280 become 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.940 distinctive 00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.780 and attractive, 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.619 displaying the 00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.079 beauty 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.719 and the 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.320 glory of 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.920 Jesus to 00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.519 those around 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:29.559 us so 00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.000 that they 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.760 too might 00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.440 enter the 00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.760 kingdom 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:34.500 and know 00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.139 the joy 00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:36.280 of a 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.780 life with 00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.039 you. 00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:40.079 in 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.380 Jesus' 00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:40.860 name, 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.440 Amen. 00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.960 We're 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.219 going to 00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.539 sing 00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:55.179 a song 00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.639 that I 00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.639 hope helps 00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.119 us to 00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.039 reflect well 00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.360 on what 00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.639 we've 00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.280 heard today.