WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.859 Good morning. It is so good to be with you all today and open God's word. 00:00:04.580 --> 00:00:10.800 To introduce the sermon, I'd like to reference a recent tragedy that occurred in February in Turkey. 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:17.640 ! Over the last five years, there has been new construction in Turkey to build luxurious apartments. 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:24.000 These buildings were to be built according to certain building codes that ensure the safety of the building and the residents. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:31.500 According to building codes, the buildings must be built in a safe manner that would prevent damage from any major earthquake. 00:00:32.579 --> 00:00:41.820 This could require various elements from simple foundation dampering or strengthening to motion dampering to build the entire structure on a shock absorber. 00:00:42.879 --> 00:00:51.299 To include the proper structural additions to buildings, it costs lots of money and could be quite expensive. 00:00:51.299 --> 00:01:01.879 In February of 2023, there was two major earthquakes and lots of buildings were turned into rubble and thousands were killed. 00:01:03.379 --> 00:01:10.060 Many of these buildings were supposed to be according to the code that would prevent them from falling during earthquake shaking. 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:13.859 Unfortunately, that did not happen. 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:19.099 And we don't have much information regarding the government, the building codes, or the developers. 00:01:19.099 --> 00:01:24.419 But there is evidence that hundreds of buildings were not built on safe foundations. 00:01:25.839 --> 00:01:30.459 When the earthquakes came, it caused widespread destruction. 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:36.659 The earthquakes and the damage caused in Turkey is tragic. 00:01:38.019 --> 00:01:44.579 When earthquakes hit Turkey, the buildings demonstrated that they were not built safely to endure the quakes. 00:01:44.579 --> 00:01:48.319 What we build our lives upon is of great importance. 00:01:49.539 --> 00:01:58.000 If we build our lives upon the wrong things, it can have devastating effects for ourselves, for our families, and for our friends. 00:01:58.379 --> 00:02:06.739 But if we build our lives on the right things, it can have wonderful effects for ourselves, for our friends, and for our families. 00:02:06.739 --> 00:02:20.539 So today, in Luke chapter 6, verses 46 through 49, I would love for you to see that the Christian is a person who professes faith in Jesus Christ and evidences this faith in their actions. 00:02:21.099 --> 00:02:30.060 The Christian is a person that professes faith in Jesus Christ and evidences this faith in their actions. 00:02:30.060 --> 00:02:37.580 So our sermon text is from Luke chapter 6, verses 46 through 49, if you'll turn there with me. 00:02:37.580 --> 00:03:01.240 So Luke chapter 6, verses 20 through 48, is Luke's account of Matthew's sermon on the mount. 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:08.379 The reason I word it this way is that there is much discussion whether this is the exact same sermon that's in Matthew summarized, 00:03:08.500 --> 00:03:14.800 or if this is an entirely different sermon with a different context, and he gave some of the same teachings. 00:03:16.540 --> 00:03:20.760 Regardless, we see a lot of the same stories in Luke that Matthew teaches. 00:03:21.379 --> 00:03:28.020 So the purpose of the sermon that Jesus presents in Luke chapter 6 is to teach someone what it means to be a Christian. 00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:32.420 And in it, a Christian does not live life for this world. 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:39.040 So in Luke chapter 6, verses 20 through 23, the disciple is financially poor. 00:03:39.620 --> 00:03:41.680 He is filled with great sorrow. 00:03:42.340 --> 00:03:43.700 He is physically hungry. 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:45.620 And he is facing persecution. 00:03:46.160 --> 00:03:50.939 All things that are hard in this life and do not give much hope. 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.460 But his joy and his hope is not in this life. 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:56.180 It is in the life to come. 00:03:56.180 --> 00:04:01.140 And while he is facing poverty and sorrow and persecution, 00:04:01.700 --> 00:04:07.219 his blessedness and abounding joy are in Christ and the kingdom that is to come. 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:13.319 Toward the end of the sermon, Jesus begins to tell us what it looks like to follow Christ. 00:04:13.900 --> 00:04:16.899 What it looks like to be a Christian and to not be a Christian. 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:22.100 And we come to one of those texts today in Luke 6, 46 through 49. 00:04:22.100 --> 00:04:22.180 Amen. 00:04:23.379 --> 00:04:29.700 Because of this text and the severity there, I would love for us to take a moment to examine our hearts, 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:33.900 to reflect on our hearts, and pray for humility. 00:04:34.080 --> 00:04:35.820 So will you pray with me for just a second? 00:04:38.200 --> 00:04:41.760 Father, help us close ourselves with humility. 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:45.160 Help us be humble towards one another. 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:49.080 And Lord, help us humble ourselves under your almighty hand, 00:04:49.180 --> 00:04:51.380 that we can see our hearts today and our lives. 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.939 And that this text would either be a great warning or a great assurance to us. 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:57.940 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:04:59.440 --> 00:05:02.740 All right, starting in verses 43 for context. 00:05:02.740 --> 00:05:09.840 For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit. 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:12.540 For each tree is known by its fruit. 00:05:13.340 --> 00:05:18.180 For figs are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor grapes picked from a bramble bush. 00:05:18.819 --> 00:05:22.720 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good. 00:05:23.420 --> 00:05:27.040 The evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil. 00:05:27.960 --> 00:05:31.460 For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 00:05:31.459 --> 00:05:36.419 Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and not do what I tell you? 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:43.000 Everyone who does come to me and hears my words and does them, 00:05:43.139 --> 00:05:44.439 I will show you what he is like. 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:50.560 He's like a man building a house who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. 00:05:51.359 --> 00:05:57.679 And when the flood arose, the stream broke against the house, 00:05:57.859 --> 00:06:00.719 and it could not shake it because it had been well built. 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:05.600 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground, 00:06:05.900 --> 00:06:07.000 without a foundation. 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:10.500 When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, 00:06:11.220 --> 00:06:14.200 and the ruin of that house was great. 00:06:15.940 --> 00:06:17.920 In this passage, we'll have three points. 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:20.700 There's no need to write them down because we'll go through them one by one. 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:23.740 Our first point is the profession of Lord, Lord. 00:06:24.380 --> 00:06:27.240 Our second point is the Christian's profession. 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.660 And our third point is the false profession. 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:35.460 So point number one, the profession of Lord, Lord. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:42.819 In verse 46, Jesus describes an individual that comes to him and calls him Lord, Lord. 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:47.780 The repetition of one's name in scripture often communicates familiarity, 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:49.439 a personal relationship. 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:53.439 Some examples in scripture we see are in Genesis 22. 00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:56.600 Abraham is about to sacrifice his son. 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:58.800 And as he's in the moment where he pulls the dagger up, 00:06:59.019 --> 00:07:01.420 God says, Abraham, Abraham. 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.659 In Luke 10, when Jesus is visiting Mary and Martha, 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:09.379 Martha is busying herself with tasks. 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:12.879 And she's jealous of Mary who's sitting by Jesus. 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:17.399 And Jesus goes to Martha, Martha, Martha. 00:07:18.540 --> 00:07:23.500 In Acts 9, when Jesus speaks to Saul as he's heading to Damascus, 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:28.439 he says, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? 00:07:29.579 --> 00:07:32.699 In all these instances and many more you see in scripture, 00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:36.980 there is a personal relationship that is intimate and intentional. 00:07:37.740 --> 00:07:39.839 Someone is speaking as if they know a friend. 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:44.419 When this person comes to Jesus and says, Lord, Lord, 00:07:44.579 --> 00:07:48.399 they generally believe that Jesus is their master. 00:07:49.239 --> 00:07:51.679 They have confidence in their position as his servant. 00:07:52.419 --> 00:07:57.459 But Jesus' response is not what you'd expect from someone who calls him Lord, Lord. 00:07:57.679 --> 00:08:03.579 He says, why do you call me Lord, Lord, and you do not do what I tell you? 00:08:04.739 --> 00:08:08.819 The servant invokes Jesus' name as Lord and personally, 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:14.779 but in his life, there is nothing to show that he is a servant of Jesus Christ. 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:19.579 Turn to Matthew 7 with me and we'll look at the count with more details. 00:08:19.579 --> 00:08:40.399 Matthew 7, starting in verse 21. 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:45.720 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:48.980 but the one who does the will of the Father who is in heaven. 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:54.720 On that day, many will say, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name 00:08:54.720 --> 00:09:00.019 and cast out demons in your name and do mighty works in your name? 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:05.340 And then I will declare to them, I never knew you. 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:08.820 Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness. 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:12.740 In Matthew's account, we have a little bit more information 00:09:12.740 --> 00:09:15.759 regarding the individual who says, Lord, Lord. 00:09:16.420 --> 00:09:19.920 This is a person who seems to have done great things for Jesus. 00:09:20.820 --> 00:09:22.100 They have prophesied. 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:24.120 They have cast out demons. 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:26.600 And they've even done mighty works. 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:30.159 But when they come to Jesus and Jesus asks, 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:32.100 why should I grant you into the kingdom? 00:09:33.139 --> 00:09:35.139 They say, I did this. 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:36.560 I did these works. 00:09:37.060 --> 00:09:40.320 For us, it could be I led these Bible studies or I served in this role. 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:45.360 They're basing their hope and their salvation on their works, 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:48.580 on the things that they believe would merit them salvation. 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:52.120 And we see Jesus' response to this person is, 00:09:52.220 --> 00:09:53.580 I never knew you. 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.259 Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness. 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:59.639 It seems these individuals have done great things, 00:09:59.820 --> 00:10:01.740 but when it comes down to the eternal fate, 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:06.120 they relied upon their works, not upon Christ's works. 00:10:07.180 --> 00:10:10.639 It was about what they did, not about who they believed in. 00:10:11.040 --> 00:10:14.240 And these so-called servants were generally hypocrites 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:16.399 and did not truly love God. 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:21.220 Brothers and sisters, this text burdens my heart. 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:26.980 It reveals a reality that is devastatingly true today. 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:28.820 It is this. 00:10:29.300 --> 00:10:31.500 There will be many people who say they are Christians, 00:10:31.800 --> 00:10:33.740 who would say, Lord, Lord, 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:38.100 who will not be in the kingdom of God. 00:10:38.100 --> 00:10:41.879 It is not based on one's profession. 00:10:42.379 --> 00:10:45.080 It is not based on one's decision. 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.680 It is not based on an aisle one walks 00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:50.700 that determines if they are a Christian. 00:10:51.560 --> 00:10:54.159 It is not based on the things you do for God 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:55.659 that determines your Christianity. 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:59.500 You could have served as a missionary for 20 years 00:10:59.500 --> 00:11:02.320 or be a retired pastor after 30 years 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:04.720 and not be a Christian. 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.940 Our Christian faith is based on the works of another. 00:11:10.580 --> 00:11:12.800 It is based on the God-man, Jesus Christ, 00:11:13.400 --> 00:11:15.620 and his life, his death, and his resurrection. 00:11:16.780 --> 00:11:19.300 In his great love, Jesus came to this earth 00:11:19.300 --> 00:11:20.520 and took on flesh. 00:11:21.140 --> 00:11:23.140 He perfectly kept the law, 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:26.220 fulfilling every righteous requirement demanded. 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:29.840 And he sacrificially went and died on the cross 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:31.820 for sin. 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:35.500 When someone repents of their sins 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:37.040 and believes in Jesus Christ 00:11:37.040 --> 00:11:40.379 and his life, his death, and his resurrection, 00:11:40.820 --> 00:11:44.040 they are saved and will be justified 00:11:44.040 --> 00:11:45.379 and are justified. 00:11:46.680 --> 00:11:49.760 They've received Jesus' perfect righteousness for them. 00:11:50.040 --> 00:11:53.540 They no longer base their profession on what they did, 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:56.520 on a confession of who they are, 00:11:56.680 --> 00:11:57.860 on an aisle they walked around, 00:11:57.900 --> 00:11:58.440 on a decision they made. 00:11:58.560 --> 00:12:01.300 They base it on Christ, on what he did. 00:12:01.299 --> 00:12:02.659 That's the difference. 00:12:02.719 --> 00:12:05.319 And they received the righteousness that he did perfectly for them. 00:12:06.019 --> 00:12:09.479 And their sin is attributed to Jesus in his death 00:12:09.479 --> 00:12:10.379 and paid for. 00:12:11.479 --> 00:12:14.159 We see this in 2 Corinthians 5.21. 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:18.539 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:23.199 so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:27.280 The Christian's claim for heaven is not in anything he does. 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:30.300 It is not in our theological knowledge, 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:32.280 our faithful parenting, 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.040 our righteousness, 00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:36.680 the good things we do for others, 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:40.840 the long weeks of serving and toiling for good things, 00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:42.140 our careers, 00:12:42.660 --> 00:12:43.700 our degrees, 00:12:44.060 --> 00:12:44.980 our accolades, 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:48.779 none of those things have claims on heaven. 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:52.100 They do nothing to earn us a place before God. 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:54.279 They are filthy rags. 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:57.420 The Christian's only claim to heaven 00:12:57.420 --> 00:13:00.159 is the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:03.600 and the substitutionary death on the cross for us. 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:06.659 We are saved by works, 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:08.120 just not our own. 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:11.000 Our righteousness, as Luther has said, 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:12.639 is an alien righteousness. 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:14.279 It is foreign to us. 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.759 It comes from outside of us 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:17.620 and is credited to us 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:19.879 upon repentance and belief. 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:23.580 The 1689 London Baptist Confession 00:13:23.580 --> 00:13:25.480 summarizes this well for us. 00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:26.120 It says, 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:29.539 Faith thus receiving and resting on Christ 00:13:29.539 --> 00:13:30.399 and his righteousness 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:34.419 is alone the instrument of justification, 00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:38.120 yet it is not alone in the person justified, 00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:42.279 but is ever accompanied with all other saving grace. 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:44.360 And it is no dead faith, 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:45.939 but worketh through love. 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:46.960 Do you see that? 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:49.759 That faith is resting and receiving Christ 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:51.159 in his righteousness, 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.340 in his works, 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:53.539 alone. 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:56.279 There's nothing else that attributes to our salvation. 00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:57.279 Yet, 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:59.699 this faith that rests on Christ and his works 00:13:59.699 --> 00:14:00.899 is never alone. 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.899 It is always evidence. 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:03.840 There is always proof of it 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:05.399 in other saving graces, 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:06.080 in repentance, 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:07.299 in faith, 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:08.379 in works. 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:10.439 But those works and those faiths 00:14:10.439 --> 00:14:10.960 and those repentants 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:12.740 do nothing to justify someone 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:14.220 that is only through Christ. 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.840 When Jesus saved us 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.539 by his life, 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:18.779 death, 00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:19.299 and resurrection, 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:21.220 God took our dead hearts 00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:22.379 and he's made us alive. 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:24.659 Christians have new hearts 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:25.659 that love God 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:27.240 and seek to obey him. 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:28.360 The new heart 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:30.059 does not produce dead faith, 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:31.620 as the confession says, 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:33.679 but other saving graces. 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:37.059 John Calvin's attributed to saying, 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.659 faith alone saves, 00:14:38.959 --> 00:14:41.419 but that faith is never alone. 00:14:42.959 --> 00:14:44.139 While the good works 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:46.039 do not merit anything for salvation, 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:48.019 they do evidence salvation. 00:14:48.239 --> 00:14:49.359 There is a place for them. 00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:51.539 When believers do good works, 00:14:51.779 --> 00:14:54.139 it makes Jesus look beautiful. 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.620 So, 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:57.439 the long weeks of serving, 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.799 the faithful parenting, 00:14:59.219 --> 00:15:00.740 the hard work that you do 00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:02.019 to provide for your families, 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:04.559 those things make Jesus 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:05.939 look beautiful. 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.539 The 1689 Confession 00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:09.939 summarizes good works 00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:10.579 in this way. 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.379 These good works, 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.759 done in obedience 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.740 to God's commandments, 00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:17.240 are the fruit and evidence 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:19.319 of a true and living faith. 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:21.220 They are fruit and evidence 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:23.059 of a true living faith. 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.799 Though good work, 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:26.059 through good works, 00:15:26.199 --> 00:15:26.879 believers express 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.079 their thankfulness, 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:30.139 strengthen their assurance, 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:31.679 build up their brothers 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:32.359 and sisters, 00:15:33.099 --> 00:15:34.419 adorn the profession 00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:35.439 of the gospel, 00:15:36.199 --> 00:15:37.699 stop the mouth of opponents, 00:15:37.839 --> 00:15:38.739 and glorify God. 00:15:40.059 --> 00:15:41.539 Believers are God's workmanship, 00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:43.059 creating Christ Jesus 00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.879 for good works, 00:15:44.339 --> 00:15:45.439 so that they bear fruit, 00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.599 leading to holiness, 00:15:47.099 --> 00:15:47.939 and have an outcome 00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:48.799 of eternal life. 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:49.759 So, 00:15:49.859 --> 00:15:50.739 as I said in the beginning, 00:15:50.839 --> 00:15:52.359 the Christian is a person 00:15:52.359 --> 00:15:53.599 who professes faith 00:15:53.599 --> 00:15:54.579 in Jesus Christ 00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:56.859 and evidences this faith 00:15:56.859 --> 00:15:58.139 in their actions. 00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:58.220 Christians. 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:00.559 This leads us to the parable 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:01.620 in Luke chapter 6 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:03.460 to describe the individuals 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:04.580 who hear the word. 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.319 If you'll turn back 00:16:06.319 --> 00:16:07.240 to Luke 6 with me, 00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:08.759 we will stay there 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.419 the rest of our time. 00:16:09.419 --> 00:16:21.519 when I first began 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:22.599 preparing for this message, 00:16:22.699 --> 00:16:23.919 my main point was 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:25.120 the Christian life 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.959 is a life of faith 00:16:25.959 --> 00:16:26.679 in Jesus Christ 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.500 for salvation, 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:28.379 life, 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.219 and godliness. 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:32.539 But as I studied it more, 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:34.199 I became convinced 00:16:34.199 --> 00:16:35.719 that the passage teaches 00:16:35.719 --> 00:16:36.339 that the Christian 00:16:36.339 --> 00:16:36.959 is a person 00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:37.919 who professes faith 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.659 in Jesus Christ, 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.579 and this faith 00:16:39.579 --> 00:16:40.240 is evidenced 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.039 in their actions. 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.599 The passage is about 00:16:43.599 --> 00:16:44.179 the profession 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:45.059 of the individual. 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.539 Here we see 00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.339 the Christian life 00:16:47.339 --> 00:16:48.519 is not a life 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.379 of no law, 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.459 but of delight 00:16:50.459 --> 00:16:51.379 in God's law. 00:16:52.439 --> 00:16:53.939 John 15, 23 says, 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:55.000 if anyone loves me, 00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:56.579 he will keep my word. 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.319 Our obedience 00:16:58.319 --> 00:16:59.240 to God's commands 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:01.000 is the delightful duty 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:03.079 of our love to God. 00:17:04.379 --> 00:17:05.680 The person who has believed 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:06.420 in Jesus Christ 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.420 shows their faith 00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.880 through their actions. 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.360 J.C. Ryle, 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.180 regarding this passage, 00:17:11.340 --> 00:17:11.700 says, 00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:13.340 the object of the parable 00:17:13.340 --> 00:17:14.019 is not to teach 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:15.259 the doctrine of justification, 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.259 that the rock 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.900 or the foundation 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:18.300 we're building on 00:17:18.300 --> 00:17:19.019 is Christ, 00:17:19.580 --> 00:17:20.420 but instead, 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.259 it is to teach 00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:21.820 the folly 00:17:21.820 --> 00:17:23.120 of the Christian profession 00:17:23.120 --> 00:17:24.320 unaccompanied 00:17:24.320 --> 00:17:25.539 by Christian practice. 00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.480 It is to teach 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.519 the folly 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.580 of Christian profession 00:17:29.580 --> 00:17:30.740 that is unaccompanied 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.759 by Christian practice, 00:17:32.140 --> 00:17:33.080 and the certain ruin 00:17:33.080 --> 00:17:34.080 to such profession 00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:35.200 must lead to, 00:17:35.300 --> 00:17:36.120 if persisted then. 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:37.819 So the parable 00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:39.099 is not about justification, 00:17:39.379 --> 00:17:39.959 it's not about 00:17:39.959 --> 00:17:40.879 we are building 00:17:40.879 --> 00:17:42.199 our foundation on Christ, 00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:43.399 but more it's about 00:17:43.399 --> 00:17:44.219 the profession. 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:46.359 It's not about justification, 00:17:46.459 --> 00:17:47.639 it's about demonstration here. 00:17:48.459 --> 00:17:49.339 Jesus is talking about 00:17:49.339 --> 00:17:49.879 what it means 00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.599 to be a Christian, 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:52.299 not who we base 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:53.259 our lives upon, 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:54.279 but how our lives 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:55.379 are built up in Christ. 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.839 That's why we see 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:57.539 it's the person 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.619 who hears the word 00:17:58.619 --> 00:18:00.039 and either believes in it 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:01.099 and does it, 00:18:01.139 --> 00:18:01.479 or the person 00:18:01.479 --> 00:18:02.139 who hears the word 00:18:02.139 --> 00:18:03.019 and does not believe in it 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.779 and does not do it. 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.839 But it's all based 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.660 on the person saying, 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:07.180 Lord, Lord. 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.579 So this leads us 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.619 to our second point, 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:13.299 which is the Christian's profession. 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.440 In the parable, 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.639 the first person mentioned 00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.779 is the person 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:22.059 who hears God's word 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:24.119 and does what it says. 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:26.940 If you look at 00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:28.259 verse 47 with me, 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:28.799 it says, 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:30.919 everyone who comes to me 00:18:30.919 --> 00:18:31.980 and hears my word 00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.899 and does them, 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.139 I will show you 00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:34.960 what he is like. 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.180 And in this part, 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:38.019 this person is the one 00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.899 who digs deep 00:18:38.899 --> 00:18:40.000 and lays a foundation. 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:41.339 We see throughout 00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:41.700 this parable, 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:43.259 there are multiple elements 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.139 involved in laying 00:18:44.139 --> 00:18:44.759 the foundation. 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.419 First, 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.680 there is a cost involved 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.599 to laying a foundation. 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.680 There is a blueprint 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:51.000 to how to do it 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.379 and there's the benefit 00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:53.960 of being a Christian 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:55.779 or of doing it well. 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:57.500 So first, 00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:58.579 let us look at the cost 00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:59.420 of being a Christian. 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:01.359 The man in the parable 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:02.339 had to choose 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:03.480 the best place to dig. 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.139 They had to dig deep 00:19:05.139 --> 00:19:06.559 through rock and dirt 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:08.639 and to lay a proper foundation 00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:10.200 that will endure the storms. 00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.379 Surely, 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.720 this work was grueling 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.579 and this time, 00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:14.619 they did not have machinery 00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:16.139 to do the hard work, 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:17.079 but instead, 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:17.619 they did it 00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:18.980 with their own hands. 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.480 It took time, 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.680 it took blood, 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.160 sweat, 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:22.700 and tears 00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:24.859 to put a house down 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:26.119 properly back then. 00:19:27.159 --> 00:19:28.179 The same is true 00:19:28.179 --> 00:19:28.819 for the Christian. 00:19:28.939 --> 00:19:29.679 To be a Christian, 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.839 there is a cost 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.459 to be counted. 00:19:32.419 --> 00:19:33.419 It is to see God's word 00:19:33.419 --> 00:19:34.539 as the supreme standard 00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.419 for our lives. 00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.759 As a Christian, 00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:37.799 we are not our own, 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.479 but we're bought 00:19:38.479 --> 00:19:39.439 with a price. 00:19:40.179 --> 00:19:41.240 When we profess faith 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.639 in Jesus, 00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.599 it is not merely 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.279 a profession 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.199 of sincerity 00:19:44.199 --> 00:19:45.979 or of association 00:19:45.979 --> 00:19:46.679 with Jesus. 00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:48.339 Our profession 00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.939 of faith 00:19:48.939 --> 00:19:49.719 in Jesus Christ 00:19:49.719 --> 00:19:50.919 is the casting 00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:51.740 of ourselves 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.539 on Jesus 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:54.139 as the only means 00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:55.420 of salvation 00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:57.200 and life. 00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.580 This faith flows 00:19:59.580 --> 00:20:00.259 from the abundance 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.060 of the heart 00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:01.900 and forever 00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:03.300 changes our lives. 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.440 Christians no longer 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.340 live for this world 00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:06.960 and themselves, 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.380 but for Christ. 00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:10.060 Everything we do 00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:10.980 should be to serve 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.840 His kingdom 00:20:11.840 --> 00:20:12.860 and His glory, 00:20:13.320 --> 00:20:14.220 not our kingdom 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.100 and our glory. 00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.759 J.C. Riles 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.960 summarizes the cost 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.600 of being a Christian 00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:18.960 well. 00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:20.940 Like the house 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.759 built on rock, 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.920 it may entail 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.800 Him pains, 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:24.980 labors, 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:26.220 and self-denial. 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.560 To lay aside 00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:28.500 our pride 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.620 and self-righteousness. 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.759 To crucify 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:32.039 the rebellious flesh. 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.340 To put on 00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.200 the mind of Christ 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.720 and take up 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.500 our cross daily. 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:37.000 To count all things 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.820 but loss 00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:38.779 for Christ's sake. 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.039 All this 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:41.420 may be hard work, 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.660 but like the house 00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.400 built on the rock, 00:20:43.620 --> 00:20:44.340 such religion 00:20:44.340 --> 00:20:45.039 will stand. 00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:47.100 So some questions 00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:47.759 for reflection. 00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.539 Have you 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.680 counted the cost 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.480 the cost 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.160 of being a Christian? 00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.460 Do you live 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.140 in such a way 00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.740 that you're picking 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.820 up your cross daily? 00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.680 Does your life 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.600 reflect pride 00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.680 and self-righteousness 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.759 or humility? 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.580 While the cost 00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.080 of being a Christian 00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:04.620 is great, 00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.539 there is a blueprint 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:07.560 for this work 00:21:07.560 --> 00:21:08.620 and there is great 00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.440 benefit we receive 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.880 from it. 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.039 So second, 00:21:11.560 --> 00:21:12.259 God gives, 00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.539 God has given 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.060 the Christian 00:21:14.060 --> 00:21:14.560 a blueprint, 00:21:15.060 --> 00:21:15.720 a way in which 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.360 to do this. 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.680 In the scriptures, 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:19.100 Jesus is called 00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:19.860 the foundation 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:21.420 on which no other 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.400 foundation is laid. 00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.820 He is also called 00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:24.820 the chief cornerstone 00:21:24.820 --> 00:21:25.960 in Ephesians 2.20 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:27.200 and 1 Peter 2.6. 00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.480 It is true 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:28.920 that Jesus 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:29.779 is our foundation 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.600 and cornerstone. 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.960 It is through 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:33.060 his person and work 00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:34.100 that our salvation 00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:34.820 alone comes. 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.299 But in the scriptures, 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.640 there's other talk 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.279 of foundation. 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.900 So in Ephesians 2.20, 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.600 it says that the church 00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.759 is built on the foundation 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.320 of the apostles 00:21:43.320 --> 00:21:43.940 and prophets. 00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.920 Christ Jesus himself 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:47.180 being the cornerstone. 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.880 In the early church 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.539 in Acts 2, 00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.840 it said that the church 00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.400 was devoted 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:53.200 to the apostolic teaching. 00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:56.120 In Ephesians 4.5-6 00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:57.200 says the church 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.279 grows up into Christ 00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:59.620 through the truth, 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.080 through God's word. 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:03.680 John 17.17 says, 00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.900 Sanctify them in truth. 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.039 Your word is truth. 00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.340 While Christ 00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:10.519 is the chief cornerstone, 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.400 we are building 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.560 our lives in Christ 00:22:12.560 --> 00:22:13.920 through his word, 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:15.259 according to these passages. 00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.779 It is his word 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.759 that is the materials 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.759 by which we build 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.700 and which we labor 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:21.099 to put our building upon. 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.359 God's word 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:25.399 is the ordained means 00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:26.720 by which we build 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.420 our lives upon. 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.059 It is his word 00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.879 that reveals 00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.859 the eternal word, 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.680 Jesus Christ. 00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.099 And as we build 00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.899 our lives upon 00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.839 the word of God, 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.639 the truth grows us up. 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.059 In fact, 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:40.279 John 17.3 says, 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.240 we experience eternal life 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.240 through knowing God. 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.559 And this knowing of God 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:47.120 is both propositional 00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:48.839 in our knowledge of him 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.620 and our intellect 00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:50.539 and understanding him 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.680 and knowing doctrine, 00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:54.240 but it is also experiential 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.940 in how we experience 00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.640 that doctrine. 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.359 If we know Jesus 00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.099 and we know 00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:00.120 what his word says 00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:01.620 and we think it's wonderful, 00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:03.160 but we don't do it, 00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.160 we don't practice it 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.859 in our lives, 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.559 at our work, 00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:06.380 in our parenting, 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:08.259 then we're not experiencing 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.359 the fullness of life 00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:11.160 that is in Jesus Christ. 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.300 We're going to experience 00:23:12.300 --> 00:23:14.340 eternal life presently now 00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:16.019 through his word. 00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:18.360 But this looks forward 00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:19.460 to the blessed 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.779 and happy life to come. 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.480 So as we now know him 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.060 in his word, 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.700 we build our lives 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.400 upon him, 00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.000 upon his word. 00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.259 It is, 00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.320 we're going to slowly enjoy 00:23:29.320 --> 00:23:30.720 this life that is in Christ. 00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:32.640 We'll understand Christ more 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.380 and as we understand him, 00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:35.160 we'll experience him 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.980 in our lives. 00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:38.100 So when you are parenting 00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:39.680 and you are speaking truth 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.220 to your child, 00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.660 it helps train them up 00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:43.079 in what God says. 00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.360 In our marriages, 00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.620 when things are hard, 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.839 instead of going against 00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.299 one another, 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.519 if we speak truth 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.160 to one another, 00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.940 and that is what governs 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.539 our marriages, 00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.900 we are going to slowly 00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.819 enjoy this life 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.980 more and more. 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.980 So this leads me 00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:58.720 to three primary ways 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:00.000 in which we build our lives 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.819 upon God's word. 00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.940 Number one, 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.779 we build our lives 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.799 upon the truths 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:07.039 found in God's word. 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:10.180 It is in the truth 00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.099 of God's word 00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.980 that reveals 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.339 the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.159 It is through the truths 00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:16.099 of God's word 00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.240 that he gives us 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.579 means to fight our sin, 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.879 to trust God 00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.480 and his promises, 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.339 and causes us to grow. 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.619 Hebrews 4.12 says 00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.759 that God's word 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.240 is living and active, 00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.759 sharper than any 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.639 two-edged sword, 00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:31.019 piercing the division 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.119 of the soul and spirit, 00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:34.039 of joint and of morrow, 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.240 and discerning the thoughts 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.779 and intention of the heart. 00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:38.420 Notice in this passage 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.779 when it says 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:40.180 God's word is living and active 00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:41.980 is that his word 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.379 is actively working. 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.899 It is not a passive 00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.819 working in our life, 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:48.220 but when we take God's word 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.000 and we know it 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.899 and it's in our hearts, 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.079 it is actively 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:52.279 and effectively 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:54.000 working in the believer 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.539 and making them more alive 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.920 and completing the work 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.399 of salvation 00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.319 that God has begun. 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:01.299 David Powelson says 00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.259 in scripture, 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.819 God comes in person. 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.899 We participate 00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:06.539 by hearing and responding. 00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.980 When you consider 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.299 how you form your day, 00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.859 consider the way 00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:13.220 in which you are embracing 00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.319 God's word and keeping it. 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.879 Is God's word 00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.839 the first thing you put 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.859 in your heart in the morning? 00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:20.039 Does his word 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.899 renew your mind 00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:22.099 and help you love him 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.839 and others well? 00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.659 Do you memorize 00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:26.200 and meditate on his word? 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.819 Does his word 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:29.139 flow from our mouths? 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.319 What we think about 00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.299 and spend our time doing 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:34.079 is often what we talk about 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.079 and invite others into? 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.460 Number two, 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:39.200 we build our relationship 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.200 on God's word 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:41.000 or our relationships 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.339 on God's word. 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.339 Throughout scripture, 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.700 healthy relationships, 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.000 healthy marriages, 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.960 and healthy families 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:52.019 are built on the abiding 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.980 word of God. 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.500 As Christians, 00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.460 the way we practice 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.920 our faith 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:57.099 is through loving God. 00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.920 If God is our delight 00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:00.039 and his word is in us, 00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.240 it overflows 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.319 into our lives 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.420 and in our relationships. 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.579 Not only is this 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.319 the best blessing 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.420 we bring to our relationships, 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:09.539 it's also commanded of us. 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.140 Friends are supposed 00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.200 to speak truth, 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.140 love, 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:13.960 forgive, 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.559 bear with one another, 00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.779 be kind to one another, 00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.759 and have compassion. 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.599 Husbands are supposed 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.700 to lead their wives 00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.619 or to love their wives 00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.799 and wash them in the word. 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.619 Parents are to raise 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.019 their children 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.819 in the discipline 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.460 and instruction 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.440 of the Lord. 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.279 The word of God 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.279 is the cement 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.319 of healthy, 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:34.019 thriving relationships. 00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.180 So my question 00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.940 on this point is, 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.960 does the word of God 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:39.359 submit your friendships, 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.339 marriage, 00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.220 and parenting? 00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.960 Number three, 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.619 we build our church 00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:46.599 on God's word. 00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:48.559 The church 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.919 is a new covenant community. 00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.359 It has come into existence 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.399 through God himself 00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:53.219 calling us 00:26:53.219 --> 00:26:54.579 and speaking life 00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.799 into our hearts. 00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:58.000 According to Ephesians 4, 00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:59.000 15 through 16, 00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.599 it says, 00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:00.659 Rather, 00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.740 speaking the truth 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.240 in love, 00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:03.139 we are to grow up 00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:03.799 in every way 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:05.039 into him who is the head, 00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.459 into Christ, 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.259 from whom the whole body, 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.879 joined and held together 00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.959 by every joint 00:27:10.959 --> 00:27:11.980 with which it is equipped, 00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:13.079 when each part 00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.879 is working properly, 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.079 makes the body grow 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.559 so it builds itself 00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.399 up in love. 00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.579 The means 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.539 in this process 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.099 of how the church 00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.199 has grown into Christ 00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:22.899 and becomes more Christ-like 00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:24.319 and is built up in love 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.619 is through the truth. 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.500 It begins, 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:28.079 speaking the truth 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.859 in love. 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.759 The church 00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.480 is built up 00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.599 through God's love 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.319 and his word 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:35.359 so that it can mature us 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.539 and so that we can 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.319 exalt Christ 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.379 in how we live. 00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.220 God's word 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.299 is the nourishment 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.619 to his church, 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.500 but it is also 00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.139 the proclamation 00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:44.819 of his church. 00:27:44.959 --> 00:27:45.759 It's what comes 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.500 out of them. 00:27:48.239 --> 00:27:48.839 Being a Christian 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.819 has a great cost 00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.539 but we have been given 00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.739 God's ordained means 00:27:52.739 --> 00:27:53.479 to help us. 00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.199 When we hear his word, 00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.119 our obedience 00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:57.339 is our joyful delight, 00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.679 a joyful duty 00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.619 and responsive love 00:27:59.619 --> 00:27:59.979 to him. 00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.259 When we obey, 00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.459 there is great benefit. 00:28:03.239 --> 00:28:04.219 So, thirdly, 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.259 there is great benefit 00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.019 for the person 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.299 who hears God's word. 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.279 In the parable, 00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.839 the individual 00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.739 is building their lives 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.079 on the good foundation. 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.880 When the storm comes, 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.019 it does not destroy 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.779 his life. 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.579 The flood here 00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.220 is understood 00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.220 as suffering. 00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:21.180 When suffering comes, 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.980 the person 00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.460 who has faith 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.339 in Jesus Christ 00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.059 and has built 00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.519 their lives 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.519 upon his word 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:27.279 endures the storm. 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.779 When suffering 00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.500 comes to us, 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.620 our response 00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.299 to suffering 00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.059 demonstrates 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:33.480 our faith. 00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:35.099 When the storms 00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:36.200 rage against us 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.160 and the firings 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.180 of suffering burn, 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.599 it reveals 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.699 the genuineness 00:28:40.699 --> 00:28:41.699 of our faith, 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.399 God uses 00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:45.559 the agonizing events 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.759 and the overwhelming 00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.299 grief 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.659 to care for us. 00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.399 In those moments 00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:51.419 of greatest affliction, 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.679 our lives show 00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.759 the surpassing power 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.679 and worth of God 00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:56.000 who loves us 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.980 and who comforts us. 00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.599 He is our refuge 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.899 and our strength. 00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.459 He is our helper 00:29:02.459 --> 00:29:03.740 and the upholder 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.199 of our life. 00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.740 When we experience 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.419 the griefs 00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.059 of this world 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:09.139 and our heart 00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:10.039 is downcast 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.399 and our clothes 00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.899 are full of tears, 00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:14.179 we can say 00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:15.119 with a deep 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:16.539 and abiding joy, 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.299 hope in God 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.799 for I shall again 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.419 praise him, 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.740 my salvation 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:23.079 and my God. 00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.720 The Christian 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.779 receives great benefit 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.720 because he 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.759 will weather 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.079 the storms of life 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:30.359 with hope in God 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.460 and in his word. 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.539 The Christian's life 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.339 is built on the word 00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:34.700 of God 00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.500 and will evidence 00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.399 their faith 00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.159 and their action. 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.360 true Christian 00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.800 profession 00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:39.840 is always 00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.259 accompanied 00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.840 by Christian 00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.360 practice. 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.560 So we've talked 00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:43.580 about the person 00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:43.940 who says 00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.320 Lord, 00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.740 Lord, 00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.759 we've talked 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:47.060 about the Christian 00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:47.540 profession, 00:29:47.800 --> 00:29:48.380 now we're going 00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.680 to go back 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.140 to this person 00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.580 who's saying 00:29:49.580 --> 00:29:49.880 Lord, 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.259 Lord 00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.140 and does not 00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.519 do what he 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.860 says 00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.480 with the false 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.019 profession. 00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.100 That is found 00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.920 in verse 46 00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.540 and 47. 00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.720 Or, 00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.220 sorry, 00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.360 48 and 49. 00:30:01.040 --> 00:30:02.040 This type of person 00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:02.400 is the one 00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.900 who hears 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.680 the words of Jesus 00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.759 and does not 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.620 do what he says. 00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:07.699 he is the person 00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:08.779 with no foundation. 00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.839 This person professes 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.639 to be a Christian 00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.939 but their actions 00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:14.000 do not evidence 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.039 their faith. 00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.279 In the parable, 00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.039 the person built 00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.579 their house 00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.359 but did not 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.139 dig a foundation. 00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.219 So when the flood 00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:20.599 came, 00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.239 their house 00:30:21.239 --> 00:30:22.259 was totally destroyed. 00:30:23.239 --> 00:30:23.839 The parable 00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.959 teaches that 00:30:24.959 --> 00:30:26.000 it would be foolish 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.019 to build a house 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.679 with no foundation 00:30:27.679 --> 00:30:29.339 because in that area 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.279 when floods come, 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.099 it would destroy 00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.459 a house. 00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.539 So the obvious 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.119 point here is 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:34.159 that there's foolishness 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.980 in building a house 00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.660 and no foundation. 00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.420 The point Luke 00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.259 wants us to see 00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.300 is that 00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:42.340 there is folly 00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.920 of one who professes 00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.779 Christ as Lord 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.960 but does not 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.600 live for him. 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.180 This parable 00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:49.100 is a warning 00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:50.440 to the hypocritical 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.860 Christian, 00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:52.140 to the person 00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.940 who says Jesus 00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.540 is Lord, 00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.700 who says they are 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.140 a Christian 00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:56.240 but their life 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.180 doesn't show it, 00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.140 that there's nothing 00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.980 to bear fruit 00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.519 of it. 00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:01.639 This person 00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.359 claims Christ 00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.920 but their building 00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.639 does not reflect 00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.200 a house built 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.879 on God's word. 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.660 True and living faith 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:09.059 always evidences 00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.639 itself in good works 00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:12.259 and adorns 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.059 the profession 00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.619 of the gospel. 00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.779 So a question 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.339 I have for you 00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.079 is does your life 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.019 demonstrate your faith? 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.180 Is your profession 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.599 evidenced in your action 00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:23.480 or are you a building 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.700 with no foundation 00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.980 that if trials 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.759 came today 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:28.059 you would fall? 00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:30.720 I pray everyone 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.740 here today 00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.519 professes faith 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.919 in Jesus 00:31:32.919 --> 00:31:34.139 and that this is 00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.919 seen in their life 00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:36.220 and if it is not 00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.019 this is a moment 00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.960 to heed the warning 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.940 of the parable. 00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.960 Verse 49 says 00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:42.319 the ruin of that house 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.940 was great. 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.019 For the person 00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.079 who hears God's word 00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.119 and does not do it 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.399 his life reflects 00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:48.980 his belief. 00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.159 It is the person 00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:51.179 whom Jesus will say 00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:51.619 to them 00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.579 one day 00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:54.899 I never knew you 00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:56.879 depart from me 00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.960 you worker 00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.200 of lawlessness. 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.100 The fate 00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:03.100 of the false professor 00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.799 is much worse 00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.660 than physical death. 00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.920 It is much worse 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.600 than a destruction 00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.220 of a house 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.559 or the destruction 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.319 of a ten story 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.380 apartment in Turkey. 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.900 It is spending 00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.620 an eternity 00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.240 in hell. 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.660 Hell is the eternal 00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.120 punishment 00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:17.019 of God's justice 00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.579 on sin. 00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.340 It is described 00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:20.779 as a place 00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.539 of weeping 00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:23.140 of gnashing 00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.819 of teeth 00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.319 and where 00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:26.220 the worm 00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.720 does not die. 00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.640 The passage 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.259 is a clear 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.240 warning 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.680 to all 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.900 who profess Christ 00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.980 to examine 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.660 their lives 00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:37.480 and to be confident 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.559 that you are in Christ 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.160 and your life 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:40.480 evidences it. 00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.819 But 00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.759 if you today 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.420 find yourself 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.360 outside of Christ 00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:45.519 you look within 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.259 and you do not 00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.400 see fruit. 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.059 There is nothing 00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.759 to show 00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.759 for your faith. 00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:51.200 There is hope. 00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:53.019 There is a living hope 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.620 and his name 00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.720 is Jesus Christ. 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.799 So today 00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.640 you can flee. 00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.559 You can flee 00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.420 from the destruction 00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.920 and ruin 00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.500 to come 00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.500 that is great. 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.539 And you can find 00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:03.039 salvation in Jesus Christ 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:04.600 in his life 00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.700 in his death 00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.940 and in his resurrection. 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.660 Like the parable 00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:10.299 there is no hope 00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.620 for the person 00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.480 who does not 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.039 place faith 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.960 in Jesus Christ. 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.980 Because this world 00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.640 does not offer 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.200 them anything. 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.400 There is no hope 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.079 in this world 00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:19.180 for a life 00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.740 to come. 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.220 But it will all 00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.860 be destroyed 00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.339 one day. 00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:24.259 If you build 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.619 your life 00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:24.959 on anything 00:33:24.959 --> 00:33:25.500 but Jesus 00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.539 you will be 00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.339 left hopeless 00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.439 and there 00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:28.959 will be 00:33:28.959 --> 00:33:29.699 great ruin. 00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.079 In conclusion 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.419 the one who 00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:34.519 hears God's 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.799 word 00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.119 and does it 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:36.619 will endure 00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.119 the storm 00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.959 and be welcomed 00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:38.699 into the blessed 00:33:38.699 --> 00:33:39.220 and happiness 00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.559 kingdom. 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.000 There is a great 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.779 and wonderful 00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.899 kingdom to come 00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:44.240 that is full 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.899 of forever 00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:46.279 blessedness 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.439 peace 00:33:47.439 --> 00:33:48.639 and joy 00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.699 with our 00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.039 Savior. 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.159 Savior. 00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.559 The one 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.920 who professes 00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.220 faith 00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:55.519 in Jesus 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.259 as Lord 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.279 but does not 00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.740 do it 00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:59.139 is the one 00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.799 who will 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.359 experience 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.700 a great ruin 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:03.059 and a miserable 00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.819 end awaiting 00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.119 them. 00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.559 Our lives 00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.639 always evidence 00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.380 our profession. 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.759 So let us be 00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.340 those who believe 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.699 in Jesus 00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.519 and demonstrate 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.300 our faith 00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.980 in our lives. 00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.320 So I'd love 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.400 to end this time 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.179 with giving you 00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.699 some verses 00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.599 from the hymn 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.219 How Firm 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.719 a Foundation. 00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:21.139 Two verses 00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.599 in verse 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.619 number one 00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.239 and number three 00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.799 in your hymnal 00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.179 if you want 00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.480 to look them 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.959 up later. 00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:27.119 How firm 00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.799 a foundation 00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.679 ye saints 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.679 of the Lord 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.619 is laid 00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.439 for your faith 00:34:31.439 --> 00:34:31.980 in his 00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.279 excellent word. 00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.599 What more 00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.659 can he say 00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.619 than to you 00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.599 he hath said 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.559 to you 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.879 who for refuge 00:34:39.879 --> 00:34:40.459 to Jesus 00:34:40.459 --> 00:34:41.819 have fled. 00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.659 When through 00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.599 fiery trials 00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.459 thy pathways 00:34:45.459 --> 00:34:46.139 shall lie 00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:47.299 my grace 00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:48.139 all sufficient 00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.920 shall be 00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.679 thy supply. 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.079 The flame 00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.639 shall not 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.179 hurt thee 00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.079 I only 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.699 design 00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.699 the dross 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.519 to consume 00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.859 and thy 00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:57.960 gold to refine. 00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.159 Pray with me.