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 Everybody's building.

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 Every person on the face of the earth is building.

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 We're all builders.

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 We're all building.

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 A person builds a life.

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 And a person builds a life one decision at a time.

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 And each decision that someone makes

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 is based upon what they believe to be true.

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 In Matthew 5, 6, and 7,

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 Jesus lays out the Sermon on the Mount.

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 This is what is true, he says.

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 And this morning, we come to the close of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 We're following Jesus' lead here,

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 and we're bringing our study of the Sermon on the Mount to an end.

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 And what Jesus does in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 at the end of the Sermon on the Mount,

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 is he brings his listeners to a point of decision.

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 The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus making clear

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 what God truly means in the Old Testament law and the prophets.

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 And one of the effects is when he walks us through again and again,

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 you've heard this say, but I say, again and again and again,

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 it brings us to an end to ourselves.

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 We come to a point and say,

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 I cannot do this 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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 In Matthew 5, 48, if you just look in your Bibles there,

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 Jesus says, be perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect.

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 It's a call to perfection.

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 Anybody there?

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 Jesus very skillfully brings us to a point

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 where we've got to hold up our hands,

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 and we've got to say something like,

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 there is no way I can do this.

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 There's no way that, hey, I might not murder somebody,

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 but to not be sinfully angry with somebody,

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 I can't do that 24-7.

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 I can't avoid lust all the time.

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 I can't love my enemy all the time.

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 In the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Jesus raises the standard beyond what any of us can do.

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 He fulfills the true meaning of the law.

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 And so what the Sermon on the Mount does

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 is it actually exposes our spiritual bankruptcy.

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 It shows that we're poor in spirit.

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 It shows that the only one

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 who fulfilled the perfect requirements

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 of the law and the prophets that Jesus lays out

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 is the one who's preaching the sermon.

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 He's the only one who lived the Sermon on the Mount perfectly.

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 And so what Jesus is doing through this Sermon on the Mount

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 is bringing us to a point where we come to an end of ourselves.

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 I can't do this.

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 But he's also bringing us to a point of decision.

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 What are you going to do?

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 And so Jesus wants us to see that

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 we don't have it in and of ourselves

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 to live out the Sermon on the Mount

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 but where we say,

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 I can't,

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 he always says,

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 I can't.

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 The Sermon on the Mount brings us to Jesus.

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 Jesus is the one who will live his life out through us.

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 And so this morning,

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 we're at the end of this sermon,

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 probably the best sermon ever preached.

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 And in Matthew chapter 7,

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 verses 13 through 29,

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 in this extended section,

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 Jesus is going to call you

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 to make a decision.

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 It's going to come out like this.

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 Choose this day

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 whom you will obey.

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 You will need to choose today

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 whom you're going to obey.

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 Jesus doesn't leave anything.

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 He makes it very clear.

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 You've got two options.

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 And what he is obviously going to tell us is

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 choose him.

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 Obey him.

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 And so he calls for a decision.

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 So these 17 verses,

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 Jesus lays out four options

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 for you to choose between.

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 You've got to choose between two paths.

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 You've got to choose between two prophets.

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 You've got to choose between two professions.

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 And you've got to choose between two foundations.

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 And so Jesus,

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 over these four times,

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 gives us options to choose between.

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 Choose this day

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 whom you will obey.

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 And what he's getting at

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 is this.

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 Whose authority are you going to come under?

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 Whose words are you going to build your life on?

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 Who's going to be in charge of your life?

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 Choose this day.

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 Choose this day

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 who you will obey.

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 And the one speaking

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 is the one

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 whom you must obey.

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 So four choices

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 given to us

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 by the incarnate God himself.

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 Choose this day

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 whom you will obey.

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 Let's look at this.

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 Verses 13 and 14,

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 these two paths.

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 Jesus commands,

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 enter by the narrow gate.

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 For the gate is wide

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 and the way is easy

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 that leads to destruction.

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 And those who enter it,

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 enter by it,

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 are many.

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 For the gate is narrow

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 and the way is hard

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 that leads to life.

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 And those who find it

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 are few.

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 And so,

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 in this first option,

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 Jesus gives us

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 two paths.

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 And they stand

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 in stark contrast

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 to each other.

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 Both paths

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 have a gate,

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 a starting point.

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 You can see in verse 15,

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 excuse me,

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 13,

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 enter by the narrow gate

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 for the gate is wide.

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 One of the gates

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 is a wide gate.

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 And if you

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 go through a wide gate,

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 what that means is

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 it's,

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 hey,

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 anybody can come through this gate.

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 It's really broad.

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 It's really wide.

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 It's designed to let

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 a lot of people

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 go through at one time.

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 But there's another gate.

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 It's a narrow gate.

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 And a narrow gate

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 is restrictive.

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 Do you know

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 what a turnstile is?

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 Have you ever been

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 walking into,

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 like,

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 a ball game

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 or a concert

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 and the big mob

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 of people

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 that wants to get in,

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 they,

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 it funnels down

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 to this one turnstile?

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 Click,

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 clink,

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 click,

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 clink,

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 click,

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 clink,

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 click,

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 clink,

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 only one at a time.

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 It's a narrow gate.

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 Jesus says,

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 enter by the narrow gate.

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 In John 10,

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 9,

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 Jesus says that

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 he is the door.

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 He is the gate.

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 If anyone enters

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 through him,

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 he will be saved.

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 And so from the get-go

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 in these two paths,

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 you've got to realize

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 there's two gates.

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 There's a wide gate

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 that lets a lot

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 of people through

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 and then there's

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 a narrow gate.

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 Jesus is that gate.

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 But both paths

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 have distinct ways.

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 Did you notice that?

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 There's the broad gate

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 that opens

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 to a wide way.

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 Think of a five-lane highway.

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 Remember driving

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 through Atlanta

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 years ago.

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 It's a huge highway.

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 Multiple lanes.

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 But the broad way,

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 think about it

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 this way today.

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 There are five lanes

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 in that highway.

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 There's the lane

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 of pluralism.

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 That's where people say,

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 hey, there are many ways

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 to heaven or nirvana

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 or salvation,

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 whatever you want

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 to call it.

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 We're all going

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 the same direction.

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 Pluralism.

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 That's one of the lanes

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 on this broad way.

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 Scientism.

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 You know what

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 scientism is?

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 It's the belief

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 that the final say,

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 the final authority

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 on all things

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 is science.

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 Many people

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 are on that path,

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 that lane.

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 There's another lane

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 on this broad way.

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 It's called materialism.

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 It's thinking that,

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 hey, my value,

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 my joy,

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 my happiness

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 is determined

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 by my net worth

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 or the abundance

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 of my possessions.

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 That's just another lane

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 on this broad way.

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 And then there's

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 this thing called

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 hedonism,

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 the pursuit of pleasure.

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 I will do

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 whatever I want to do

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 with whoever

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 I want to do

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 whenever I want to do it.

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 It's a broad way

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 with many lanes.

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 Standing in stark contrast

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 to that broad way

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 is a narrow way.

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 When one enters

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 the narrow gate of Jesus,

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 he steps onto

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 the narrow way

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 of discipleship.

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 And it's a narrow way.

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 It's walking

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 according to the words

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 of Jesus.

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 It's living

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 according to what

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 he says.

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 In one sense,

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 it is restrictive.

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 In verse 14,

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 when Jesus says

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 that this way

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 is hard,

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 do you see that?

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 For the gate is narrow

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 and the way is hard

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 that leads to life.

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 That word hard

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 means to press.

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 Like if someone

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 pressed your nose hard

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 and started to bleed,

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 it's part of a word group

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 in the New Testament

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 that gets at the word

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 tribulation.

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 And so we see it

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 showing up in Acts 14,

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 22.

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 Through many tribulations

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 we must enter

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 the kingdom of God.

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 This narrow way

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 of discipleship

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 is a way that's marked

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 by hardship,

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 by suffering.

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 That's what Jesus

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 has promised.

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 He says,

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 just flip back

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 to the Beatitudes.

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 And if you turn

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 to where Jesus

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 ends all these

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 blessings,

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 he says in verse 10,

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 blessed are those

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 who are persecuted

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 for righteousness' sake.

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 Verse 11,

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 blessed are you

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 when others revile you

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 and persecute you

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 and utter all kinds

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 of evil against you

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 falsely on my account.

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 When you get on

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 the narrow way

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 through the gate of Jesus,

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 it's going to go hard

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 for you.

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 It's not a cakewalk.

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 And Jesus doesn't put it

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 in small print.

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 He's like right up front.

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 It's not going to be easy.

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 And so the narrow way

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 of discipleship,

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 it's not,

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 it's completely different

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 than the broad way.

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 There's not pluralism.

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 For us who follow Jesus,

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 it's exclusively

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 about Jesus.

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 It's only through Christ

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 that you can be saved.

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 There's only one name

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 given among men

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 under heaven

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 by which man can be saved.

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 That's the name of Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 Scientism isn't

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 our final authority.

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 The words of Jesus

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 are our final authority.

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 The Bible is our final.

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 God speaking to us.

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 Greed isn't a lane

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 we travel on.

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 We don't store up

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 treasures on earth,

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 but treasures in heaven.

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 We don't live for the dot,

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 we live for the line.

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 And we're not living

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 as hedonists.

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 I'll want whatever I want

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 with whoever I want

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 whenever.

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 It's not what I want,

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 it's what He wants.

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 You see,

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 the narrow path is,

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 it's a way of submission

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 to Jesus.

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 It's living under His authority.

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 It's obedience to His words.

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 And it stands in stark contrast

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 to the broad way.

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 So we've seen two gates,

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 we've seen two ways,

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 but there are also

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 two destinations.

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 Did you notice that?

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 Enter by the narrow gate

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 for the gate is wide

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 and the way is easy.

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 That leads to destruction.

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 The broad way,

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 this multi-lane highway

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 is on its way

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 to destruction.

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 And Jesus is talking

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 about eschatological destruction.

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 It's a fancy way

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 for saying end times,

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 final destruction.

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 He's talking about hell,

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 eternal torment,

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 outer darkness,

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 the place where there's

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 weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 He compares it

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 to a burning trash dump.

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 Jesus talks about hell

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 more than He talks

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 about heaven.

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 And what He's saying here

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 is this multi-lane highway,

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 pluralism, scientism,

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 materialism, hedonism,

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 it's all going somewhere.

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 Apart from Christ,

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 that is moving towards destruction.

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 But the narrow gate,

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 the hard way,

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 the Jesus way,

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 that doesn't lead

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 to destruction.

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 That leads to life.

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 It leads to eternal life.

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 That leads to

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 seeing Jesus face to face,

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 being in His company

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 for eternity.

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 Not in outer darkness,

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 but in His presence.

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 Not weeping and gnashing

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 of teeth,

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 but wide-mouthed joy.

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 Both paths have travelers

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 on them.

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 There are many

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 on the broad way.

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 Many on the way

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 to eternal torment.

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 Many on the path

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 to destruction.

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 But Jesus' way

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 that leads to life,

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 there are relatively few.

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 As followers of Jesus,

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 what you need to understand

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 is that we're in the minority.

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 We're a minority people group.

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 It is not popular

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 to go on the narrow path.

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 The popular way

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 is the broad way.

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 The hard way

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 is the Jesus way.

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 And so here are two paths

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 between,

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 and you need to choose one.

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 You need to pick

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 which path

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 you're going to live on.

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 You're going to pick

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 which gate

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 you're going to go through.

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 Now there are warnings here.

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 Now imagine

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 that you have been

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 walking on the broad way.

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 You've been living

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 a life of a hedonist.

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 You've been living

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 under that thinking that,

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 hey, there are many ways

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 to God.

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 What's the big deal?

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 And as you're walking

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 on that broad way,

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 you've got to realize,

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 Jesus is like

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 on the side of the broad way

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 and He is waving to you.

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 He's saying,

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 come off the broad way.

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 Turn from the broad way.

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 Do you not know

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 where the broad way is going?

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 Come to me.

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 Come to my path.

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 Come to life.

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 life.

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 He's beckoning you

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 if you're on the broad way

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 and you know it

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 to turn off

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 the broad way

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 and to come to Him.

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 Come follow Him.

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 Come under

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 His saving reign.

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 Will you obey Him?

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 Will you say,

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 Jesus, Jesus?

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 There's one more piece

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 I want to clarify here

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 because I think

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 that there's some confusion

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 on this.

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 If you think

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 that you can live life

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 with one foot

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 in the broad way

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 and one foot

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 in the narrow way,

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 you are deceiving yourself.

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 Jesus does not give you

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 that option.

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 If you're not

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 fully in the narrow way,

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 you're in the broad way.

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 There's one more lane.

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 It's the lane of compromise.

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 On the broad way.

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 It's the lane that Judas walked.

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 It's the lane that Demas,

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 who, in love for the world,

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 abandoned Paul.

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 It's a broad path

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 and compromise is on it.

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 You can't walk both paths simultaneously.

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 You're either in one

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 or you're in the other.

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 And Jesus says,

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 today,

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 choose the path

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 of life.

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 Choose the narrow gate.

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 Choose the narrow way.

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 Choose life.

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 Choose Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 whom

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 this day

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 will you obey.

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 Two paths.

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 Now let's look at two prophets.

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 Verses 15 through 20.

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 Beware of false prophets

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 who come to you

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 in sheep's clothing,

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 but inwardly

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 are ravenous wolves.

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 You will recognize them

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 by their fruits.

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 Are grapes gathered

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 from thorn bushes

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 or figs from thistles?

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 So every healthy tree

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 bears good fruit,

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 but the diseased tree

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 bears bad fruit.

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 A healthy tree

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 cannot bear bad fruit,

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 nor can a diseased tree

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 bear good fruit.

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 Every tree

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 that does not bear good fruit

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 is cut down

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 and thrown

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 into the fire.

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 Thus,

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 you will recognize them

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 by their fruit.

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 Today,

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 you need to choose

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 whom you're going

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 to listen to.

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 Whose words

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 you're going to believe.

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 Because what

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 you believe

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 matters.

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 You will build

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 your life

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 on someone's words.

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 Jesus says,

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 beware.

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 Take heed.

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 Watch out

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 for false prophets.

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 Literally,

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 pseudo-prophets.

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 And what Jesus

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 is doing in this

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 section is making

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 a distinction

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 between false prophets

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 and true prophets.

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 He's saying,

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 choose who you're

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 going to listen to.

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 Choose who you're

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 going to follow.

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 Choose the one

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 who's going to direct

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 you down which

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 path.

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 Now,

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 a prophet is someone

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 who speaks

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 on behalf of God.

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 He speaks

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 God's word.

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 And what God

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 calls a prophet

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 to do is

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 God says,

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 speak the truth,

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 the whole truth,

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 and nothing

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 but the truth.

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 You don't

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 take away

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 from what God

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 is saying.

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 You don't add

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 to what God

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 is saying.

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 and for sure

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 you don't make

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 something up

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 and say,

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 it's God

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 speaking.

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 A false prophet

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 is someone

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 who's claiming

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 to speak for God

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 but is leaving

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 words out.

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 They're adding

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 to his words.

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 They're making

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 stuff up

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 and slapping

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 God on it.

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 In verse 15,

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 Jesus tells us

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 why we must

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 be aware.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 Beware of false

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 prophets who come

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 to you,

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 to you,

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 in sheep's clothing,

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 in our inwardly

00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:26.680
 ravenous woes.

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 False prophets

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 have an agenda.

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 They come

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 into a church

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 and they're dressed

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 up like a nice

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 Christian

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 but they got

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 an agenda.

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 They're wanting

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 to mislead

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 God's people.

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 They want

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 to feed them

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 with falsehood

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 and bring

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 destruction

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 and harm

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 to God's people.

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 Who are they

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 looking,

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 who are these

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 ravenous wolves

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 looking to

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 shred apart

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 God's sheep,

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 the flock of God,

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 God's people?

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 Well,

00:19:58.919 --> 00:19:59.659
 you can believe

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 that Jesus

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 has an issue

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 with these

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 false prophets.

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 False prophets

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 are false shepherds

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 who mislead

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 God's people

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 by their false

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 words.

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 They claim

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 an authority

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 from God

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 but their message

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 and their life

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 and their fruit

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 show that

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 they're imposters.

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 sinners.

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 Now,

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.680
 if you're

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 wondering now,

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:24.779
 like,

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 how do I

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:25.900
 recognize

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 a false prophet?

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 Jesus is a step

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 ahead of you.

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.859
 Jesus moves

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 from talking

00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:32.859
 about shepherding

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 wolves and sheep

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 to horticulture.

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 He starts talking

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 about trees

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 and fruit.

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 And we see

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 that in verse

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 16,

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 you will recognize

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 them by their

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 fruits.

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 And then down

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 in verse 20,

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 thus you will

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 recognize them

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 by their fruits.

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 We are going

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 to recognize

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 false prophets

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 by their fruit.

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 It might take

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 a little time

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 but we will

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 recognize them.

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 Now,

00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:58.279
 before I point

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 you to three

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 tests,

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 three kind of

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 steps to take

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 for fruit inspection,

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 I want to let

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 you know this.

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 The New Testament

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 is very clear.

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 There will

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 be

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:14.420
 false prophets

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 who seek

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 to come

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 among us.

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 Jesus warns

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 it in Matthew

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 24,

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 11.

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 Paul brings

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 together the

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 elders of

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 Ephesus and

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 Miletus and

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 says,

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 be aware.

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 And he says

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 to them,

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 from among you

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 elders there will

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 be false prophets.

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 Wolves,

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 he calls them.

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 It's very

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 sobering.

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 2 Timothy 4,

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 3,

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 2 Peter 2,

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 1 through 3,

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 1 John 4,

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 1.

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.420
 The New Testament

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.759
 is very clear.

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 There's going

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 to be false

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 teachers who

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:45.840
 are going

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.080
 to want

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 to come

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 in and

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 influence

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.380
 God's

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 church.

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 Okay.

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 I've got

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 some serious

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 questions about

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 Joel Olsteen.

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 I've got some

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 serious questions

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.200
 about Joyce

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.660
 Myers,

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.960
 Kerflo Dollar.

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.600
 I've got some

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.560
 serious questions

00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:06.220
 about them.

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 They're

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 concerning to

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.519
 me.

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 They're on

00:22:10.820 --> 00:22:11.980
 dangerous ground.

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 So how do

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.700
 you recognize

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.559
 a false

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.079
 prophet?

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 Three tests.

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 You start

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 with a

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 thump

00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:19.680
 test.

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.440
 Like a

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.900
 cantaloupe.

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:22.819
 You thump

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.440
 a cantaloupe.

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.920
 You're

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.140
 thumping

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.779
 for truth.

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.519
 Are they

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.440
 speaking truth?

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.700
 Are they

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.120
 saying what

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.880
 God says?

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 Are they

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.680
 leaving

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.279
 something out?

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 Are they

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:34.960
 adding

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.519
 something to

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.640
 it?

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.059
 Are they

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.559
 making this

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:36.880
 up on

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.279
 their own?

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.460
 You know,

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.860
 one of the

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.220
 clearest

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.660
 tests is

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.240
 right from

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.859
 the text.

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 It's

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:41.960
 this.

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.120
 Are they

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.740
 teaching

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.640
 the narrow

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.120
 way?

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.720
 Are they

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.240
 saying that

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.640
 it's only

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.200
 through Jesus

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.720
 you can be

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.059
 saved?

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.980
 That is a

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.819
 very effective

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.700
 test for a

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.299
 false prophet.

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.819
 Do you

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.180
 say that

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.620
 Jesus is

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:55.900
 the only

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.079
 way?

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.559
 Or do

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:56.779
 you think

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.019
 that there

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.359
 are many

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.819
 ways to

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.339
 Jesus?

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.519
 It's only

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.079
 through Jesus.

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.440
 And do

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.200
 they say

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.440
 that the

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:06.759
 way of

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.480
 discipleship

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.180
 is easy?

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.599
 Or do

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.000
 they say

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.319
 that the

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.559
 way of

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.139
 discipleship

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.819
 is hard?

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.879
 There's a

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.480
 distortion of

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.940
 the gospel

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.779
 being propagated

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.119
 out there.

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.539
 It's called

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.579
 the prosperity

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.059
 gospel.

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.460
 It goes

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.940
 something like

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.259
 this.

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:18.839
 Oh,

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.399
 your father

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.099
 in heaven

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.599
 wants good

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.099
 for you.

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.099
 And so

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.799
 he wants

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.339
 you to be

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.899
 experiencing

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.480
 the abundant

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.819
 life.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.339
 And what

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:25.599
 is the

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:25.819
 abundant

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.119
 life?

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.799
 The abundant

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.220
 life,

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.879
 it means

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.619
 that you

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.379
 have all

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:29.779
 health

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.399
 possible

00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:31.119
 and that

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:31.559
 you are

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.619
 well off.

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.200
 That you're

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.779
 healthy and

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.119
 that you're

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.519
 wealthy.

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:34.980
 That's what

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.319
 God your

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:35.899
 father wants

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.159
 for you.

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:36.679
 So you

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.019
 just need

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.659
 to ask him

00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:38.179
 for that.

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.279
 And then

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.600
 keep on

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:39.860
 asking.

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.200
 And if you

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.519
 don't have

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.779
 it, it's

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.220
 on you.

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.480
 You just

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.740
 don't have

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.279
 enough faith.

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.480
 Oh, by the

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:43.820
 way, send

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.380
 us a check

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:44.980
 just to show

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.500
 because we're

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.299
 trusting that

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.680
 God is going

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.080
 to make us

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.560
 healthy and

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:47.820
 wealthy.

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:53.679
 Jesus doesn't

00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:54.339
 teach that.

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.139
 Jesus doesn't

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.740
 say the way

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.500
 of discipleship

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.980
 is easy.

00:23:59.399 --> 00:24:00.000
 He says it's

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.759
 hard and

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.859
 narrow, that

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.079
 you're going

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:03.319
 to suffer, it's

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.619
 going to be

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.119
 difficult.

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.599
 That's how you

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.819
 get this stuff

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.259
 out.

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.460
 Thump,

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:14.819
 thump,

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.179
 are you

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:17.000
 speaking truth?

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.299
 Are you

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.039
 making stuff

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.419
 up to pad

00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:21.059
 your pocket?

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.419
 Second

00:24:25.419 --> 00:24:26.519
 test is the

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.220
 sniff test.

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.519
 Does their

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:31.220
 lifestyle square

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.819
 with God's

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.299
 word?

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.359
 Do that, are

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:35.839
 they walking

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.299
 the narrow

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.819
 way?

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.899
 You know, one

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.279
 of the things

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.079
 that 2 Peter

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.379
 raises in its

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:43.099
 denunciation of

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.879
 false prophets

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:45.819
 is they do

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:47.099
 it for greed.

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.220
 they do it

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.939
 for money.

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.579
 They do it

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:53.000
 for building

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:54.419
 up wealth.

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.439
 Does their

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:58.899
 lifestyle square

00:24:58.899 --> 00:25:00.519
 with the call

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.159
 of Jesus

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:02.179
 to lay up

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:02.759
 treasures in

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.419
 heaven, not

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:03.839
 on earth?

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:11.059
 you know what?

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.480
 There are a

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.439
 group of

00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:14.839
 people who

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.319
 are preaching

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.099
 the prosperity

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.740
 gospel, and

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:16.980
 do you know

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.240
 what they're

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.579
 doing?

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:19.439
 They fly in

00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:19.980
 their private

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.019
 jets to

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.119
 nations, third

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.939
 world countries,

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:24.139
 fill stadiums,

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.019
 collect money,

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.639
 and then fly

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.339
 back home.

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:30.459
 We're exporting

00:25:30.459 --> 00:25:30.859
 it.

00:25:34.959 --> 00:25:35.679
 What does

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.319
 Jesus think

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.859
 of that?

00:25:36.939 --> 00:25:37.539
 Lord, have

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.099
 mercy.

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.480
 The third

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.519
 fruit is the

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.319
 taste fruit.

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.240
 Taste test.

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.500
 What effect

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:50.740
 is their

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.659
 ministry having

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.299
 on others?

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.240
 What is the

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.959
 effect?

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.460
 What is it

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.140
 producing?

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.660
 Is it

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.779
 producing people

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.759
 who are walking

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.140
 through the

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.140
 narrow gate, who

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.180
 are saying, I'm

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.660
 going to go the

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.400
 hard way, I'm

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.880
 going to follow

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.720
 Jesus no matter

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.079
 what comes, or

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:07.000
 is it confusing

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.480
 people?

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.240
 Is it giving

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.259
 people license to

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.720
 compromise?

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.759
 Jeremiah 6

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.460
 warns against

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.279
 false prophets.

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.180
 They're preaching

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.660
 peace, peace,

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.799
 when there is

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.860
 no peace.

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:27.799
 it matters to

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.100
 God.

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:29.200
 Holiness matters

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.740
 to God.

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.400
 The true

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:36.700
 prophets, the

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:38.140
 good trees, the

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.460
 healthy trees, not

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.500
 the bad trees, not

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.019
 the diseased

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.299
 trees, the good

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.960
 trees.

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.160
 These prophets

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.100
 seek to speak

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.819
 God's word

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.840
 carefully.

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.960
 They don't want

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.559
 to leave anything

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:51.840
 out.

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:52.539
 They don't want

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.180
 to add anything

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.940
 to it, and

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.400
 they're certainly

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.080
 not going to

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.680
 tell you something

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.320
 that they think

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:57.060
 you should hear

00:26:57.060 --> 00:26:57.779
 in the name

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.240
 of God.

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.820
 They're not

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.259
 going to say,

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.060
 write me a

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:00.799
 check, thus

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.320
 saith the

00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:01.539
 Lord.

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.200
 They don't

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.840
 do that.

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.480
 True

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.180
 prophets know

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.820
 that God's

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.440
 words, His

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.779
 very words, are

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.980
 life to His

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.360
 sheep.

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.600
 They want to

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.420
 feed the

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.060
 sheep with

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.920
 God's word.

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.880
 They're good

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.460
 trees that

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.060
 produce good

00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:21.400
 fruit.

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:24.440
 And so

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.960
 this morning,

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:25.420
 you need to

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.500
 choose who

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.840
 you're going

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.300
 to listen

00:27:27.300 --> 00:27:27.660
 to.

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.759
 What

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.560
 prophets are

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.140
 you going to

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:33.280
 listen to

00:27:33.280 --> 00:27:33.460
 their

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.259
 podcasts?

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.360
 When they

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.120
 proclaim Jesus

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.960
 as the only

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.440
 way, and

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.940
 they call you

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.640
 to a hard

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.380
 way that leads

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.600
 to life, that

00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.180
 their lives

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.500
 reflect their

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.140
 message.

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.340
 It's not about

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.660
 greed.

00:27:49.780 --> 00:27:50.340
 It's not about

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:50.720
 power.

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.360
 It's not about

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.960
 prestige.

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:52.819
 But these

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.620
 true prophets

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.339
 are seeking to

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.799
 be humble

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:56.339
 servants, stewards

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:57.079
 of the very

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.880
 words of God.

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.880
 Their ministry

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.740
 results in

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.559
 clear-minded

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.400
 followers of

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:02.900
 Jesus who

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:04.000
 don't compromise,

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:07.440
 but are

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:09.200
 wholeheartedly

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:10.079
 obedient to

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.539
 their King.

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:14.659
 did you

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:14.720
 know?

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:14.920
 Did you notice

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.639
 verse 19?

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.159
 Every tree,

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.139
 every diseased

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.019
 tree, every

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.119
 false prophet

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.740
 that does not

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.420
 bear good

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.639
 fruit is cut

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.539
 down and

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.659
 thrown into

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.680
 the fire.

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.440
 Eschatological

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.519
 fire.

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.720
 Judgment.

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.899
 Jesus doesn't

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.759
 mince words

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.500
 about false

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.899
 prophets.

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.099
 He takes it

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.899
 very serious

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.759
 because his

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.660
 people's health

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.519
 are at stake.

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.400
 The way of

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.300
 salvation is

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:42.280
 under challenge.

00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:48.540
 Very serious.

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:50.519
 So choose this

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:52.640
 day whom you

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.540
 will listen to.

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.460
 Are you going to

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.380
 listen to false

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.759
 prophets or are you

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.480
 going to listen to

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:59.280
 prophets sent to you

00:28:59.280 --> 00:29:00.420
 from Jesus himself?

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:04.060
 Well, we've

00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:04.620
 moved from two

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.300
 prophets now.

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.060
 Let's look at two

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.580
 professions.

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.640
 Verses 21

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.400
 through 23.

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.120
 Not everyone

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.900
 who says to me,

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:15.060
 this is really

00:29:15.060 --> 00:29:16.560
 hard, what

00:29:16.560 --> 00:29:16.980
 you're about to

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.200
 read.

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.019
 Not everyone

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.860
 who says to me,

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.660
 Lord, Lord,

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.400
 will enter the

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.160
 kingdom of heaven,

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.180
 but the one who

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.380
 does the will of

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.600
 my Father who is

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.220
 in heaven.

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:29.720
 On that day,

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:31.120
 many will say

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:33.120
 to me,

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.200
 Lord, Lord,

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.799
 did we not

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.799
 prophesy in your

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.799
 name and cast

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.779
 out demons in

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.720
 your name and do

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.740
 many mighty works

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.720
 in your name and

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:42.200
 then will I

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.299
 declare to them,

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.640
 I never knew

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.180
 you.

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.579
 Depart from me,

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.940
 you workers of

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.480
 lawlessness.

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.759
 Jesus raises a

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.799
 very, very

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.620
 sobering truth

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.180
 for us here.

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.579
 There will be

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.579
 some, he

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.319
 says, many

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.259
 on the day

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.899
 of judgment

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:03.220
 who will go

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.059
 to the day

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.559
 of judgment

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.339
 and stand

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.759
 before Christ

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.439
 the King

00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:08.259
 and they will

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.519
 say, Lord,

00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:10.359
 Lord.

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:17.000
 Only to hear

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.619
 that Jesus

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.359
 declares, I

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.639
 never knew you.

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.299
 Depart from me,

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.379
 you worker of

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.879
 lawlessness.

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:26.299
 There are two

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:28.339
 claims being made

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.579
 here.

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.359
 There are two

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.359
 professions that

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:31.220
 Jesus is laying

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.939
 out in front of

00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:32.220
 us.

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.220
 Two professions

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.199
 we need to

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:34.859
 choose between.

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.559
 The false

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.659
 claim of

00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:39.240
 Lord, Lord,

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.259
 and the true

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.419
 claim of an

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:42.699
 obedient life.

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:48.299
 Now, don't

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.439
 get me wrong.

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.759
 Confessing that

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:53.240
 Jesus is Lord

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.720
 is essential to

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:56.220
 being saved.

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.339
 Romans 10, 9,

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.879
 if you confess

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.980
 with your mouth

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.059
 that Jesus is

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:03.259
 Lord and believe

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.259
 with your heart

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.960
 that God raised

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.400
 him from the

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.180
 dead, you will

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.859
 be saved.

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.940
 And so, confessing

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:09.319
 Jesus is Lord is

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.279
 essential to being

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.420
 saved, but it

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.460
 doesn't necessarily

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.359
 prove you're

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.799
 saved.

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.900
 Just because you

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.940
 publicly declared

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:19.099
 Jesus to be your

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:20.480
 Lord doesn't mean

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.480
 he's actually your

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:21.839
 Lord.

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.380
 What Jesus is

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.900
 saying, there's

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.400
 going to be some

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.960
 people on that

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.880
 day are saying

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.779
 one thing, but

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.360
 they've been doing

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.819
 another.

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.440
 And it doesn't

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.579
 get by the

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.940
 king.

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.920
 In other words,

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.460
 a claim to

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.200
 Jesus'

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.740
 lordship over

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:44.039
 your life without

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.720
 a life that is

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.860
 changing because

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.620
 you're seeking to

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.519
 obey the will of

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.039
 the Father.

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:49.620
 Do you know

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.120
 what that is?

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:51.399
 That's a false

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.219
 profession.

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:53.979
 It's a false

00:31:53.979 --> 00:31:54.459
 claim.

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:58.559
 But a claim of

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.719
 Jesus being my

00:31:59.719 --> 00:32:00.739
 Lord that is

00:32:00.739 --> 00:32:01.839
 coupled by a life

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.599
 that's changing

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.159
 because you're

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:04.079
 hearing the words

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:05.079
 of your king and

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.779
 you're wanting to

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.819
 obey them and do

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.679
 them and you're

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:08.299
 trying to walk in

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.019
 the narrow way,

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.479
 that's legit.

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.359
 That's a real

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.839
 profession.

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:15.339
 That evidence is

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.119
 real conversion.

00:32:17.439 --> 00:32:18.419
 So what's the

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:19.119
 litmus test?

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:22.119
 How do you know

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.719
 if someone is

00:32:22.719 --> 00:32:24.019
 genuinely a follower

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.659
 of Jesus?

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.500
 How do you know

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.339
 if someone's walking

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:27.259
 the narrow way or

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.459
 not?

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:28.699
 It's really simple

00:32:28.699 --> 00:32:29.659
 according to Jesus.

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:32.800
 are they obeying his

00:32:32.800 --> 00:32:33.300
 words?

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:36.120
 Are they doing what

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.720
 he says?

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:41.140
 Our conversion to

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:42.180
 Christ is

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.580
 demonstrated not

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.420
 just in word

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.880
 only.

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:47.019
 Our conversion to

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.600
 Christ is

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.880
 demonstrated in

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:50.560
 word and deed,

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.759
 a changed life.

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:57.980
 and not just any

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.259
 deeds.

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.940
 Jesus is talking

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.940
 about obedience to

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.599
 the will of his

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:04.980
 father.

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.759
 Moral obedience.

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.859
 Isn't it sobering

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.480
 when you read verse

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.940
 22?

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:14.420
 On that day,

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.660
 many will say to

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:15.900
 me,

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.879
 Lord, Lord,

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.960
 did we not

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.960
 prophesy in your

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.059
 name?

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.119
 That's a deed.

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.119
 Did we not

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:23.960
 cast out demons

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.679
 in your name?

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.599
 That's a deed.

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:27.359
 Did we not do

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.339
 mighty works,

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.240
 miracles in your

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.500
 name?

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.339
 Lord, Lord,

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:31.079
 did we not do

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.279
 this?

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.899
 Let us in.

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:31.980
 Let us in.

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:36.859
 I never knew

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.240
 you.

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.740
 You were never

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.539
 a part of my

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.879
 kingdom.

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:44.500
 In many

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.240
 Christian circles

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.720
 today,

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.780
 deeds like

00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:47.900
 prophesying,

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.720
 casting out

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.020
 demons,

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.140
 working miracles,

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.020
 people are like,

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.800
 wow, you're

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.600
 awesome.

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.080
 That's really

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.400
 cool.

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.060
 You're legit.

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:58.020
 But Jesus is

00:33:58.020 --> 00:33:58.740
 not impressed

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.160
 with that.

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.160
 You can be

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.780
 doing all

00:34:02.780 --> 00:34:04.400
 this stuff

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.020
 in his

00:34:05.020 --> 00:34:05.960
 name and

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.060
 not be

00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:07.940
 saved.

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:14.220
 I never

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.659
 knew you.

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.200
 If it's not

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.920
 these kinds

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.280
 of deeds,

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.780
 what are the

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.119
 deeds?

00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:21.800
 What kind

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.380
 of doing

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.260
 delights

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.980
 Jesus?

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.920
 If these

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.500
 kinds of

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.940
 deeds of

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:28.139
 prophesying

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.019
 and casting

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.599
 out demons

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.240
 and performing

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.800
 miracles,

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.539
 if that's not

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.119
 endearing to

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.599
 the Savior,

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.200
 what kind

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.559
 of deeds

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.960
 are?

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.119
 What kind

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.280
 of deeds

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.460
 are?

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:39.240
 not everyone

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.599
 who says

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.860
 to me,

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.059
 Lord,

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.260
 Lord,

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.720
 will enter

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.079
 the kingdom

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.639
 of heaven,

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.460
 but the

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.700
 one who

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:45.139
 does the

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:46.599
 will of

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.679
 my Father

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.539
 in heaven.

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:51.320
 That delights

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.119
 our King,

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.800
 obeying

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.840
 his commands.

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:58.380
 God's

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:59.000
 so don't

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.440
 murder

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.740
 and don't

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.300
 get sinfully

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.900
 angry at

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.200
 people.

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.559
 Don't

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:04.980
 cheat on

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.680
 your spouse

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:07.039
 and don't

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.780
 sexually lust

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.480
 after people.

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:09.880
 Yes,

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.160
 Lord,

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.480
 yes,

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:10.700
 Lord,

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.079
 help me,

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:11.340
 Lord.

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.180
 That's

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.480
 where he

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.900
 wants us

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.320
 obeying.

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:16.840
 As Jesus

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.260
 is saying

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.800
 here that

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.840
 works save

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.100
 you,

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.960
 he's not

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.780
 saying that.

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.640
 All he's

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.200
 saying here

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.600
 is that

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:23.559
 genuine

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.880
 faith in

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.240
 him

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:26.679
 results in

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.599
 real

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.319
 obedience

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:29.279
 to the

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.219
 will of

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.779
 the Father.

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.479
 It's

00:35:31.479 --> 00:35:32.039
 yes,

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:32.439
 oh,

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.219
 the commandments

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:34.159
 of God

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.859
 are not

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.719
 burdensome,

00:35:35.879 --> 00:35:36.539
 1 John.

00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:37.459
 It's our

00:35:37.459 --> 00:35:37.939
 delight.

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.619
 I want to

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.119
 obey.

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:41.159
 It's not

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.500
 easy,

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.839
 but I

00:35:41.839 --> 00:35:42.279
 want to.

00:35:43.479 --> 00:35:44.199
 Good works

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:45.519
 don't save

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.439
 any of us.

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.579
 Only Jesus

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.279
 and through

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:49.279
 his blood

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:50.219
 and resurrection

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:51.599
 that's what

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.319
 saves us.

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.179
 But Jesus

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:54.119
 didn't save

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.779
 us in

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.320
 order to

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.040
 navel

00:35:56.040 --> 00:35:56.360
 gaze.

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.340
 He saved

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.160
 us for

00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:59.060
 good works.

00:35:59.580 --> 00:35:59.920
 Ephesians

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.260
 2,

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:00.940
 8,

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.420
 9,

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:01.980
 and 10.

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:02.820
 Titus

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.280
 2,

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.240
 11 through

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.720
 14.

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:05.540
 James,

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.019
 when he

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.360
 says,

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.840
 faith without

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.700
 works is

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.040
 dead,

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.600
 what he's

00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:10.040
 getting at

00:36:10.040 --> 00:36:10.600
 is that,

00:36:10.680 --> 00:36:10.760
 hey,

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.260
 if you're

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.660
 saying you

00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:12.040
 believe in

00:36:12.040 --> 00:36:12.480
 Jesus but

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.740
 it doesn't

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.140
 show up in

00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:13.500
 a changed

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:13.780
 life,

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.360
 you're not

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.620
 really

00:36:14.620 --> 00:36:15.080
 believing in

00:36:15.080 --> 00:36:15.320
 Jesus.

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:19.400
 The chief

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.540
 characteristic of

00:36:20.540 --> 00:36:21.420
 those on the

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.700
 hard,

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.860
 narrow way of

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:24.559
 discipleship is

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.140
 obedience.

00:36:27.620 --> 00:36:28.680
 Choose this

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:29.900
 day whom

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.260
 you will

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.539
 obey.

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.280
 There's some,

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:35.000
 there's a

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.640
 beautiful passage,

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.320
 I actually,

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.860
 I read it this

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.280
 morning in my

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:37.720
 devotions,

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.780
 it's 1 John

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.240
 2,

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.539
 4 through 6.

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.079
 How do you

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.680
 know that

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:43.380
 someone is a

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.300
 child of God

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:45.539
 when they

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:47.180
 keep his

00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:48.000
 commandments?

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.320
 obedience.

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.519
 So here are

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.139
 some implications

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:53.760
 to what Jesus

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.239
 is saying

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:54.400
 here.

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.659
 These,

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:58.139
 these two

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.880
 professions,

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:01.519
 it should

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.199
 sober you

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.500
 up.

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.179
 It should,

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.280
 it should

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:06.840
 make you

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.579
 ask this

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.079
 question,

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.559
 am I

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.980
 obeying

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.820
 Jesus or

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.380
 is it just

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.079
 lip service

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.500
 I'm giving

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.739
 him?

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.699
 Are you

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.159
 seeking to

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.780
 obey him?

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:17.039
 Is there a

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.619
 command right

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.079
 now you're

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.759
 asking help

00:37:18.759 --> 00:37:19.179
 for to

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.539
 obey?

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.400
 Because you

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:21.619
 want to

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.179
 please him.

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:22.819
 You know,

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.259
 J.C.

00:37:23.339 --> 00:37:23.880
 Ryle said

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.279
 this,

00:37:24.859 --> 00:37:25.880
 many strange

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.619
 things will

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.199
 happen on

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.639
 the day of

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:27.980
 judgment.

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.839
 And this

00:37:29.839 --> 00:37:30.319
 is one of

00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:30.480
 them.

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.559
 Lord,

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:32.339
 Lord,

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.940
 I never

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.539
 knew you.

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.359
 Here's another

00:37:36.359 --> 00:37:36.920
 implication.

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.400
 So first,

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.500
 be warned,

00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.299
 take it to

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:40.539
 heart.

00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:42.199
 Second,

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.579
 it changes

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.199
 your parenting.

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.380
 If you're a

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.980
 parent and

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.500
 your goal

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:47.840
 is to

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.179
 get your

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:49.300
 child to

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:49.860
 pray a

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.480
 prayer in

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.159
 which he

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.480
 or she

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:53.019
 asks Jesus

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.699
 into their

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.400
 heart and

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.920
 on that

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.480
 moment you're

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:55.659
 like,

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:55.980
 okay,

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.820
 on that

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.599
 day my

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.179
 four-year-old

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.800
 was saved.

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:01.920
 They will

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.360
 need to make

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.800
 a decision

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.480
 for Jesus.

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.119
 But what

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.639
 Jesus is

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.699
 calling us

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.800
 to here is

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.639
 not so much

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.719
 asking Jesus

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.159
 into your

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.380
 heart,

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.920
 but all of

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.480
 your heart

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.059
 obeying

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.460
 Jesus.

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.400
 And so as

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:16.900
 parents,

00:38:17.279 --> 00:38:17.820
 when we

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.360
 raise our

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.759
 children in

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.179
 the fear and

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.679
 admonition of

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:19.980
 the Lord,

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.559
 what we're

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.039
 trying to do

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.340
 is not

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.719
 trying to

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.000
 make them

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.279
 make a

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:22.659
 decision,

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.299
 what we're

00:38:23.299 --> 00:38:23.599
 trying to

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:23.900
 help them

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.539
 see is,

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.480
 sweetheart,

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.340
 God is

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.860
 calling you

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.239
 to follow

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:27.539
 him.

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:28.579
 This is

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.360
 another area

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:30.340
 in which God

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.799
 wants your

00:38:30.799 --> 00:38:31.139
 heart,

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:31.599
 you need to

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.099
 trust in

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.360
 him.

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.519
 And because

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.980
 you're not,

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.480
 it shows

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:34.860
 you're in

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.219
 need of

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.460
 him.

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:38.199
 it changes

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.840
 our parenting.

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.380
 I don't want

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:42.740
 any of my

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:43.320
 kids saying,

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.780
 Lord,

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.220
 Lord,

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:45.119
 I grew up

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.360
 in a

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.920
 pastor's

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.340
 house,

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.079
 let me

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.440
 in.

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:49.780
 That won't

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:50.220
 do anything.

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:54.940
 Choose

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.920
 this day

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:57.280
 whom you

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:57.380
 live.

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:57.920
 There's one

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.519
 more implication

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.860
 to this.

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.380
 I'm not sure

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.599
 if you

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.099
 noticed it.

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.699
 Did you

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.039
 notice the

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.440
 phrase,

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.159
 on that

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.480
 day?

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.920
 Again,

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.480
 Jesus is

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.519
 talking about

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.639
 eschatological

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:09.240
 judgment.

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.199
 And do you

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.579
 know who's

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.099
 the judge

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.579
 on that

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:11.820
 day?

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.800
 Jesus is

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.639
 the judge.

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:15.840
 Do you

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.360
 understand the

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.900
 claim he's

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.460
 making right

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:17.639
 now?

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.420
 He's God

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:18.659
 in the

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:18.980
 flesh.

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:19.539
 He's going

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.880
 to judge

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.280
 it all.

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:22.119
 You've

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.300
 got to

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:22.840
 stand before

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.519
 him on

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.019
 that day.

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.500
 Two

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.940
 professions.

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.059
 Let's

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.380
 move to

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.699
 two

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.240
 foundations.

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:31.740
 This is

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:32.179
 the parable

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:32.519
 that we

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.760
 all,

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.639
 many of

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:33.980
 us know,

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.360
 many of

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.720
 us grew

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.260
 up singing

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.660
 about.

00:39:37.040 --> 00:39:37.520
 Two

00:39:37.520 --> 00:39:38.100
 foundations.

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.520
 This is

00:39:40.520 --> 00:39:40.940
 in verses

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:42.600
 24-27.

00:39:43.040 --> 00:39:43.440
 Everyone

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.960
 then who

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.500
 hears these

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.940
 words of

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.300
 mine and

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.860
 does them

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.300
 will be

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.820
 like a

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.280
 wise man

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.780
 who built

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.760
 his house

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:49.060
 on the

00:39:49.060 --> 00:39:49.360
 rock.

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.140
 And the

00:39:50.140 --> 00:39:50.640
 rain fell,

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.140
 and the

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:51.780
 floods came,

00:39:52.120 --> 00:39:52.300
 and the

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.820
 winds blew,

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.460
 and beat

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.740
 on that

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.060
 house,

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.620
 but it

00:39:54.620 --> 00:39:54.960
 did not

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.300
 fall,

00:39:55.560 --> 00:39:55.940
 because it

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.200
 had been

00:39:56.200 --> 00:39:57.140
 founded on

00:39:57.140 --> 00:39:57.800
 the rock.

00:39:58.680 --> 00:39:59.000
 And

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.620
 everyone who

00:39:59.620 --> 00:40:00.140
 hears these

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.580
 words of

00:40:00.580 --> 00:40:00.940
 mine and

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.660
 does not

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.580
 do them

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.420
 will be

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:03.759
 like a

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.019
 foolish

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.420
 man who

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:05.299
 built his

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:05.699
 house on

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.179
 the sand,

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:07.279
 and the

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:07.799
 rain fell,

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.179
 and the

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.779
 floods came,

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.139
 and the

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.599
 winds blew,

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.319
 and beat

00:40:10.319 --> 00:40:11.019
 against that

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.360
 house,

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:11.860
 and it

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.239
 fell,

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.099
 and great

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:14.039
 was the

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.880
 fall of

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.279
 it.

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:17.340
 We got to

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:17.980
 be very

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.659
 clear on the

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.460
 comparison Jesus

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:19.940
 is making

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.159
 here.

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:23.159
 Jesus is

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.860
 moving from

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:25.099
 saying without

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.779
 doing, a

00:40:25.779 --> 00:40:26.460
 false profession,

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.340
 to now

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:28.739
 hearing without

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.279
 doing.

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:31.380
 hearing these

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:32.120
 words of

00:40:32.120 --> 00:40:32.420
 mine.

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:33.060
 And the

00:40:33.060 --> 00:40:34.140
 comparison Jesus

00:40:34.140 --> 00:40:34.880
 is making, you

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.200
 see it in

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:36.280
 verse 24,

00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:37.860
 everyone then

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.820
 who hears

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.960
 these words

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.740
 of mine

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:42.300
 and does

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:42.780
 them,

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.700
 contrasted to

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:45.500
 verse 26,

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.920
 and everyone

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.500
 who hears

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.100
 these words

00:40:48.100 --> 00:40:48.560
 of mine

00:40:48.560 --> 00:40:49.560
 and does

00:40:49.560 --> 00:40:50.620
 not do

00:40:50.620 --> 00:40:50.940
 them.

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.820
 The parable

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.500
 is a

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.280
 contrast

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:55.800
 that gets

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.420
 at this

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:57.160
 issue of

00:40:57.160 --> 00:40:57.880
 obedience.

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:00.980
 who will

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.880
 you obey

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.360
 today?

00:41:04.580 --> 00:41:05.620
 The contrast

00:41:05.620 --> 00:41:06.180
 is between

00:41:06.180 --> 00:41:06.600
 those who

00:41:06.600 --> 00:41:07.320
 hear and

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:08.400
 obey and

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.820
 those who

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.860
 hear and

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.860
 disobey.

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:11.900
 They do

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.500
 not do

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.160
 what Jesus

00:41:13.160 --> 00:41:13.800
 says to

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.100
 do.

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.680
 Jesus

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.420
 likens

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.500
 the one

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.040
 who hears

00:41:21.040 --> 00:41:21.760
 and obeys

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.760
 his words

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:23.780
 to a wise

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.180
 man who

00:41:24.180 --> 00:41:25.620
 builds his

00:41:25.620 --> 00:41:26.040
 house on

00:41:26.040 --> 00:41:26.519
 the rock.

00:41:27.660 --> 00:41:28.620
 The rock

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.480
 are the

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.900
 words of

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.480
 Jesus.

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.679
 Jesus

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:36.059
 says,

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.699
 everyone who

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.179
 hears these

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:37.739
 words of

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:38.259
 mine,

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:39.279
 he repeats

00:41:39.279 --> 00:41:39.619
 that in

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.440
 verse 26,

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:41.659
 these words

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:42.759
 of mine.

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:43.719
 The words

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.400
 of Jesus

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.299
 are rock

00:41:45.299 --> 00:41:46.559
 solid because

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.179
 he's God

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.920
 incarnate.

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:49.779
 They're solid.

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:50.639
 You can build

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.319
 your life on

00:41:51.319 --> 00:41:51.500
 it.

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:55.420
 what he's

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.059
 laid out for

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.500
 us in the

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:56.920
 Sermon on

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.079
 the Mount,

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.780
 these words

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.380
 of mine

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:59.199
 about himself,

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.679
 that he's

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.199
 the fulfiller

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:00.599
 of the

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.820
 law,

00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:01.619
 that he's

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.400
 the judge

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:03.559
 over all.

00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:06.000
 They're rock

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.460
 solid.

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.300
 How he calls

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:07.800
 us to live

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.159
 our lives,

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:08.880
 they're rock

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.440
 solid.

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.400
 He lays

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:11.719
 out the

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:12.119
 path of

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.340
 life.

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.340
 Now,

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:14.619
 if you

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.119
 connect what

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:15.659
 he's saying

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:16.219
 here,

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:16.800
 these words

00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:17.079
 of mine

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.440
 with verse

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:17.940
 21,

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:19.000
 not everyone

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.380
 who says

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.639
 to me,

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:19.780
 Lord,

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.019
 Lord,

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:20.500
 will enter

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.860
 the kingdom

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.200
 of heaven,

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:21.500
 but the

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.800
 one who

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:22.280
 does the

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.519
 will of

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:23.000
 my father

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.159
 who is

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:23.360
 in heaven,

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.820
 his words

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:26.700
 reveal the

00:42:26.700 --> 00:42:27.659
 will of

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.360
 his father

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:29.200
 in heaven.

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.940
 His words

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.360
 are rock

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:34.679
 solid.

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.840
 I started

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.260
 this sermon

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:37.860
 by saying

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:39.480
 all of us

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.920
 are builders.

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:42.300
 All of us

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:43.000
 are constructing

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.539
 a life.

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.659
 Every human

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.260
 being is

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:46.980
 building a

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.200
 life.

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:47.740
 That's the

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:48.179
 house.

00:42:49.899 --> 00:42:50.339
 Daily,

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:51.000
 we're making

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:52.459
 decisions based

00:42:52.459 --> 00:42:53.399
 upon what we

00:42:53.399 --> 00:42:54.399
 believe to be

00:42:54.399 --> 00:42:54.799
 true.

00:42:55.479 --> 00:42:55.879
 And if you're

00:42:55.879 --> 00:42:56.239
 on the

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:56.899
 broad way,

00:42:57.259 --> 00:42:57.739
 you're believing

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.139
 what the

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.659
 broad way is

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.059
 telling to be

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.379
 true.

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:00.039
 If you're on

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.399
 the narrow

00:43:00.399 --> 00:43:00.739
 way,

00:43:00.959 --> 00:43:01.419
 you're believing

00:43:01.419 --> 00:43:02.259
 what Jesus

00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:02.979
 is saying to

00:43:02.979 --> 00:43:03.479
 be true.

00:43:03.879 --> 00:43:04.419
 So decisions

00:43:04.419 --> 00:43:05.199
 like how

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.659
 will I treat

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:05.939
 others?

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:06.519
 Decisions

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:07.199
 like how

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.739
 will I

00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:08.459
 respond when

00:43:08.459 --> 00:43:08.839
 I'm wrong?

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:09.519
 Decisions

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:10.079
 like what

00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:10.439
 am I going

00:43:10.439 --> 00:43:10.719
 to live

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:10.919
 for?

00:43:10.979 --> 00:43:11.119
 Am I

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.219
 going to

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:11.419
 live for

00:43:11.419 --> 00:43:11.779
 the dot?

00:43:11.859 --> 00:43:12.000
 Am I

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.179
 going to

00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:12.439
 line?

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:12.679
 Am I

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:12.859
 going to

00:43:12.859 --> 00:43:13.279
 invest in

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:13.699
 eternity?

00:43:13.979 --> 00:43:14.219
 Or in

00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:14.699
 this dying

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:15.079
 world?

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:16.480
 these kinds

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:17.059
 of decisions

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:18.340
 are based

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:21.219
 upon words.

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.599
 Who you

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:23.920
 believe.

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:25.159
 Who's the

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:25.699
 authority in

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:26.139
 your life?

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:28.860
 When building

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:29.719
 your life on

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:30.739
 Jesus' words,

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:32.840
 you base

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:34.559
 your decisions

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.779
 on what

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:37.679
 Jesus says.

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:40.139
 One decision

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:42.619
 at a time.

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:44.480
 that's the

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:45.019
 life of

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.339
 faith.

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.980
 That's the

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.400
 life of

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:47.779
 obedience.

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:48.679
 And when

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:48.940
 you do

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.500
 that, when

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:49.859
 you obey

00:43:49.859 --> 00:43:50.199
 all his

00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:50.639
 commandments,

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.739
 not perfectly

00:43:51.739 --> 00:43:52.519
 but faithfully,

00:43:52.819 --> 00:43:53.380
 you build

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:53.940
 your house

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:55.199
 on a rock

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:56.480
 solid foundation.

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.779
 You build

00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:59.279
 your house

00:43:59.279 --> 00:44:00.759
 on the rock.

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:01.699
 You build

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:02.679
 your house

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:03.559
 on Jesus.

00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:04.420
 But when

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:05.079
 you disobey

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.839
 Jesus' words,

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:06.579
 and that's

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:07.219
 what he's

00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:07.500
 saying.

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:09.019
 Those who

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.559
 hear my words

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:09.960
 and do not

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:10.219
 do them,

00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:10.579
 when you

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:11.779
 disobey them,

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:15.579
 you're going

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:15.799
 to still

00:44:15.799 --> 00:44:16.319
 build your

00:44:16.319 --> 00:44:16.679
 life.

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.739
 You're just

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:22.259
 choosing not

00:44:22.259 --> 00:44:22.679
 to base

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:23.259
 your decisions

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:23.779
 on what

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:24.359
 Jesus has

00:44:24.359 --> 00:44:24.839
 commanded.

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:30.219
 Maybe you've

00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:30.659
 heard what

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:31.239
 Jesus has

00:44:31.239 --> 00:44:32.299
 said about

00:44:32.299 --> 00:44:32.659
 anger,

00:44:32.859 --> 00:44:33.079
 lust,

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:33.559
 and divorce,

00:44:33.699 --> 00:44:34.099
 but you just

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:35.000
 disregarded it.

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:35.500
 Maybe you've

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:36.119
 heard what

00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:36.679
 Jesus has

00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:37.059
 said about

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.519
 storing up

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:38.059
 treasures on

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:38.480
 earth and

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.440
 judging others.

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:39.839
 You just

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:40.980
 disregarded it.

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:42.460
 You're

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:42.860
 building.

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:46.800
 And over

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.260
 time, you

00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:47.840
 may build a

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:48.300
 really nice

00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:49.000
 looking life

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:50.360
 without obeying

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:51.320
 Jesus' words.

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:54.780
 It may look

00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:55.159
 great.

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.679
 But here's

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:59.019
 what Jesus

00:44:59.019 --> 00:44:59.380
 says.

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.740
 Just as

00:45:01.740 --> 00:45:02.099
 true as

00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:02.639
 every person

00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:03.099
 is building,

00:45:04.099 --> 00:45:05.139
 there's a

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:05.740
 storm coming.

00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:11.099
 torrents of

00:45:11.099 --> 00:45:11.419
 rain,

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:12.319
 raising floods,

00:45:12.459 --> 00:45:13.259
 blowing winds,

00:45:13.699 --> 00:45:13.959
 and in

00:45:13.959 --> 00:45:14.819
 verses 25 and

00:45:14.819 --> 00:45:15.959
 27, both

00:45:15.959 --> 00:45:17.539
 houses, both

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:19.319
 lives experience

00:45:19.319 --> 00:45:21.059
 the storm, and

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.819
 what the storm

00:45:21.819 --> 00:45:23.939
 reveals is what

00:45:23.939 --> 00:45:24.839
 the house is

00:45:24.839 --> 00:45:25.419
 built on.

00:45:27.419 --> 00:45:28.099
 Now, the

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:28.859
 question we need

00:45:28.859 --> 00:45:29.519
 to answer is

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:29.839
 this.

00:45:31.839 --> 00:45:32.779
 What do the

00:45:32.779 --> 00:45:33.699
 rains, floods,

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.399
 and winds

00:45:34.399 --> 00:45:34.959
 represent?

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:37.280
 They could

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:38.159
 represent life's

00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:38.860
 hardships, the

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:39.480
 trials and

00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:40.500
 challenges we all

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:41.880
 deal with, losing

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.860
 a child, hearing

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:43.440
 that you've got

00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:44.500
 cancer, losing a

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:44.840
 job.

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:48.139
 Both Christian and

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:48.679
 non-Christian

00:45:48.679 --> 00:45:50.079
 experience these

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:51.559
 storms of life, and

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:52.300
 they will shake you

00:45:52.300 --> 00:45:53.159
 to the core, won't

00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:53.340
 they?

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:56.760
 I don't think that's

00:45:56.760 --> 00:45:57.280
 what Jesus is

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:57.760
 talking about.

00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:00.559
 I don't think he's

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:01.039
 talking about the

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:01.820
 storms of life that

00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:02.400
 we all deal with.

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:04.980
 I think he's

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:05.800
 talking about the

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:06.380
 storm of final

00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:08.280
 judgment, and

00:46:08.280 --> 00:46:08.760
 here's why.

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:11.280
 With every

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:12.320
 option he's

00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:13.780
 given so far,

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:15.500
 he's made an

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:17.900
 appeal to final

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.280
 judgment.

00:46:20.660 --> 00:46:21.619
 There's the path

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:22.340
 that leads to the

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:22.800
 destruction.

00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:23.700
 There are the

00:46:23.700 --> 00:46:25.340
 false prophets who

00:46:25.340 --> 00:46:26.180
 are thrown into the

00:46:26.180 --> 00:46:26.500
 fire.

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:28.760
 There are those

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:30.920
 false professors in

00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:31.719
 whom Jesus, the

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:33.380
 judge on that day

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:34.360
 says, away from

00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:34.599
 me.

00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:37.019
 Writing throughout

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:38.440
 Jesus' clothes here

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:40.519
 is this very real

00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:41.960
 appeal to final

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:43.000
 judgment.

00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:44.260
 When you stand

00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:48.579
 before Jesus, and

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:51.219
 so I think he's

00:46:51.219 --> 00:46:52.860
 talking about that

00:46:52.860 --> 00:46:53.179
 day.

00:46:53.179 --> 00:46:56.199
 And Jesus is

00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:57.199
 comparing God's

00:46:57.199 --> 00:46:59.119
 final judgment to

00:46:59.119 --> 00:47:00.399
 a revealing

00:47:00.399 --> 00:47:01.599
 storm.

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:07.980
 Christian, you

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:09.419
 will withstand the

00:47:09.419 --> 00:47:09.739
 storm.

00:47:10.919 --> 00:47:11.279
 Do you know

00:47:11.279 --> 00:47:11.559
 why?

00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:14.480
 You're standing on

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:15.779
 a rock-solid

00:47:15.779 --> 00:47:16.460
 foundation.

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:18.379
 You've built your

00:47:18.379 --> 00:47:19.259
 life on Jesus.

00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:20.699
 You've come through

00:47:20.699 --> 00:47:21.659
 the gate and walked

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:22.879
 the way, and it's

00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:23.800
 just right before

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:24.599
 you enter life.

00:47:26.180 --> 00:47:27.099
 But if you're a

00:47:27.099 --> 00:47:29.500
 non-Christian, that

00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:31.019
 collapse which Jesus

00:47:31.019 --> 00:47:34.420
 talks about, and it

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:36.039
 fell, and great was

00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:36.559
 it fall.

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:39.860
 It is a great fall.

00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:43.720
 It's the fall that

00:47:43.720 --> 00:47:45.160
 comes after final

00:47:45.160 --> 00:47:46.860
 judgment and being

00:47:46.860 --> 00:47:48.380
 cast out.

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:50.019
 It's the eternal

00:47:50.019 --> 00:47:50.640
 collapse.

00:47:50.639 --> 00:47:54.900
 two foundations.

00:47:56.900 --> 00:47:58.079
 Are you building on

00:47:58.079 --> 00:47:58.920
 Jesus' words?

00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:01.019
 Are you building your

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:02.559
 life on what Jesus

00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:03.079
 says?

00:48:03.659 --> 00:48:05.900
 Choose this day to

00:48:05.900 --> 00:48:08.440
 obey his words.

00:48:08.859 --> 00:48:10.440
 Build your life upon

00:48:10.440 --> 00:48:12.259
 Jesus, and you don't

00:48:12.259 --> 00:48:13.259
 need to fear the storm.

00:48:13.260 --> 00:48:15.260
 God's

00:48:15.260 --> 00:48:16.260
 salvation.

00:48:16.260 --> 00:48:16.840
 We've covered a lot

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:17.340
 of ground this

00:48:17.340 --> 00:48:17.620
 morning.

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:18.700
 Two paths, two

00:48:18.700 --> 00:48:19.480
 prophets, two

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:21.320
 professors, two

00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:21.980
 foundations.

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:24.220
 At the close, in

00:48:24.220 --> 00:48:25.480
 verses 28 and 29,

00:48:26.020 --> 00:48:27.180
 Jesus finished this

00:48:27.180 --> 00:48:28.100
 sermon, and the crowds

00:48:28.100 --> 00:48:30.320
 were astonished at his

00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:30.660
 teaching.

00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:32.380
 Look at verse 29.

00:48:33.640 --> 00:48:34.280
 For he was teaching

00:48:34.280 --> 00:48:36.100
 them as one who had

00:48:36.100 --> 00:48:38.420
 authority, and not as a

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:38.720
 scribe.

00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:39.639
 Is it any wonder

00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:42.639
 when God shows up and

00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:43.679
 he preaches a sermon,

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:45.759
 God incarnate, and he

00:48:45.759 --> 00:48:47.199
 says, I fulfill the law

00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:48.879
 and the prophets, and he

00:48:48.879 --> 00:48:50.319
 talks about himself as

00:48:50.319 --> 00:48:52.839
 judge over all, is it no

00:48:52.839 --> 00:48:54.599
 wonder that they are

00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:55.839
 aware of his divine

00:48:55.839 --> 00:48:56.279
 authority?

00:48:57.980 --> 00:48:59.639
 Are you aware of Jesus'

00:48:59.819 --> 00:49:00.519
 divine authority?

00:49:01.939 --> 00:49:03.419
 This morning, are you

00:49:03.419 --> 00:49:04.639
 aware of his authority?

00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:08.719
 More so, have you

00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:09.960
 submitted yourself to

00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:10.579
 his authority?

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:13.279
 Have you come under

00:49:13.279 --> 00:49:15.019
 his reign, and are you

00:49:15.019 --> 00:49:17.839
 obeying his words?

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:19.980
 Choose this day whom

00:49:19.980 --> 00:49:20.659
 you will obey.

00:49:21.819 --> 00:49:23.159
 It will result in either

00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:24.679
 destruction or life.

00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:26.839
 Choose Jesus.

00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:28.619
 Let's pray.

00:49:28.619 --> 00:49:28.659
 Let's pray.

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:38.099
 Lord Jesus, I think we

00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:38.960
 would all say we would

00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:40.059
 rather hear you preach

00:49:40.059 --> 00:49:40.659
 your sermon.

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:43.639
 But we've heard your

00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:44.759
 words this morning, Lord

00:49:44.759 --> 00:49:47.579
 Jesus, and we pray that

00:49:47.579 --> 00:49:48.940
 you would do with them as

00:49:48.940 --> 00:49:49.460
 you will.

00:49:50.960 --> 00:49:52.599
 God, would you help us as

00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:54.559
 your people to walk in

00:49:54.559 --> 00:49:55.440
 the narrow path?

00:49:56.219 --> 00:49:57.599
 And we pray, Father, for

00:49:57.599 --> 00:49:59.099
 those who are walking on

00:49:59.099 --> 00:50:00.659
 the broad way, that God,

00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:01.400
 they would hear you

00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:02.259
 calling to them.

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:03.940
 Lord Jesus, they would

00:50:03.940 --> 00:50:05.920
 turn and turn to you

00:50:05.920 --> 00:50:07.460
 and find life.

00:50:08.639 --> 00:50:11.059
 God, help us to build

00:50:11.059 --> 00:50:13.920
 our lives on the rock

00:50:13.920 --> 00:50:16.320
 solid foundation of your

00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:17.720
 words, Jesus.

00:50:19.099 --> 00:50:20.260
 In your name we pray.

00:50:20.980 --> 00:50:21.280
 Amen.