1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,850 Speaker 5: We are continuing on the gospel of Matthew. 2 00:00:01,860 --> 00:00:03,250 We're going to be in Matthew. 3 00:00:03,340 --> 00:00:08,060 Matthew chapter 7, we're finishing up the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7, 24 to 29. 4 00:00:08,069 --> 00:00:12,979 So why don't you turn there in your Bibles, Matthew 7, 24 to 29. 5 00:00:14,389 --> 00:00:16,810 After this, we're going to be going real fast. 6 00:00:16,859 --> 00:00:19,919 We're going to be doing a chapter a week starting next week. 7 00:00:19,919 --> 00:00:21,889 So make sure you're, you're ready for that. 8 00:00:21,899 --> 00:00:24,819 While you're turning there, I want to ask you a question. 9 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:32,238 If you were driving, what would you do if you got this text? 10 00:00:36,030 --> 00:00:41,930 If you were dryou're in the car, you're at least an hour or two away 11 00:00:42,310 --> 00:00:49,960 from any place of, of refuge, what would you do if you got this text? 12 00:00:50,619 --> 00:00:51,729 Tornado warning, right? 13 00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:52,849 Tornado sighted. 14 00:00:53,179 --> 00:00:56,459 Seek shelter immediately, right? 15 00:00:58,689 --> 00:01:01,360 Your car is not a safe refuge. 16 00:01:01,884 --> 00:01:03,764 You don't want to stay in the car because your windows are going to get 17 00:01:03,764 --> 00:01:04,705 blown out and you're going to die. 18 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:07,235 You don't want to stay in your car, so you have to find a 19 00:01:07,235 --> 00:01:09,695 place that will keep you safe. 20 00:01:09,745 --> 00:01:13,374 You've got to find somewhere, right, no windows, inside of a 21 00:01:13,374 --> 00:01:15,494 building, hopefully underground. 22 00:01:15,494 --> 00:01:18,104 That's where you've got to be, because otherwise, something bad 23 00:01:18,104 --> 00:01:19,564 is going to happen to you, right? 24 00:01:20,985 --> 00:01:24,405 I was in this exact situation not too long ago. 25 00:01:24,764 --> 00:01:29,514 In May of last year, I was driving down to Texas. 26 00:01:30,335 --> 00:01:34,565 And I got not one, but two of these when I was driving. 27 00:01:35,155 --> 00:01:36,655 I'm on I 35. 28 00:01:36,715 --> 00:01:38,515 It's like 10 at night. 29 00:01:38,775 --> 00:01:40,265 Thunderstorms, raining. 30 00:01:41,065 --> 00:01:42,835 People are going through puddles on the freeway. 31 00:01:43,405 --> 00:01:44,934 Everyone's got their hazards on. 32 00:01:44,935 --> 00:01:46,675 It's 45 on the freeway. 33 00:01:46,675 --> 00:01:49,115 We're driving, we're supposed to be driving 75. 34 00:01:49,125 --> 00:01:51,085 We're driving like 40 miles an hour on the freeway. 35 00:01:51,495 --> 00:01:53,134 You can't see very far in front of you. 36 00:01:53,533 --> 00:01:54,554 And I get one of these. 37 00:01:56,335 --> 00:01:59,845 So, my first thought, being, having been in Kansas City in the past 38 00:01:59,845 --> 00:02:02,424 couple years was, no big deal, right? 39 00:02:02,514 --> 00:02:03,475 We get these all the time. 40 00:02:03,904 --> 00:02:04,934 That was my first thought. 41 00:02:04,964 --> 00:02:06,814 Everyone else who's on the freeway, I'm good. 42 00:02:07,144 --> 00:02:09,595 So I keep going, I'm like an hour away from where I'm trying to go, 43 00:02:10,404 --> 00:02:11,654 I really gotta go to the bathroom. 44 00:02:11,654 --> 00:02:14,366 So I was like, alright, I'm just gonna pull into this gas station, 45 00:02:14,366 --> 00:02:15,555 use the bathroom, keep going. 46 00:02:16,664 --> 00:02:18,914 On my way out of the bathroom, I get another one of these. 47 00:02:20,704 --> 00:02:23,465 And there's people sitting on the floor, in the hallway, 48 00:02:23,765 --> 00:02:24,965 leading up to the bathroom. 49 00:02:26,095 --> 00:02:30,075 So I was like, alright, this is probably, probably a big deal. 50 00:02:31,064 --> 00:02:35,565 So I called my fiancé at the time, and I was like, hey babe, I 51 00:02:36,105 --> 00:02:38,635 won't, I won't be there on time. 52 00:02:38,635 --> 00:02:40,894 I'm gonna have to wait here at this gas station for a bit. 53 00:02:41,535 --> 00:02:43,915 While I'm on the phone, power goes out. 54 00:02:46,510 --> 00:02:49,179 Then, I'm like, alright, I'm gonna go, love you. 55 00:02:49,459 --> 00:02:53,739 Someone yells, Everyone get in the hallway, right now. 56 00:02:55,119 --> 00:02:56,489 Alright, bye Shay, love you. 57 00:02:56,490 --> 00:02:59,339 See you later. 58 00:02:59,339 --> 00:03:03,359 So I get in the hallway, go to his bathroom, crouch down, and you know 59 00:03:03,359 --> 00:03:05,399 they always say, it sounds like a train. 60 00:03:06,219 --> 00:03:11,839 I don't know if that's true because I plug my ears, but the ceiling starts 61 00:03:11,849 --> 00:03:17,149 falling down and you can just feel the building shaking and there's dust and 62 00:03:17,149 --> 00:03:18,469 then you can start feeling the water. 63 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:19,209 You know why? 64 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:21,119 Because there's no ceiling anymore. 65 00:03:21,169 --> 00:03:27,549 That's why I was in a gas station that got hit directly by a tornado. 66 00:03:30,149 --> 00:03:31,679 I was inside there. 67 00:03:35,444 --> 00:03:37,834 This is what it looked like the night of. 68 00:03:39,535 --> 00:03:41,644 So I, I could have taken this photo. 69 00:03:41,654 --> 00:03:42,865 I have a photo that looks just like this. 70 00:03:43,315 --> 00:03:45,005 So I walked out of that building. 71 00:03:48,385 --> 00:03:50,484 If you want to see it in the daylight, that's what it looks like. 72 00:03:50,594 --> 00:03:51,314 That's super blurry. 73 00:03:51,314 --> 00:03:54,375 The reason I have this picture is because, see this blue car right here? 74 00:03:55,414 --> 00:03:56,394 That's my car. 75 00:03:58,293 --> 00:04:00,784 That's my car with all my stuff in it. 76 00:04:01,474 --> 00:04:02,414 That's my car. 77 00:04:04,289 --> 00:04:09,269 So, when there's a storm coming, right, when you get your tornado warning text 78 00:04:09,269 --> 00:04:13,180 on your phone and you hear someone yell, everyone get in the hallway 79 00:04:13,180 --> 00:04:18,939 right now, you want to make sure that the building you're in is strong. 80 00:04:19,809 --> 00:04:23,819 You want to make sure that the building you're in will keep 81 00:04:23,820 --> 00:04:26,930 you safe and protect you, right? 82 00:04:27,110 --> 00:04:28,900 I don't, I don't really care about. 83 00:04:29,820 --> 00:04:31,260 Anything else at that moment. 84 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:32,930 I don't care if the building has Wi Fi. 85 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:36,190 I don't care if the building, the gas station has good snacks. 86 00:04:36,390 --> 00:04:38,510 I don't even care what the price is of the gas, right? 87 00:04:38,549 --> 00:04:40,960 All I care about is, is this building going to keep me safe? 88 00:04:43,379 --> 00:04:51,270 And see, your safety is dependent on the strength of this building. 89 00:04:53,189 --> 00:04:57,569 In our passage we're looking at today, tonight, there's a storm in this passage. 90 00:04:58,299 --> 00:05:01,580 And it's much worse than this tornado. 91 00:05:03,289 --> 00:05:08,110 And your safety, according to this passage, depends not on the strength 92 00:05:08,110 --> 00:05:13,890 of the building you choose to hide in, but on your response to Jesus words. 93 00:05:14,939 --> 00:05:23,700 Your safety, your well being, is dependent on how you respond to what Jesus says. 94 00:05:24,704 --> 00:05:28,355 We're going to be looking at Matthew 7, 24 29, 95 00:05:30,735 --> 00:05:35,074 and what I want you to understand is that Jesus isn't to be taken lightly. 96 00:05:36,455 --> 00:05:42,514 Jesus isn't a tornado warning text that you can just hope you can ignore and 97 00:05:42,525 --> 00:05:44,365 outrun and maybe you'll make it through. 98 00:05:44,395 --> 00:05:46,475 Maybe if I didn't stop at the gas station I could have made it through. 99 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,670 Jesus is much more serious than that. 100 00:05:50,909 --> 00:05:56,400 There's much more at stake than even your life, your physical life, in this sermon 101 00:05:56,459 --> 00:05:58,500 and in your response to what Jesus says. 102 00:05:59,490 --> 00:06:05,140 Your eternal destiny is at stake and Jesus is not to be ignored or 103 00:06:05,149 --> 00:06:08,689 muted or maybe I'll take his advice. 104 00:06:10,885 --> 00:06:15,995 This is a big deal, and this isn't anything to be trifled with. 105 00:06:16,065 --> 00:06:21,794 I want you to take Jesus as seriously as you possibly can, because His 106 00:06:21,794 --> 00:06:25,504 words determine life or death for you. 107 00:06:26,935 --> 00:06:29,575 So we're finishing up the Sermon on the Mount, right, Jesus is teaching, 108 00:06:30,455 --> 00:06:34,355 and we're coming to the conclusion of the greatest sermon of all time. 109 00:06:34,755 --> 00:06:38,005 So read with me, Matthew 7, verse 24. 110 00:06:39,924 --> 00:06:47,494 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a 111 00:06:47,494 --> 00:06:52,794 wise man who built his house on the rock and the rain fell and the floods 112 00:06:52,794 --> 00:06:57,885 came and the winds blew and beat on that house but it did not fall because 113 00:06:57,954 --> 00:07:00,544 it had been founded on the rock. 114 00:07:00,545 --> 00:07:02,374 And 115 00:07:04,554 --> 00:07:08,559 everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them We'll be 116 00:07:08,559 --> 00:07:12,520 like a foolish man who built his house on the sand, and the rain fell, 117 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,460 and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house, 118 00:07:15,460 --> 00:07:20,419 and it fell, and great was its fall. 119 00:07:21,950 --> 00:07:24,190 There's a lot at stake here in this passage. 120 00:07:25,149 --> 00:07:29,970 The difference between these two people, whether they're wise or foolish, 121 00:07:29,980 --> 00:07:35,550 whether they survive or not, is not how much they listen to Jesus, It's 122 00:07:35,550 --> 00:07:36,940 not whether they read their Bible. 123 00:07:37,250 --> 00:07:38,900 It's not whether they serve at church. 124 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:41,159 It's not whether they're a good kid. 125 00:07:41,159 --> 00:07:43,600 It's not whether they like Jesus or respect Jesus. 126 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,019 The difference is whether they obey Him or not. 127 00:07:47,020 --> 00:07:48,520 It's whether they do what He says. 128 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,659 Both people hear Jesus words. 129 00:07:55,820 --> 00:07:56,360 You see that? 130 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:59,280 Both people hear the same words. 131 00:07:59,340 --> 00:08:00,610 They get the same message. 132 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,610 They sit in True North and hear the same sermons. 133 00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:06,990 They go to Compass Bible Church North Texas and hear the same pastor. 134 00:08:09,534 --> 00:08:15,244 But they have two very different futures, two very different 135 00:08:15,554 --> 00:08:18,094 lives that they end up living. 136 00:08:19,554 --> 00:08:22,854 See, knowing a lot about Jesus, hearing his teaching week in and week 137 00:08:22,854 --> 00:08:27,734 out, growing up in church, knowing your Christian terms, serving in kids 138 00:08:27,734 --> 00:08:34,635 ministry, hearing and knowing Jesus words are not what Jesus is after. 139 00:08:35,775 --> 00:08:38,823 Familiarity with Jesus is not good enough. 140 00:08:40,164 --> 00:08:43,005 Jesus is calling for a response to his words. 141 00:08:43,015 --> 00:08:48,034 So our first point tonight, don't mistake familiarity for obedience. 142 00:08:51,385 --> 00:08:55,214 If you make the mistake of being familiar with Jesus words and never 143 00:08:55,215 --> 00:09:01,035 doing anything about them, according to this passage, you'll die. 144 00:09:02,140 --> 00:09:03,070 You'll be destroyed. 145 00:09:03,490 --> 00:09:06,830 The storm comes and your house won't stand up. 146 00:09:10,780 --> 00:09:17,699 Hearing and knowing what Jesus says, doing the church thing, but not the Jesus thing, 147 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,460 will not protect you. 148 00:09:22,790 --> 00:09:25,050 See, there's a contrast here, right? 149 00:09:25,140 --> 00:09:28,920 Jesus is setting up this, this mini parable of two people, right? 150 00:09:30,585 --> 00:09:32,615 And this is really the difference, right? 151 00:09:33,795 --> 00:09:36,875 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is wise. 152 00:09:37,705 --> 00:09:40,595 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is foolish. 153 00:09:41,545 --> 00:09:46,555 So, Jesus is saying the smartest thing you can do is do what I say. 154 00:09:47,024 --> 00:09:52,525 The dumbest thing you can do is the opposite, is not do what I say. 155 00:09:53,805 --> 00:09:56,034 It's ridiculous not to do it. 156 00:09:56,905 --> 00:09:58,205 That's it. 157 00:09:58,594 --> 00:09:59,094 Dumb. 158 00:09:59,685 --> 00:09:59,894 Right? 159 00:09:59,894 --> 00:10:01,724 But it's actually smart. 160 00:10:01,764 --> 00:10:04,884 It's genius to do what Jesus says. 161 00:10:06,834 --> 00:10:12,045 See, it's foolish to think you can have a surface level relationship with Jesus 162 00:10:13,584 --> 00:10:16,014 and not, or and make it to heaven. 163 00:10:16,274 --> 00:10:18,925 It's foolish to think you can have a surface level relationship 164 00:10:18,935 --> 00:10:20,805 with Jesus and make it to heaven. 165 00:10:20,964 --> 00:10:24,224 Religious activity is not enough. 166 00:10:27,115 --> 00:10:30,385 Remember, Pastor Rod, a few weeks ago, or a few months ago, maybe at 167 00:10:30,385 --> 00:10:34,885 this point, preached on Matthew 5, and he brought a bowl of fake fruit. 168 00:10:35,295 --> 00:10:35,845 Remember that? 169 00:10:36,514 --> 00:10:39,925 And he talked about, oh, what, you know, is this fruit edible? 170 00:10:39,925 --> 00:10:40,974 Is this fruit good for you? 171 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:43,905 Is this fruit anything worth eating? 172 00:10:44,464 --> 00:10:46,085 And we're all like, no, right? 173 00:10:47,244 --> 00:10:49,585 It's not anywhere close to real fruit. 174 00:10:49,585 --> 00:10:52,665 It might look like it from far away, but once you feel it, 175 00:10:52,685 --> 00:10:55,115 once you smell it, it's Right? 176 00:10:55,115 --> 00:10:58,474 If you try to put it in a blender, it's not, not gonna work. 177 00:11:00,485 --> 00:11:04,555 So a surface level relationship, a plastic fruit relationship with Jesus 178 00:11:06,794 --> 00:11:08,154 is foolish. 179 00:11:09,124 --> 00:11:14,165 It's foolish to expect that to get you anywhere close to eternal life. 180 00:11:16,245 --> 00:11:19,855 You're, the only person you're tricking is yourself. 181 00:11:20,965 --> 00:11:21,875 Jesus isn't fooled. 182 00:11:21,885 --> 00:11:22,905 Jesus knows your heart. 183 00:11:22,925 --> 00:11:23,985 Jesus knows. 184 00:11:23,985 --> 00:11:24,004 He knows. 185 00:11:24,575 --> 00:11:26,595 Exactly what's going on in your life. 186 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:33,935 Jesus half brother, James, puts it this way. 187 00:11:35,645 --> 00:11:39,074 He says, You believe that God is one? 188 00:11:39,354 --> 00:11:40,105 You do well. 189 00:11:40,354 --> 00:11:42,884 Even the demons believe that, and shudder. 190 00:11:44,785 --> 00:11:50,194 Is the extent of your Christian life one that Satan could check a box to? 191 00:11:51,454 --> 00:11:53,595 Would Satan be able to say, Yeah, I agree with everything that 192 00:11:53,604 --> 00:11:55,295 that person believes about God? 193 00:11:57,374 --> 00:11:57,804 Great. 194 00:11:58,524 --> 00:12:00,564 Satan would love for you to believe all the right things and 195 00:12:00,564 --> 00:12:01,674 never do anything about them. 196 00:12:02,704 --> 00:12:03,844 Because then you'd be just like him. 197 00:12:06,964 --> 00:12:10,964 And then James goes on to say, The body apart from the spirit is dead. 198 00:12:11,355 --> 00:12:11,554 Right? 199 00:12:11,554 --> 00:12:12,885 That's, that's how you know someone's dead. 200 00:12:12,885 --> 00:12:14,294 If their, their spirit is gone. 201 00:12:14,304 --> 00:12:15,994 The spirit is what animates the body. 202 00:12:16,365 --> 00:12:17,694 I heard one pastor talk about it. 203 00:12:17,694 --> 00:12:20,714 It's like the software to the hardware of your body. 204 00:12:21,444 --> 00:12:24,075 So like a computer needs software to run. 205 00:12:24,095 --> 00:12:25,324 Otherwise it's just a piece of metal. 206 00:12:26,685 --> 00:12:28,035 Your body needs a spirit. 207 00:12:28,065 --> 00:12:30,255 It needs a soul to animate it, to make it alive. 208 00:12:30,994 --> 00:12:36,714 Your faith, your trust in Jesus, without any animation, without any 209 00:12:36,714 --> 00:12:41,224 life to it, without any software, without any electricity, is dead. 210 00:12:41,355 --> 00:12:42,115 It's useless. 211 00:12:42,904 --> 00:12:47,454 Which, James, what, right here, what he means by faith, is believing 212 00:12:47,454 --> 00:12:48,585 the right things about God. 213 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:51,365 Your doctrine, your theology, your belief. 214 00:12:52,130 --> 00:12:52,650 It's dead. 215 00:12:52,650 --> 00:12:53,670 It's useless. 216 00:12:53,780 --> 00:12:54,810 It won't get you anywhere. 217 00:12:54,830 --> 00:12:56,920 It's, in fact, demonic. 218 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,150 It's like exactly what Satan believes. 219 00:13:02,990 --> 00:13:05,170 So don't mistake familiarity with obedience. 220 00:13:05,219 --> 00:13:09,869 You can know all the right things, hear all the right words, and not 221 00:13:09,879 --> 00:13:12,260 have a relationship with Jesus. 222 00:13:14,665 --> 00:13:17,204 See, I grew up in this category. 223 00:13:17,224 --> 00:13:19,995 I grew up being familiar with Jesus. 224 00:13:19,995 --> 00:13:20,645 Going to church. 225 00:13:20,645 --> 00:13:22,044 I knew all the books of the Bible. 226 00:13:22,044 --> 00:13:27,094 I liked going to church even, but I had no relationship with Jesus. 227 00:13:27,454 --> 00:13:30,254 And something that was really helpful for me was a list that a pastor 228 00:13:30,254 --> 00:13:35,405 put together of, and he titled it differently, but it's characteristics 229 00:13:35,444 --> 00:13:37,645 easily mistaken for being saved. 230 00:13:37,785 --> 00:13:40,474 Things that a lot of people think, oh yeah, if I have all of 231 00:13:40,484 --> 00:13:41,724 these things, I'm a Christian. 232 00:13:42,935 --> 00:13:45,094 And I think a lot of you might be in this boat. 233 00:13:46,165 --> 00:13:48,814 A lot of you say, yeah, I'm a good person, right? 234 00:13:48,824 --> 00:13:50,024 I'm not that kid at school. 235 00:13:50,024 --> 00:13:51,504 I'm not doing drugs. 236 00:13:51,564 --> 00:13:54,134 I'm not going to all those parties. 237 00:13:54,134 --> 00:13:56,374 I'm not looking at that stuff online. 238 00:13:56,374 --> 00:13:58,334 I'm not saying those things. 239 00:13:58,334 --> 00:13:59,704 I'm not making those jokes. 240 00:13:59,734 --> 00:14:00,935 I'm a relatively good person. 241 00:14:02,064 --> 00:14:03,165 Or I know a lot about God. 242 00:14:03,165 --> 00:14:04,124 I know a lot about the Bible. 243 00:14:04,304 --> 00:14:05,324 I'm involved at church. 244 00:14:05,324 --> 00:14:07,094 I feel bad when I sin. 245 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:11,250 I'm sure I'm saved, even. 246 00:14:11,330 --> 00:14:12,470 I know I'm saved. 247 00:14:13,230 --> 00:14:15,720 Or, you have an experience when you got saved. 248 00:14:15,730 --> 00:14:19,519 You walked the aisle, you prayed a prayer, you had an emotional moment at camp. 249 00:14:21,029 --> 00:14:24,230 None of these things mean that you're saved. 250 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:24,930 Right? 251 00:14:24,940 --> 00:14:26,290 Good people, being a good person. 252 00:14:27,090 --> 00:14:27,460 Great. 253 00:14:28,070 --> 00:14:29,460 You can be a Mormon and be a good person. 254 00:14:29,510 --> 00:14:29,800 Cool. 255 00:14:30,010 --> 00:14:31,520 You can know a lot about God in the Bible. 256 00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:33,050 Satan knows a lot about God in the Bible. 257 00:14:33,350 --> 00:14:34,449 You can be involved in church. 258 00:14:34,865 --> 00:14:36,235 Pharisees were pretty involved at church. 259 00:14:36,425 --> 00:14:37,535 You can feel bad about your sin. 260 00:14:37,865 --> 00:14:41,055 Judas felt really bad about his sin, and he hung himself, and guess what? 261 00:14:42,275 --> 00:14:42,845 Didn't repent. 262 00:14:42,865 --> 00:14:43,825 Didn't turn from his sin. 263 00:14:44,335 --> 00:14:45,615 You can be sure you're saved. 264 00:14:46,115 --> 00:14:47,334 A lot of people are sure they're saved. 265 00:14:47,464 --> 00:14:48,634 Remember what we heard last week? 266 00:14:49,255 --> 00:14:50,155 I never knew you. 267 00:14:51,634 --> 00:14:54,184 You can have a memorable experience when you think you became a Christian. 268 00:14:54,184 --> 00:14:59,874 You can have a moment where you feel like you responded to the gospel. 269 00:14:59,914 --> 00:15:01,294 The moment doesn't save you. 270 00:15:01,314 --> 00:15:02,204 Jesus saves you. 271 00:15:02,925 --> 00:15:04,825 So don't put your trust in, in a moment. 272 00:15:08,505 --> 00:15:15,175 It's an easy mistake to make, and Jesus loves you enough to tell you, to warn you. 273 00:15:16,425 --> 00:15:18,164 Don't make this mistake. 274 00:15:20,375 --> 00:15:24,075 Don't mistake being familiar with God, growing up in church, having Christian 275 00:15:24,075 --> 00:15:27,225 parents, being a pastor's kid, knowing all the right answers in small groups. 276 00:15:28,075 --> 00:15:31,495 Don't make that mistake of saying, Oh, if I have all those things, I'm good. 277 00:15:32,545 --> 00:15:34,785 That means I have a relationship with God. 278 00:15:38,515 --> 00:15:42,014 So what kind of obedience is Jesus really talking about? 279 00:15:42,965 --> 00:15:48,804 Because didn't he just say, right, your, your righteousness has to exceed 280 00:15:49,085 --> 00:15:50,945 that of the scribes and Pharisees. 281 00:15:50,945 --> 00:15:52,275 Isn't this all about faith? 282 00:15:52,545 --> 00:15:53,055 What happened? 283 00:15:53,055 --> 00:15:57,735 Where did, where did saved by faith and grace and not by works go, Lewis? 284 00:15:57,735 --> 00:15:58,195 What happened? 285 00:15:59,095 --> 00:16:03,295 Well, what words, Jesus, these words of mine, what words has Jesus 286 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:04,285 been talking about this whole time? 287 00:16:04,795 --> 00:16:06,685 He's, he, he just preached a sermon. 288 00:16:07,105 --> 00:16:07,885 . So what did he say? 289 00:16:07,885 --> 00:16:09,715 Well, look at, think about the Beatitudes. 290 00:16:10,225 --> 00:16:14,035 The beatitudes are all heart postures, right? 291 00:16:14,095 --> 00:16:19,975 These are all external things, except maybe feeling bad about your sin, but 292 00:16:19,975 --> 00:16:22,255 the beatitudes are being poor in spirit. 293 00:16:22,285 --> 00:16:25,015 Being humble, being meek, mourning. 294 00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:30,300 Hungering and thirsting for righteousness, having a desire for God and for His ways. 295 00:16:31,150 --> 00:16:32,360 Being pure in heart. 296 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,660 It's pure in heart, not pure externally. 297 00:16:36,060 --> 00:16:38,440 Being a peacemaker, being persecuted for righteousness sake. 298 00:16:38,450 --> 00:16:39,910 These are all heart things. 299 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,040 These are all things that come from your desires. 300 00:16:42,079 --> 00:16:45,130 And you're a new, changed life. 301 00:16:45,220 --> 00:16:48,600 Not from an external, outside in conformity, because you 302 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:49,840 grew up in a Christian home. 303 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,840 Or even think about when he does talk about Pharisees, 304 00:16:53,870 --> 00:16:54,930 what does he go after that? 305 00:16:54,940 --> 00:16:58,989 He says, you've heard it said, right, the external command, don't 306 00:16:58,999 --> 00:17:05,530 murder, don't commit adultery, don't retaliate, pray like this. 307 00:17:05,849 --> 00:17:06,769 Those are all external things. 308 00:17:06,769 --> 00:17:09,250 He says, you've heard it one way, but I want to bring out the 309 00:17:09,250 --> 00:17:11,150 true intention of God's word. 310 00:17:11,250 --> 00:17:13,420 The true intention is about your heart, right? 311 00:17:13,450 --> 00:17:14,800 If you, about anger. 312 00:17:15,050 --> 00:17:21,125 Rather than just not being You know, a murderer, how about dealing 313 00:17:21,125 --> 00:17:22,375 with the anger in your heart? 314 00:17:22,655 --> 00:17:24,275 That's the obedience that Jesus is after. 315 00:17:24,305 --> 00:17:25,415 He's after heart obedience. 316 00:17:25,785 --> 00:17:29,095 Or rather than just not committing adultery, are you pure in heart? 317 00:17:29,274 --> 00:17:30,444 Do you have pure thoughts? 318 00:17:31,354 --> 00:17:33,775 Or what about your anxiety? 319 00:17:34,394 --> 00:17:37,495 Maybe you're on the outside all good, but on the inside you don't trust God. 320 00:17:39,265 --> 00:17:41,095 Jesus is after righteousness from the heart. 321 00:17:41,105 --> 00:17:45,330 That's why it has to be different than the scribes Because outwardly They're 322 00:17:45,410 --> 00:17:47,320 more righteous than, than most of us. 323 00:17:47,770 --> 00:17:49,800 They look more Christian than a lot of us do. 324 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,459 Probably had more scripture memorized than all of us combined in the room. 325 00:17:55,070 --> 00:18:00,739 But Jesus is after righteousness from the heart, and it's foolish to try to impress 326 00:18:00,749 --> 00:18:02,880 Jesus with your external righteousness. 327 00:18:03,579 --> 00:18:09,440 With your church involvement, or with your Christian heritage even from your parents. 328 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:13,840 You see, perfect righteousness is required to enter heaven. 329 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,940 Jesus said that in, in Matthew 5 as well, remember? 330 00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:23,010 He said, uh, um, You have to be perfect, just as my heavenly Father is perfect. 331 00:18:24,260 --> 00:18:28,670 So really, Jesus is not saying that your works get you into heaven. 332 00:18:31,090 --> 00:18:36,600 But, what He is saying is that a true relationship with God produces 333 00:18:36,610 --> 00:18:41,440 heartfelt obedience to God, as a response to what He's done for you. 334 00:18:41,505 --> 00:18:48,205 So, Jesus is after heartfelt, real obedience, and the only way that's gonna 335 00:18:48,205 --> 00:18:55,575 come is if you first trust God, and have a relationship with Him, where you 336 00:18:55,575 --> 00:18:57,075 say, you know what, I'm not good enough. 337 00:18:57,155 --> 00:18:58,484 That's what the whole Beatitudes are about. 338 00:18:58,515 --> 00:19:00,744 I'm not good enough to enter on my own. 339 00:19:01,545 --> 00:19:03,995 I'm never gonna be more righteous than the scribes and Pharisees. 340 00:19:04,005 --> 00:19:10,410 Jesus, I can't obey the way you're telling me to, unless God changes me, 341 00:19:10,830 --> 00:19:15,960 and God puts his Holy Spirit inside me and gives me a new desire to love him. 342 00:19:16,430 --> 00:19:19,760 That's the only way I'm going to be able to do anything from the heart. 343 00:19:20,630 --> 00:19:23,529 Because as Jesus is pointing out through this whole sermon 344 00:19:23,540 --> 00:19:24,910 is we're not good enough. 345 00:19:26,179 --> 00:19:31,030 Our obedience, no matter how hard we try, is never going to get us into heaven. 346 00:19:32,290 --> 00:19:38,840 And so we need heartfelt obedience that only comes after We trust Jesus 347 00:19:39,050 --> 00:19:41,700 and turn from our sin and realize we know we're not good enough 348 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:42,980 to make it to heaven on our own. 349 00:19:43,590 --> 00:19:45,790 We have to give up our pharisaical 350 00:19:48,590 --> 00:19:52,890 desire to be good enough to say, God, look at all my works. 351 00:19:53,399 --> 00:19:55,149 Isn't that what the people in last week's sermon did? 352 00:19:55,149 --> 00:19:59,180 They said, Lord, Lord, did I not do all these things for you? 353 00:20:00,620 --> 00:20:03,780 They're never going to be good enough because they're never perfect. 354 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,150 So it's foolish to think you can have your superficial, surface level 355 00:20:09,150 --> 00:20:11,240 relationship with Jesus and impress Him. 356 00:20:11,980 --> 00:20:14,570 You can't bring your spiritual resume to the table and say, Oh, 357 00:20:14,950 --> 00:20:16,489 here Jesus, let me into heaven. 358 00:20:16,929 --> 00:20:18,020 It's never going to be good enough. 359 00:20:18,020 --> 00:20:21,280 It has to be a heartfelt, I, I need you, Jesus. 360 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,099 I'm a sinner. 361 00:20:22,129 --> 00:20:23,039 Please save me. 362 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,040 And that's going to produce obedience from the heart, like we've been talking about. 363 00:20:27,105 --> 00:20:35,725 Now, I also want you to see how Jesus describes these men. 364 00:20:35,725 --> 00:20:44,905 Because maybe you're not just thinking, oh, I've tried to do the right thing 365 00:20:45,114 --> 00:20:46,874 and fit in at church and be a good kid. 366 00:20:46,874 --> 00:20:49,395 Maybe you're the person who says, I heard Jesus words and I don't want them. 367 00:20:50,505 --> 00:20:52,945 I've heard Jesus words, they're not, they're not my thing. 368 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:53,960 They're boring. 369 00:20:53,970 --> 00:20:54,530 They're lame. 370 00:20:54,810 --> 00:20:55,940 Jesus isn't for me. 371 00:20:55,990 --> 00:20:57,080 I want to go do my thing. 372 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:58,440 I want to live the way I want to live. 373 00:20:59,270 --> 00:21:02,029 And maybe you're just waiting until you move out of your parents house and go to 374 00:21:02,030 --> 00:21:03,369 college and you can do whatever you want. 375 00:21:03,530 --> 00:21:05,710 You've heard Jesus words and you've said, I don't want to do them. 376 00:21:07,269 --> 00:21:12,569 If that's you, I, I, I really want you to see that it is foolish to 377 00:21:12,570 --> 00:21:16,390 think you can hear Jesus teaching and ignore it without any consequence. 378 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,510 Jesus has only put two people in this story. 379 00:21:22,559 --> 00:21:24,100 There's a wise man and there's a foolish man. 380 00:21:25,270 --> 00:21:26,690 The wise man is the one who obeys. 381 00:21:27,010 --> 00:21:33,050 The foolish man is foolish because he doesn't disobey, 382 00:21:33,649 --> 00:21:35,529 or he, he, he does disobey. 383 00:21:35,870 --> 00:21:36,290 Sorry. 384 00:21:36,460 --> 00:21:38,550 The foolish man is, he's foolish because he disobeys and he 385 00:21:38,550 --> 00:21:39,710 thinks he's going to be fine. 386 00:21:40,369 --> 00:21:40,699 Right? 387 00:21:40,850 --> 00:21:42,600 He goes on building his house. 388 00:21:42,719 --> 00:21:44,640 Both of these men are building a house, right? 389 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:51,100 They're both building a house, and it's foolish to build a house 390 00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:52,620 when you know it won't stand up. 391 00:21:53,635 --> 00:21:53,784 Right? 392 00:21:53,794 --> 00:21:56,965 That's why people, you've heard the phrase, the house, 393 00:21:56,965 --> 00:21:58,235 the house of cards, right? 394 00:21:58,235 --> 00:22:01,284 It's foolish to build a house of something that will just get blown over. 395 00:22:06,945 --> 00:22:09,434 Both of these men are building their lives. 396 00:22:09,435 --> 00:22:13,255 They're living their lives, and there's a different foundation 397 00:22:13,255 --> 00:22:14,105 that they're living out of. 398 00:22:14,114 --> 00:22:15,984 One of them is living on a foundation of rock. 399 00:22:15,984 --> 00:22:17,714 One of them is living on a foundation of sand. 400 00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:22,464 If you are living your life ignoring Jesus teaching, you hear 401 00:22:22,464 --> 00:22:23,694 it, and you say, I don't want it. 402 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:28,120 You're living a life that's gonna just wash away in a storm. 403 00:22:29,350 --> 00:22:30,330 It's gonna be destroyed. 404 00:22:32,219 --> 00:22:33,450 You're gonna come up empty. 405 00:22:34,090 --> 00:22:36,440 You can build your perfect house, your perfect life. 406 00:22:36,460 --> 00:22:39,509 You can get the job you want, the career you want, the friends you 407 00:22:39,509 --> 00:22:41,280 want, the reputation you want. 408 00:22:43,459 --> 00:22:46,559 And you'll stand before God and you'll watch it all burn up. 409 00:22:48,019 --> 00:22:49,749 Because your house will be on sand. 410 00:22:52,870 --> 00:22:55,379 You're building a house that will just fall down. 411 00:22:56,230 --> 00:22:59,620 Every time you're rejecting Jesus words, every time you're saying, 412 00:22:59,620 --> 00:23:01,140 I don't want what you have to say. 413 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,790 The storm will come, either when you stand before God, or it might even come sooner. 414 00:23:08,769 --> 00:23:13,509 You might realize, like King Solomon did, after years of trying 415 00:23:13,509 --> 00:23:16,949 to do what he wanted to do, living for himself, he tried everything. 416 00:23:17,885 --> 00:23:21,275 He tried pleasure, he tried money, he tried fame, he tried everything. 417 00:23:21,615 --> 00:23:26,005 And he came up empty, and broken, and he realized there's, there's nothing here. 418 00:23:26,964 --> 00:23:28,314 It's just a mirage. 419 00:23:28,714 --> 00:23:30,135 It's like trying to grab smoke. 420 00:23:31,084 --> 00:23:34,125 That's what it is trying to find pleasure apart from God. 421 00:23:34,185 --> 00:23:37,324 It, you just need more and more and more and it never satisfies. 422 00:23:37,494 --> 00:23:39,894 It's foolish to chase after. 423 00:23:39,894 --> 00:23:42,935 It's foolish to ask the world to fill you up. 424 00:23:45,055 --> 00:23:47,525 You're building a house that's just gonna come crashing down. 425 00:23:51,025 --> 00:23:54,245 And see, the opposite is that Jesus offers, He offers 426 00:23:54,245 --> 00:23:56,545 you a secure, stable life. 427 00:23:57,075 --> 00:23:59,795 You don't have to worry about your house falling down in a storm. 428 00:24:00,865 --> 00:24:03,965 See, living by Jesus teaching keeps you safe. 429 00:24:05,504 --> 00:24:07,485 The wise man builds his house on the rock. 430 00:24:07,765 --> 00:24:10,665 And he doesn't have to worry about his house falling down. 431 00:24:10,665 --> 00:24:13,925 He knows the storm is going to come, but he also knows he's going to be okay. 432 00:24:14,475 --> 00:24:15,805 He knows he's gonna make it. 433 00:24:17,955 --> 00:24:24,355 The first thing that Jesus, obeying Jesus keeps you safe from is the wrath of God. 434 00:24:25,495 --> 00:24:30,984 Because if you're obeying Jesus, the, Jesus intention here is that you're 435 00:24:30,985 --> 00:24:33,085 obeying him out of love and trust. 436 00:24:33,114 --> 00:24:34,445 You have a relationship with him. 437 00:24:35,335 --> 00:24:37,955 And so obeying Jesus keeps you safe from the wrath of God. 438 00:24:38,655 --> 00:24:40,425 But also, if we're thinking about the Sermon on the Mount, 439 00:24:40,715 --> 00:24:41,965 right, we're thinking about being 440 00:24:44,130 --> 00:24:47,600 People who realize we're not good enough to work our way to heaven, so it 441 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,250 keeps us safe from self righteousness. 442 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,920 We're not gonna say, Jesus, look how much I obeyed you. 443 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,039 Aren't you proud of me? 444 00:24:54,230 --> 00:24:55,530 Don't I deserve to be in heaven? 445 00:24:56,150 --> 00:25:00,499 Because Jesus commands, how he started the sermon, was you should be sad. 446 00:25:00,609 --> 00:25:01,659 You should mourn. 447 00:25:01,669 --> 00:25:02,649 You should be humble. 448 00:25:02,859 --> 00:25:05,790 You should not try to work your way to heaven. 449 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,400 That's how he started his sermon. 450 00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:13,460 And so, if you're obeying Jesus words, you'll be protected 451 00:25:13,460 --> 00:25:14,560 from self righteousness. 452 00:25:15,420 --> 00:25:18,149 You'll also be protected from the trap of believing the world has more 453 00:25:18,150 --> 00:25:19,450 to offer, just like we talked about. 454 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,149 Because you'll realize, you know what? 455 00:25:21,189 --> 00:25:22,350 It will leave me empty. 456 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:24,489 It is just like building a house that'll fall down. 457 00:25:26,750 --> 00:25:30,820 Even though many people go down the narrow, the wide road, the narrow 458 00:25:30,820 --> 00:25:32,330 road is the one that leads to life. 459 00:25:32,550 --> 00:25:36,310 And so you'll be protected from, from this lie of believing. 460 00:25:37,295 --> 00:25:40,195 That it's better for you to disobey Jesus and do whatever you want. 461 00:25:44,215 --> 00:25:47,485 Living by Jesus teaching also keeps you safe from hearing I never knew you. 462 00:25:50,225 --> 00:25:51,964 It keeps you safe from self deception. 463 00:25:52,905 --> 00:25:54,595 This is what we've been talking about at the beginning of this sermon, 464 00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:57,215 is so many people go to heaven, 465 00:25:59,645 --> 00:26:03,225 or stand before, sorry, stand before God in heaven and 466 00:26:03,225 --> 00:26:04,635 realize I'm not going to be in. 467 00:26:04,675 --> 00:26:05,575 I'm not going to make it. 468 00:26:06,045 --> 00:26:09,595 I'm not, I've thought I was a Christian this whole time. 469 00:26:10,975 --> 00:26:13,995 But really, I've always built my house on my own works. 470 00:26:14,465 --> 00:26:18,305 I've built my spiritual resume and tried to be good enough, or I've relied on 471 00:26:18,305 --> 00:26:19,974 one of those things we talked about. 472 00:26:19,975 --> 00:26:24,524 I've relied on my church involvement, I've relied on my spiritual experience 473 00:26:24,524 --> 00:26:27,955 that I had at camp, or I prayed this prayer with my mom when I was eight. 474 00:26:31,405 --> 00:26:34,735 Hearing Jesus words and doing them will protect you from standing before 475 00:26:34,735 --> 00:26:37,335 God and realizing He never knew me. 476 00:26:37,455 --> 00:26:38,885 I never had a relationship with Jesus. 477 00:26:41,180 --> 00:26:44,310 It also keeps you safe from turning your back on God and abandoning Him. 478 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,200 Because you're establishing a pattern of doing what Jesus 479 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:50,650 says and living by His words. 480 00:26:51,570 --> 00:26:54,160 You're not going to stray off the narrow road. 481 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,540 Living by Jesus teaching keeps you safe from ruining your life. 482 00:27:02,940 --> 00:27:04,650 Sin will kill you. 483 00:27:06,465 --> 00:27:14,885 It'll either kill you on this earth, or it'll kill you forever in hell, or both. 484 00:27:18,595 --> 00:27:23,314 Jesus isn't trying to give you a bunch of rules to ruin your life. 485 00:27:23,845 --> 00:27:25,925 The rules are to help you not ruin your life. 486 00:27:25,954 --> 00:27:26,615 That's the goal. 487 00:27:26,615 --> 00:27:27,785 Jesus doesn't want you to be anxious. 488 00:27:27,785 --> 00:27:28,785 He wants to take care of you. 489 00:27:29,015 --> 00:27:32,315 He doesn't want you to be enslaved by sin. 490 00:27:33,810 --> 00:27:37,550 Because every sin you commit isn't looking out for your best interest. 491 00:27:37,980 --> 00:27:42,230 It's looking to, to keep you, to hook you, to trap you, to rope you in and 492 00:27:42,230 --> 00:27:44,610 pull you and keep you coming back to it. 493 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,190 Every sin is trying to master you. 494 00:27:48,089 --> 00:27:49,889 Anxiety is trying to master you. 495 00:27:49,990 --> 00:27:51,370 Lust is trying to master you. 496 00:27:51,370 --> 00:27:54,220 Anger is trying to dominate you and control you. 497 00:27:55,180 --> 00:27:59,650 Pride, they're all trying to be a snare and control your life. 498 00:28:01,540 --> 00:28:05,260 To make that the dominating influence in who you are. 499 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:10,539 But living by Jesus words will keep you safe from those things. 500 00:28:10,770 --> 00:28:12,410 That's why Jesus gives you command. 501 00:28:12,410 --> 00:28:13,970 That's why Jesus says don't do things. 502 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,920 It's cause he's a loving parent who says don't drink the poison, it'll kill you. 503 00:28:19,340 --> 00:28:21,050 Or don't do the drugs, you'll get addicted. 504 00:28:22,540 --> 00:28:23,810 It's a loving command. 505 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:25,860 It's a wise command. 506 00:28:25,860 --> 00:28:26,810 It's a good command. 507 00:28:26,810 --> 00:28:29,470 It's not a burden to make you feel bad. 508 00:28:30,925 --> 00:28:32,575 That's why Jesus gives you commands. 509 00:28:32,585 --> 00:28:34,765 That's why Jesus comes across so strongly. 510 00:28:34,805 --> 00:28:37,225 That's why these sermons come across so strongly. 511 00:28:37,225 --> 00:28:40,505 It's not because Jesus hates you. 512 00:28:41,095 --> 00:28:42,344 It's because He loves you. 513 00:28:42,585 --> 00:28:46,115 And we're messed up, and we think poison tastes good. 514 00:28:46,634 --> 00:28:47,874 And so we want to drink it. 515 00:28:48,075 --> 00:28:49,325 And Jesus is like, no, stop. 516 00:28:50,235 --> 00:28:52,525 That's why He gives us commands. 517 00:28:56,615 --> 00:29:00,915 See, these last two verses here are the crowd's reaction. 518 00:29:01,610 --> 00:29:03,200 Jesus has been talking for a long time. 519 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,350 If you have a red letter Bible, it's been all red for like two chapters. 520 00:29:07,990 --> 00:29:10,479 And you're finally about to get out of the red into the black. 521 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,180 Maybe we should call it Black Wednesday. 522 00:29:12,180 --> 00:29:12,550 I don't know. 523 00:29:12,930 --> 00:29:16,229 But, that was mostly for the adults because no one understands why it's called 524 00:29:16,229 --> 00:29:17,590 Black Friday except grown ups, I guess. 525 00:29:17,959 --> 00:29:20,920 But, I'm not gonna explain that right now. 526 00:29:21,210 --> 00:29:25,220 But, the last two verses are the crowd's reaction to the whole sermon, which is 527 00:29:25,635 --> 00:29:30,395 Kind of cool, because when the Bible gives you, like, an, an author's reaction 528 00:29:30,395 --> 00:29:32,875 to something, that's really helpful. 529 00:29:32,915 --> 00:29:36,525 Like when the author of the book tells you, hey, here's what people 530 00:29:36,545 --> 00:29:38,465 thought about what Jesus just said. 531 00:29:38,604 --> 00:29:40,015 That's a really good thing to see. 532 00:29:40,415 --> 00:29:43,154 So when you're reading the Bible, keep your eye out for those type of things. 533 00:29:43,934 --> 00:29:47,275 But this is what, does Matthew want you to know about how the 534 00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:49,225 audience responded to Jesus sermon? 535 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:52,694 What does Matthew think the crowd thought? 536 00:29:52,715 --> 00:29:55,495 What does Matthew think the people listening to Jesus Thought. 537 00:29:57,455 --> 00:30:00,375 How did the audience respond to the greatest sermon of all time? 538 00:30:00,835 --> 00:30:02,595 Well, let's look. 539 00:30:02,595 --> 00:30:03,805 Matthew 7 28. 540 00:30:04,085 --> 00:30:09,244 And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching. 541 00:30:09,255 --> 00:30:09,905 They're shocked. 542 00:30:09,954 --> 00:30:10,825 They're amazed. 543 00:30:11,825 --> 00:30:18,885 For he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes. 544 00:30:20,695 --> 00:30:21,695 Probably could have put that on screen for you. 545 00:30:21,695 --> 00:30:22,075 There you go. 546 00:30:23,460 --> 00:30:24,500 The crowd is shocked. 547 00:30:24,650 --> 00:30:25,370 They're amazed. 548 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:26,650 They're like, whoa. 549 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,470 And what are they amazed at? 550 00:30:29,550 --> 00:30:32,140 They're not amazed at necessarily what He said. 551 00:30:32,849 --> 00:30:34,660 They're amazed at the implication. 552 00:30:34,790 --> 00:30:40,780 They're amazed at what Jesus is saying means that Jesus is claiming authority. 553 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:42,860 Unlike anyone they've ever heard. 554 00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:46,570 They've never heard anyone teach like Jesus before. 555 00:30:50,370 --> 00:30:55,360 They're not amazed at the specific things He said, but they're shocked and amazed 556 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:58,320 at His authority with which He says them. 557 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,520 Now, if you just read through this in your Bible, I don't think this 558 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:02,530 is the conclusion you'd come to. 559 00:31:02,570 --> 00:31:02,790 Right? 560 00:31:02,790 --> 00:31:05,480 If you just read through Matthew 5 or 7, you wouldn't be like, Whoa, 561 00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:07,089 Jesus is claiming so much authority. 562 00:31:08,139 --> 00:31:09,670 I don't, I don't think that's how you respond. 563 00:31:09,670 --> 00:31:10,790 So that means we're missing something. 564 00:31:10,820 --> 00:31:11,060 Right? 565 00:31:11,060 --> 00:31:14,050 We have to put our shoes or in the sandals, we have to put our 566 00:31:14,050 --> 00:31:15,330 feet in the sandals of this. 567 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,420 Those Jews who heard Jesus and think, okay, what, what happened here? 568 00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:22,690 Well, the whole sermon, Jesus has been establishing self 569 00:31:22,690 --> 00:31:23,880 as more than just a teacher. 570 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:30,560 He's been saying, you heard it taught one way, but I say to you now, most 571 00:31:30,570 --> 00:31:35,240 Jewish rabbis would never say that they would never say, here's what I say. 572 00:31:35,450 --> 00:31:39,110 They would say, well, see, I say this because the other rabbi and this rabbi and 573 00:31:39,110 --> 00:31:40,600 this rabbi and this rabbi, I'll say that. 574 00:31:40,820 --> 00:31:42,010 And that's kind of our tradition. 575 00:31:42,020 --> 00:31:42,769 And that's what we teach. 576 00:31:43,710 --> 00:31:45,030 Jesus isn't appealing to anyone. 577 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,480 He's saying, you've heard it this way, but I say to you. 578 00:31:50,220 --> 00:31:56,700 Jesus is claiming that He has the right interpretation of God's law. 579 00:31:58,359 --> 00:32:03,070 He's saying, I am, and if you've really followed Matthew's point, He's saying, 580 00:32:03,140 --> 00:32:06,790 I am actually the prophet like Moses who was prophesied going to come. 581 00:32:07,090 --> 00:32:13,025 Jesus is on a mountain, and He comes down the mountain, With a law. 582 00:32:13,845 --> 00:32:14,695 Well, how does that sound like? 583 00:32:14,695 --> 00:32:15,545 It sounds like Moses, right? 584 00:32:15,545 --> 00:32:21,815 He also, if you think about it before, Jesus, in Matthew 3, he goes through 585 00:32:21,815 --> 00:32:27,214 the water when he gets baptized, and he goes into the wilderness, and 586 00:32:27,214 --> 00:32:28,575 then he comes up to the mountain. 587 00:32:28,644 --> 00:32:29,694 Now, what does that sound like? 588 00:32:30,325 --> 00:32:31,965 That sounds like Exodus, right? 589 00:32:32,295 --> 00:32:35,975 So, we're getting this idea of, Matthew was showing us that Jesus 590 00:32:35,975 --> 00:32:37,544 is more than just a teacher. 591 00:32:37,835 --> 00:32:42,760 Jesus It is the long awaited, promised King of Israel who would bring to pass all 592 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:47,240 the promises of God in the Old Testament, establish the Kingdom of God to the ends 593 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,609 of the earth, bring all the nations under his authority, destroy sin, destroy Satan. 594 00:32:50,609 --> 00:32:52,010 This is what the whole Bible's about. 595 00:32:52,010 --> 00:32:59,730 Now, that's probably not amazing news for you. 596 00:33:01,710 --> 00:33:04,600 That's probably either old news for you, or you didn't care. 597 00:33:05,929 --> 00:33:08,670 And see, you're actually more similar to the crowds. 598 00:33:09,275 --> 00:33:10,345 than you might think. 599 00:33:11,785 --> 00:33:15,365 See, the crowds were very impressed with Jesus. 600 00:33:15,945 --> 00:33:17,924 I'm sure they were interested in what he had to say. 601 00:33:18,765 --> 00:33:20,785 I'm sure they would like to come listen to him teach. 602 00:33:21,615 --> 00:33:25,885 But, less than three years later, guess what these crowds are doing? 603 00:33:28,855 --> 00:33:33,585 In three years, they would make fun of him, trade him for a criminal, 604 00:33:34,325 --> 00:33:35,935 and scream until he was crucified. 605 00:33:38,060 --> 00:33:41,130 That's what these crowds would do with the man that they were 606 00:33:41,130 --> 00:33:43,820 so amazed by in these verses. 607 00:33:45,180 --> 00:33:49,059 For all their amazement about Jesus and his teaching, these crowds 608 00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:50,810 have no desire to worship Jesus. 609 00:33:50,810 --> 00:33:52,149 They have no affection for Jesus. 610 00:33:52,150 --> 00:33:56,269 They have no sense of loyalty to Jesus. 611 00:33:57,949 --> 00:33:59,389 He's just interesting. 612 00:33:59,919 --> 00:34:01,319 He's just respected. 613 00:34:01,469 --> 00:34:04,069 He's not worshipped and loved. 614 00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:08,510 And I think you can make the same mistake they do, and I really don't want you to. 615 00:34:08,510 --> 00:34:13,060 So our second point is don't mistake respect for worship. 616 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:19,420 Don't be like the crowds who respect Jesus and have no loyalty, no affection, 617 00:34:21,168 --> 00:34:25,418 no true heartfelt worship for Him. 618 00:34:30,438 --> 00:34:32,900 See, one of Matthew's main points throughout his whole gospel is 619 00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:34,639 that Jesus has all authority. 620 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,870 That's why he started with a big long list of names. 621 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,469 Jesus, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 622 00:34:44,389 --> 00:34:46,020 Jesus is the king, the son of David. 623 00:34:46,020 --> 00:34:49,370 That's why David's first in that sentence, before Abraham. 624 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,980 You wouldn't put David before Abraham unless you were trying to say something. 625 00:34:52,665 --> 00:34:53,545 Jesus is the king. 626 00:34:54,125 --> 00:34:54,885 David's the king. 627 00:34:54,945 --> 00:34:55,804 Abraham wasn't a king. 628 00:34:55,995 --> 00:34:57,755 Jesus is a king like David. 629 00:35:00,315 --> 00:35:04,084 And then, Matthew ends his gospel with, All authority in heaven and 630 00:35:04,084 --> 00:35:05,805 on earth has been given to Jesus. 631 00:35:05,895 --> 00:35:07,635 And then he says, Go, and make disciples. 632 00:35:08,714 --> 00:35:12,785 So Matthew has presented his whole story of Jesus life with the intent to 633 00:35:12,785 --> 00:35:14,915 communicate, Jesus has all authority. 634 00:35:16,385 --> 00:35:20,185 Jesus isn't just to be considered, or respected, or admired. 635 00:35:20,195 --> 00:35:21,455 Jesus is to be worshipped. 636 00:35:22,605 --> 00:35:25,895 Jesus is to be submitted to, to be bowed before. 637 00:35:32,425 --> 00:35:34,985 And it seems like these crowds get it, don't they? 638 00:35:34,994 --> 00:35:35,605 They're astonished. 639 00:35:35,605 --> 00:35:36,074 They're amazed. 640 00:35:36,074 --> 00:35:36,644 Jesus is teaching them. 641 00:35:36,645 --> 00:35:38,185 They're like, Whoa, Jesus, you're amazing. 642 00:35:38,195 --> 00:35:38,664 You're unique. 643 00:35:38,664 --> 00:35:39,824 No one's ever taught like you. 644 00:35:41,215 --> 00:35:45,854 And I think a lot of us are similar. 645 00:35:48,154 --> 00:35:51,324 See, it might seem like you get it. 646 00:35:53,090 --> 00:35:55,550 It might seem like you like Jesus. 647 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:56,900 You agree with Jesus teaching. 648 00:35:58,120 --> 00:35:59,560 You think most of it makes sense. 649 00:35:59,620 --> 00:36:02,030 If Jesus was a teacher at your school, you would pay attention in class. 650 00:36:02,390 --> 00:36:05,240 If Jesus was a coach on your team, you would do his drills, and you 651 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:06,619 wouldn't roll your eyes too often. 652 00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:08,810 Maybe. 653 00:36:09,310 --> 00:36:12,620 But, like the crowds, when push comes to shove 654 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,040 He isn't your master. 655 00:36:16,530 --> 00:36:20,750 You might agree with what he says on the surface, or you might agree that 656 00:36:20,750 --> 00:36:27,160 God exists or that the Bible's true, but you want Jesus to stay in his 657 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,450 corner and not interfere with your life. 658 00:36:31,499 --> 00:36:37,455 You respect Jesus enough not to totally, openly reject him, but you 659 00:36:37,455 --> 00:36:40,505 want him to stay over there and not mess with your personal life too much. 660 00:36:41,145 --> 00:36:45,735 I heard one person illustrate this, as you, you want Jesus to be a guest 661 00:36:45,735 --> 00:36:47,175 in your house, but not the owner. 662 00:36:48,824 --> 00:36:50,355 You want to keep Jesus in his room. 663 00:36:50,955 --> 00:36:56,795 My mother in law just stayed with us this past weekend, and it's funny 664 00:36:56,795 --> 00:37:00,365 when you, when one of your parents come stay at your house, it's, 665 00:37:00,375 --> 00:37:01,715 it's always interesting, right? 666 00:37:01,744 --> 00:37:07,595 Because they're like, Like, they raised you, they're in charge, they were in 667 00:37:07,595 --> 00:37:10,295 charge of you for a while, and then they stay at your house, and you're like, 668 00:37:10,295 --> 00:37:16,175 okay, well, like, you know, we're not gonna like, give up our bed, because 669 00:37:16,175 --> 00:37:21,865 we only have one, but like, you know, I feel bad making her sleep on the couch. 670 00:37:22,425 --> 00:37:24,575 It's a real awkward kind of situation. 671 00:37:26,630 --> 00:37:30,010 When you have a guest in your house, what if the guest in your house, what 672 00:37:30,010 --> 00:37:34,790 if Shay's mom just starts, you know, we're getting ready for bed, and she's 673 00:37:34,790 --> 00:37:39,910 like, oh, just heads right into our room, puts her PJs on, gets in bed, 674 00:37:39,910 --> 00:37:42,130 and we're like, wait, hang on, what? 675 00:37:42,299 --> 00:37:43,200 Like, that would be weird. 676 00:37:44,539 --> 00:37:46,190 Because she's a guest, right? 677 00:37:46,190 --> 00:37:47,740 We want her to stay over there. 678 00:37:48,150 --> 00:37:49,920 We want her kind of out of our space. 679 00:37:50,725 --> 00:37:51,015 Right? 680 00:37:51,015 --> 00:37:52,055 When you're a guest in someone's house. 681 00:37:52,075 --> 00:37:54,245 I spent a lot of time at the Daniel's house this summer. 682 00:37:54,245 --> 00:37:55,575 Partly because I got hit by a tornado. 683 00:37:55,575 --> 00:37:58,845 But, um, I was a guest. 684 00:37:59,275 --> 00:37:59,545 Right? 685 00:37:59,545 --> 00:38:02,945 I didn't just come in and be like, alright guys, here's what 686 00:38:02,945 --> 00:38:04,845 I'm doing today in your house. 687 00:38:05,044 --> 00:38:05,374 Right? 688 00:38:06,054 --> 00:38:06,534 No. 689 00:38:06,585 --> 00:38:07,274 That would be weird. 690 00:38:07,274 --> 00:38:08,284 That would be kind of wrong. 691 00:38:09,374 --> 00:38:10,955 I'm sure I would not have stayed as long at their house 692 00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:12,375 as I did if I had done that. 693 00:38:13,115 --> 00:38:14,245 I even did my own dishes. 694 00:38:14,315 --> 00:38:15,865 Anyway, so, um, 695 00:38:18,395 --> 00:38:21,175 A lot of you probably feel that way about Jesus. 696 00:38:21,185 --> 00:38:23,055 You want Jesus to stay in His corner. 697 00:38:24,015 --> 00:38:25,345 You want Him in your room. 698 00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:30,595 You want to keep your space the way it is, and you want Jesus to stay over there. 699 00:38:32,305 --> 00:38:35,575 You don't want Him to interfere with, Oh, Jesus, you can't tell me who to date. 700 00:38:36,384 --> 00:38:38,335 Jesus you can't tell me what videos to watch. 701 00:38:39,985 --> 00:38:45,075 Jesus you can't decide what sport I play or how I talk to my siblings. 702 00:38:46,235 --> 00:38:47,665 Jesus, you can tell me how to feel? 703 00:38:50,075 --> 00:38:52,435 You want Jesus to do some stuff for you? 704 00:38:52,785 --> 00:38:53,065 Right? 705 00:38:53,125 --> 00:38:54,295 Oh, Jesus, can you get me to heaven? 706 00:38:54,355 --> 00:38:54,735 Great. 707 00:38:55,785 --> 00:38:57,295 Then just leave me alone until I get there? 708 00:38:59,915 --> 00:39:01,004 That's not worship. 709 00:39:02,565 --> 00:39:04,465 That's not even a relationship with Jesus. 710 00:39:05,135 --> 00:39:09,695 You just want Jesus, bumper sticker, and go on with your life. 711 00:39:10,235 --> 00:39:18,505 Worship means complete submission to Jesus. 712 00:39:20,205 --> 00:39:21,945 Jesus isn't just a guest in your life. 713 00:39:22,115 --> 00:39:24,835 He owns every room of your life. 714 00:39:28,165 --> 00:39:29,985 That's what worshiping Jesus is. 715 00:39:29,995 --> 00:39:32,135 That's what a real Christian is. 716 00:39:34,385 --> 00:39:38,465 And I think even for us Christians, if you're a Christian in the room, you can be 717 00:39:38,465 --> 00:39:40,565 in danger of making this mistake as well. 718 00:39:40,785 --> 00:39:46,105 There can be times where you and I We don't want to worship Jesus, even 719 00:39:46,105 --> 00:39:50,095 though we still trust him and love him as a general pattern of our life. 720 00:39:50,675 --> 00:39:55,084 Maybe illustrate it like this, Jesus bought your house already, but sometimes 721 00:39:55,084 --> 00:39:59,224 we wish we could have our own space, or have a pet that he doesn't like, 722 00:39:59,225 --> 00:40:00,714 or throw a party without him knowing. 723 00:40:00,935 --> 00:40:01,245 So, 724 00:40:03,575 --> 00:40:06,125 see, maybe you want to date that person that you know is bad for you, 725 00:40:06,125 --> 00:40:08,715 or you're putting off baptism because you're scared of being in front of 726 00:40:08,725 --> 00:40:11,985 people, or you read the Bible but you don't give it your best effort, or 727 00:40:11,985 --> 00:40:14,465 you're afraid to freely mention to your friends, what'd you do this weekend? 728 00:40:14,465 --> 00:40:15,235 Oh, I went to church. 729 00:40:15,244 --> 00:40:15,895 It was great. 730 00:40:17,545 --> 00:40:18,534 Bad move, right? 731 00:40:18,895 --> 00:40:19,744 You look stupid. 732 00:40:20,114 --> 00:40:20,905 Do you love Jesus? 733 00:40:20,905 --> 00:40:23,405 Are you embarrassed by Him? 734 00:40:25,205 --> 00:40:27,375 Or maybe you really don't feel like having a good attitude when your 735 00:40:27,375 --> 00:40:28,584 parents tell you to do something. 736 00:40:28,805 --> 00:40:30,045 Jesus has authority over that. 737 00:40:31,965 --> 00:40:34,105 Maybe you're not putting up much of a fight against lustful 738 00:40:34,115 --> 00:40:35,585 thoughts or angry words. 739 00:40:37,585 --> 00:40:39,105 Jesus has authority over those. 740 00:40:40,764 --> 00:40:45,134 So worship motivates an enduring desire to live for Jesus. 741 00:40:45,165 --> 00:40:49,724 See the difference between a crowd member who respects Jesus and a disciple 742 00:40:49,725 --> 00:40:56,095 who worships Jesus is that worship for Jesus is fueled by love, trust, and awe. 743 00:40:57,770 --> 00:40:58,740 You love Jesus. 744 00:40:58,750 --> 00:41:00,850 He's precious to you. 745 00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:02,140 He's your treasure. 746 00:41:02,150 --> 00:41:04,260 He's the most important thing in your life. 747 00:41:04,260 --> 00:41:07,130 He's the thing you most want, the person you most want to be with. 748 00:41:07,780 --> 00:41:09,960 That's what love for Jesus really is. 749 00:41:11,249 --> 00:41:13,270 You trust Jesus, right? 750 00:41:14,010 --> 00:41:14,710 He's wise. 751 00:41:14,710 --> 00:41:15,259 He's good. 752 00:41:15,260 --> 00:41:16,199 He's powerful. 753 00:41:16,230 --> 00:41:17,280 You want to do what he says. 754 00:41:17,470 --> 00:41:20,310 When, when you have a conflict, you're like, well, Jesus is smarter than me. 755 00:41:20,330 --> 00:41:21,080 I'll do what he says. 756 00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:22,460 That's trust. 757 00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:27,880 And awe, or as the Bible would put it, even fear. 758 00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:32,730 Jesus is the king, he's holy, he's glorious, and he's terrifying. 759 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,560 That's what Jesus really is. 760 00:41:37,789 --> 00:41:41,710 Don't settle for a tame Jesus who you only give respect to and 761 00:41:41,720 --> 00:41:43,679 leave in one corner of your life. 762 00:41:45,130 --> 00:41:50,950 Jesus is the king of kings and he deserves everything you have to give. 763 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:54,640 Everything is on the table when you follow Jesus. 764 00:41:54,950 --> 00:41:57,980 You can't partly give him some of your life. 765 00:41:57,980 --> 00:41:59,680 He has all authority. 766 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,350 See, Jesus words are the focus. 767 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:12,119 He says, these words of mine, everyone who hears them and does them, is a 768 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:17,830 wise person, who builds his house on a rock, perfectly safe in a storm. 769 00:42:17,830 --> 00:42:20,960 That's because Jesus words are the very words of God. 770 00:42:22,260 --> 00:42:25,260 Believing him is like planting yourself. 771 00:42:26,070 --> 00:42:29,720 Into a solid rock, never to be shaken or moved, right? 772 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:32,700 The grass withers, the flower, flower flit, fades. 773 00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:37,620 Well, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever. 774 00:42:37,690 --> 00:42:37,810 Right? 775 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:41,180 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. 776 00:42:41,180 --> 00:42:43,699 Jesus words bring the dead to life. 777 00:42:45,909 --> 00:42:48,669 His words always accomplish their purpose. 778 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,250 They never return unsuccessful. 779 00:42:52,490 --> 00:42:58,929 They guard the souls of Christians and their swords to fight the devil himself. 780 00:43:00,260 --> 00:43:04,010 Jesus words are sweeter than honey, a delight to your heart. 781 00:43:06,579 --> 00:43:09,489 His words are a guide and a light when you don't know what to do. 782 00:43:09,490 --> 00:43:17,480 They're living active, piercing between the thoughts and intentions of your heart. 783 00:43:18,470 --> 00:43:19,840 His words cannot be broken. 784 00:43:20,150 --> 00:43:23,490 Every word of God proves true, Proverbs says. 785 00:43:23,780 --> 00:43:25,920 See, Jesus words are to live by. 786 00:43:26,910 --> 00:43:29,829 They're everything because they're from God. 787 00:43:30,149 --> 00:43:31,160 They're God's words. 788 00:43:32,330 --> 00:43:34,899 And they claim all authority in your life. 789 00:43:36,130 --> 00:43:36,459 Let's pray. 790 00:43:36,460 --> 00:43:43,050 Father, I pray that you help us to take your son seriously. 791 00:43:43,630 --> 00:43:47,320 I pray that we would not just isolate him to part of our life. 792 00:43:47,340 --> 00:43:53,425 I pray that we would not just I don't want to have a label that says we 793 00:43:53,425 --> 00:43:57,024 like Jesus, but I pray that we would see that Jesus is worthy of our full 794 00:43:57,024 --> 00:44:01,275 attention, our full devotion, all of our affection in our very lives. 795 00:44:01,995 --> 00:44:06,775 Help us to focus in small groups, help us to be respectful of our leaders and 796 00:44:06,775 --> 00:44:10,015 of each other, help us to be honest, and help us to give glory to you. 797 00:44:10,015 --> 00:44:11,935 I pray this in Jesus name, Amen.