1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:10,600 This is the. End of what I have considered a 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:16,960 wonderful sermon series in the Gospel of Luke's account of 3 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,600 Jesus famous sermon that is called often the Sermon on the 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,240 plane. And what a wonderful study it's 5 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:25,720 been. As we concluded this morning. 6 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,120 We'll look at the final. Passage of Scripture that we 7 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,400 have yet to. Examine and we'll also just kind 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,320 of. Look back to what we have. 9 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:37,600 Been discussing so far and to start us in that regard I will 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,080 remind you something that has been stated a few times that 11 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:47,480 this sermon is not Jesus giving instructions on how to enter 12 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:50,200 into the Kingdom of. God, this is a. 13 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,600 Sermon that when studied. It is clear that Jesus. 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:58,080 Is giving a. Portrait of what a true 15 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,480 disciple. Someone who's in the Kingdom 16 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,000 will look like. And how they will behave towards 17 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,600 others and how ultimately. They will live and grow to 18 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,920 become more and more and more like Jesus himself. 19 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,760 And so as we conclude the sermon series, we will end with Jesus 20 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,800 really giving an examination for. 21 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,040 Who is? A Kingdom person and who isn't 22 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,360 and? If I had to ask you. 23 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,960 The question This will be the question of the sermon. 24 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:32,560 Are you? A devoted disciple of Christ, 25 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,440 Are you a. Kingdom Person does your. 26 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:41,720 Life show a portrait of. The sermon on the plane and. 27 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:47,040 If you are. Like most of our country, the 28 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,160 reports on how you would answer. That are probably a little. 29 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,840 Inflated just in the room this size it's probably an overstated 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,000 fact that the common polling the percentages of people in our 31 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,400 country that say they're Christian do not actually match 32 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,560 the cultural impact that Christianity Christianity has So 33 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,800 there's a disconnect from profession in reality and the 34 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,600 same disconnect is probably true anytime that. 35 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,880 The gospel is preached to. An audience of just. 36 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,160 A couple people. You know, if you had to answer 37 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,800 that question, you are in fact doing many things that would 38 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,720 give you a head start on answering yes. 39 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:27,760 You're. A A believer, A follower, a 40 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,800 disciple of Jesus, you are. Listening to this proposition in 41 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,840 church, after all. Which is a great start. 42 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,880 To Seeking Jesus and you just finished singing some incredible 43 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,720 songs about Jesus. And if you didn't sing, at least 44 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,080 you tolerated. Those of us who. 45 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:49,040 Did and all of our faults and errors and you're now sitting 46 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,640 patiently and eagerly through a sermon and many of you will, you 47 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:55,760 know, maybe even get something out of the sermon and say you 48 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,760 liked the sermon so you look good on. 49 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,760 Paper, but as we will discuss this. 50 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,400 Morning in the final message is that. 51 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,120 Looks. Can be deceiving that. 52 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,520 How we present ourselves. Is not. 53 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,880 Actually, who we are and. To get that lesson, we'll look 54 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,200 at. Two specific parables that 55 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,600 you've probably heard. Before if you spent any time 56 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,760 around church, but before we look at them appropriately, I 57 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,440 can start with maybe a living parable that comes from my own 58 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,400 life. My wife recently decided to get 59 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,200 a. Watch to buy herself a watch. 60 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,440 For reasons that were good, she told me she wanted to watch so 61 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:36,160 that. She would have to. 62 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,280 Look at her phone less. I don't know if you have noticed 63 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,520 that even checking your phone for the time can turn into all 64 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,240 other sorts of things that you weren't actually expecting or 65 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,880 meaning to do on the phone. So if you can just limit the 66 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,680 amount of times you look at the thing, you can limit the amount 67 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,240 of times the thing tells you what to do. 68 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,040 So she buys herself a. Watch and and she shows it to me 69 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,880 and she says I. Realized that the watch I bought 70 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:07,400 is actually it looks just like a six. $1000 designer watch and I 71 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,040 said how much do you pay for it? She said don't worry, I only 72 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,320 paid. $30.00 for it. It's a replica. 73 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,120 And. Some of you have probably. 74 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,880 No doubt bought something that was meant to look a lot fancier 75 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:24,960 than it was, because it's kind of nice to own nice things, even 76 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,840 if you can't afford them. And if you haven't let me, let 77 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:31,000 me. Reveal to you just how. 78 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,760 Alluring the Counterfeit Goods Market is in research in 79 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:40,320 preparation for this sermon, I found out that the counterfeit 80 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:44,280 good. Annual revenue is about to. 81 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:49,600 Cross $1 trillion globally so if even if it's not you buying 82 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,320 designer bags and fake watches and knock. 83 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,720 Off shoes. There must be somebody out there 84 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,040 that thinks it's worth the counterfeit product and and the. 85 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:04,520 Trade off is you get the look for a lot less cost. 86 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,600 And of course the message is it's alluring, not. 87 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,160 Because we're all so fashionable. 88 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,840 Because there's something. In the human heart. 89 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,840 That likes to have the product at a discount price. 90 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:22,960 And so if you can't relate to the designer fashion 91 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,960 counterfeits, maybe you can relate to some other area. 92 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,760 Of your life if you're. Really honest about some of the 93 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,080 work you've put your hands to or some of the ways you're living 94 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:32,760 your life and the way that it's presented. 95 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,920 If you were. Really honest, you would admit 96 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,680 that there is some counterfeit to your own. 97 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,400 Very life. You know, if you've ever posted 98 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,320 anything on social media. Ever. 99 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,400 Have you ever? Been tempted to find an angle 100 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,520 that looks a little bit better than the reality of the moment. 101 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,080 Of course we all have. There's an entire phrase called 102 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,680 Instagram verse reality because so many people present a life 103 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,720 that is nowhere near reality. It's counterfeit if you've ever 104 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,920 gone to. School Have you ever worked so 105 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,480 hard just to get the grade? Knowing that you were going to 106 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,680 forget everything, that the grade is not actually an A 107 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,360 grade, does not actually mean that you're an expert on the 108 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,760 topic, that you present yourself as an A student, knowing that 109 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:17,160 behind the scenes you know nothing. 110 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,880 It's happened to all of us, and even more sincerely. 111 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,200 Have you ever? Been part of a relationship. 112 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,200 That looks good on paper or? Would look good from the outside 113 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,920 looking in, but you know that inside it's tearing apart at the 114 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,120 seams. But you present yourself as a 115 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:36,760 way to pass the eye test the counterfeit can. 116 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:41,200 Pass the eye test but. It doesn't pass the test of 117 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,640 time. And with these things in mind, 118 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,320 maybe with a stirring in your heart that you. 119 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:51,400 Yourself have an allure to this. We now get an entire message of 120 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,800 Jesus. That foolishly. 121 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,440 We can do that with. Our spirituality with our 122 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:57,640 devotion. To Jesus with. 123 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:03,600 Who we actually are, right? Here in this moment, seeking God 124 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,520 outwardly, but maybe not necessarily from our hearts. 125 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,400 And so that is where we will conclude the Sermon on the 126 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,440 Mount. Who? 127 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,720 Is really. A Kingdom person and for this. 128 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,280 Jesus will give us a couple of tests an. 129 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,840 Examination of our of the. Depths of our life. 130 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,760 Through some parables. So let's just read the first. 131 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,560 Parable and then we'll. We'll stop and discuss starting. 132 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:34,760 In Luke chapter 6 verse. 43 Jesus says for a good tree does. 133 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,560 Not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear. 134 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,320 Good fruit for every tree is. Known by its own. 135 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,680 Fruit for. Men do not gather figs from 136 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,880 thorns, nor do they. Gather grapes. 137 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:52,760 From a Bramble Bush. Likewise a good. 138 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,440 Man out of the good. Treasure of his heart. 139 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,680 Brings forth good and an evil man out. 140 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,680 Of the evil treasure of his heart. 141 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,960 Brings forth evil. For out of the abundance. 142 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,680 Of. The heart. 143 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:12,840 His mouth speaks and then Jesus comes to the question. 144 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,320 Of the hour, why do you call me Lord? 145 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,440 Lord and. Do not do. 146 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,880 The. Things which I say. 147 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,320 Why do you sit? Under the teaching, but take. 148 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,240 It or leave it? Why? 149 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,960 Do you come to church and the Holy Spirit convicts you, but 150 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:37,960 there's no real change in your life or in the purposes of what 151 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,200 we've been doing all summer long? 152 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,799 Why do you hear? The portrait of what it looks 153 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,400 like to follow Jesus. And have a life that looks so 154 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,560 disconnected from the. Call that Christ would place. 155 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:53,160 On his followers. Looks can be. 156 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,360 Deceiving and so for. This we have our first parable. 157 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:03,280 It is, in fact. 2 trees that. If it weren't for the produce or 158 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,960 what was coming out of them, they may look very similar. 159 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,480 He says for a good. Tree does not bear bad fruit, 160 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,960 nor does a. Bad tree bear good fruit. 161 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,640 Now I'm sure I know there are probably thousands of actual 162 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,440 different type. Of seeds. 163 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:24,080 That turn into trees and trees that produce either thorns or 164 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,400 fruit. But for the purposes of what? 165 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,080 Jesus is going to describe. He says they're. 166 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:34,200 Essentially two types of trees. There are good trees that have 167 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,960 nutrition. Something of value that you can 168 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:42,200 get from the tree. And there are bad trees, thorny, 169 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:47,600 poisonous trees, and the only way you know the difference. 170 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,160 Is to wait what? Happens with the test of time, 171 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:54,800 he says in verse 44 for every. Tree is. 172 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,720 Known by its own fruit, don't gather. 173 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:00,760 Figs. From a thorn Bush. 174 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:02,920 Nor do they gather. Grapes from a Bramble tree, so 175 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:07,080 you wait to see what comes out of the tree. 176 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:14,080 In other words, the nature the the DNA nature of the tree is 177 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,080 going to tell you what kind of tree. 178 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,280 It. Is and. 179 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,840 I always get to go. Before the congregation in the 180 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,800 preparation for the sermon, so. There's ways that this word has 181 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,720 already given. Me some insight of just. 182 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,680 How this all works so last night. 183 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:32,800 There was a family of our. Church that had a had. 184 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,200 A fruit picking party. It's perfect. 185 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,560 It's like they have fruit. Trees in their backyard and they 186 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:41,840 have more fruit than they know what to do with. 187 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,000 So the idea, I guess, is if you bite people. 188 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,400 Over and give them some Peaches, then they'll come back and give 189 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:47,120 you some pies. I don't. 190 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,040 Know if that's your theory but I think it's a good idea. 191 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,760 But I I loved the story of. Them buying their home and 192 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:58,360 inheriting some trees. That for all they could tell. 193 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:00,920 Were mysterious. They didn't know what kind of 194 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:06,160 trees they bought, but the test of time revealed that a fruit. 195 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,040 Tree will always produce the. Same fruit. 196 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:11,720 So. For them, after the season 197 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,080 unfolded and it bore fruit. They said that's a Peachtree 198 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,120 and. That's a Cherry Tree, and now we 199 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,720 know from here on and forever, that's the kind of tree. 200 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,480 That we have. And as we take the parable. 201 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,560 Further, I'll just pause. Just for a teaching moment that 202 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:31,840 Jesus says each tree is known by its own fruit and the the 203 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,080 picture you might. Be be seeing. 204 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,680 Is like an orchard of. Peach. 205 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:40,520 Trees and a tree in the midst of an orchard. 206 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,440 Of Peach trees is still. Only known by its own fruit, 207 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,680 meaning there could be an entire orchard of certain fruit bearing 208 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:52,520 trees and one Bramble Bush, and that Bush will never by 209 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,280 association bear fruit. I. 210 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,800 Look out and I see an orchard of people seeking God and each. 211 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,080 Tree will be known. By its own fruit. 212 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,320 You will not become a fruit bearing tree just by sitting in 213 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:09,760 the orchard of trees. And I will also. 214 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,680 Say, just as a practical. Teaching moment that Jesus 215 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:17,720 offering us this amazing test by which we can discern things is a 216 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,080 great. Tool for your spiritual tool 217 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:22,280 belt. To. 218 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,920 To be able to discern. Things by this practical testing 219 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:27,960 of the fruit will. Work. 220 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,080 In your life as you grow in your maturity of in Christ. 221 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,240 There's all. Sorts of things that maybe the 222 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,240 results are mixed or the OR uncertain as. 223 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,400 Of yet, but you can. Wait, and how do things stand up 224 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:45,200 to the test of time as being nutritious or poisonous in your 225 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,160 life? I think of a. 226 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,240 Very low hanging. Fruit in this example, you know, 227 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,400 10 years ago, I think the the. Jury was probably still out. 228 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:55,160 On the social media machine, whether it was. 229 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,640 Good. For, you know, social networking 230 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,400 and keeping people in touch and, and certainly there are some 231 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,560 benefits of that, but. I don't think. 232 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,720 Anyone can debate any longer whether or not kids of a certain 233 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,760 age should go anywhere near it the the generation before us 234 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:11,680 has. Tried that. 235 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,640 And it turned out to be nothing but thorns turned into all sorts 236 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,680 of depression and body image issues. 237 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,280 And now we can say the test of time has shown us. 238 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,520 That that fruit is. No good. 239 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:28,440 Let us not do it any further. I know the same for me and and 240 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,400 just the consumption of news. There was a time where it was 241 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:32,320 like. What do we do with? 242 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,760 This amazing ability to be in touch with everything all at 243 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,560 once, everywhere. And for me, I have realized that 244 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:39,720 if I. Start my day. 245 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,920 With headline news of every issue going on in every place in 246 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,400 the world, it is not the most spiritually peaceful. 247 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:47,440 Day that I'm. Going to have. 248 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,400 There's not a lot I can do with that. 249 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:51,280 So I've tested that fruit and it. 250 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,440 Turned out to be thorny, but I can tell you, and I encourage 251 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:55,880 you to test this fruit in your life. 252 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,960 When I start my day with the peace of the Lord's presence. 253 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,000 When I start my day with the Word. 254 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,400 That bears a lot. Of fruit in my life, I find that 255 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:08,840 those days seem to be me walking in more power and grace of God. 256 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:13,240 This is just for your life. What is the test of fruit, say? 257 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,480 About the things that you're engaging in with your own life, 258 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,320 It's a. Good spiritual tool for your 259 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,480 tool belt, but that's. Not where Jesus ends the 260 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,240 parable. He's not just giving us a 261 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:23,440 parable. So that we could discern. 262 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:28,080 Things he's. Actually going to teach us about 263 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:33,840 who we are, about why. It is sometimes we can seek him 264 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,800 and not follow him. So that there we. 265 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,800 Would understand The parable is going to tell us not just about 266 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,040 trees, but about humans. Look what? 267 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,040 He says verse 45 likewise a good. 268 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,160 Man out of the good. Treasure of his heart. 269 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:51,640 Brings forth good and evil, An evil man out of the evil. 270 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:52,880 Treasure of his heart brings. Forth. 271 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:57,080 Evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his. 272 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:01,280 Mouth speaks. There are two types of trees. 273 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,960 And the nature of the tree. Will reveal whether it's good. 274 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,400 And nutritious or bad and dangerous. 275 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,680 And in the end, although there are all sorts of personality 276 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,320 types and different ethnicities, there are lots of different 277 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,560 types of people. For the purposes of right. 278 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,960 Now to answer the question, are you a Kingdom person? 279 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,880 There are two. Types of people there are good 280 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:23,600 out of. The abundance of the heart flows 281 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:28,240 good and evil in in a more biblical. 282 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,560 Stated way, there are the righteous and. 283 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:36,360 The unrighteous and the nature. Of who you are, your heart will 284 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:40,160 reveal your fruit, for out of the abundance of the heart. 285 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,160 His mouth speaks. Your life. 286 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,360 And the fruit. Of your life has to do with your 287 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,440 heart this is what Jesus is really after in. 288 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,280 All of his lessons and now as he. 289 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,360 Gives the test and the. Examination of our life. 290 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,400 Are you a Kingdom person? He doesn't want to start. 291 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:00,920 With the way your life looks, he. 292 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,720 Want to start he wants to start with the nature of who you are 293 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:11,520 righteous or unrighteous, good or evil and this is where we. 294 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:16,480 Start to get the precursors of a great gospel. 295 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,040 Moment of the sermon. But for every great gospel. 296 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,280 Moment the good news that we can actually have a heart that is 297 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,600 after God's own heart. For every gospel. 298 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,480 Moment we have to start. Where the gospel starts by 299 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:31,160 saying. Every person apart from the 300 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,760 grace of God. Is wicked to their core. 301 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,800 Sorry if this is your first. Time at church, But that's where 302 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,600 the message. Always has to begin. 303 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,520 The. Message starts with the core of 304 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,000 who you are, the. Nature. 305 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,640 Of who you are apart from. God's grace and his regenerate 306 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,400 power in your life is. That you are a bad tree. 307 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,480 We all are. All have fallen. 308 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,680 Sin all. Have fallen short and. 309 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:54,400 And sin fallen short of the glory of God. 310 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,120 For this lesson. We can actually see another 311 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,080 picture in the life of Jesus. Remember last week? 312 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,120 As we talked about. Judgement and condemnation. 313 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,280 There's just a a whole culture that. 314 00:17:06,319 --> 00:17:08,880 Jesus was preaching that lesson into. 315 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,119 Of people that judged him. And condemned him for 316 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,280 everything. And one of those? 317 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,319 Stories is found in Mark Chapter 7. 318 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,760 When? Jesus and his disciples come to 319 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,640 eat in a in a mixed group. Of people, some very religious, 320 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,280 like Pharisees. And some not. 321 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,760 And Jesus comes, and they watch his every move. 322 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,240 And they notice that when Jesus and his disciples come to eat, 323 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,440 they don't mess around with the ceremonial washing of hands. 324 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,480 And during this time, everything was under the microscope and 325 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,280 the. Pharisees watched Jesus every 326 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,680 move. And he decided to not obey one 327 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,720 of the traditions of man, which is to go through all of these 328 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,160 different ceremonial washes. Not to say he didn't cleanse his 329 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,080 hands, but they said they wanted special. 330 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,280 Washing. And in the ceremonial washing, 331 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,400 you wash your hands and you do it again, and you do it so 332 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,520 everyone can see. And then you wash the cup and 333 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,520 the outside of the cup and the inside of the dish and the 334 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,000 outside of the dish. And it was all. 335 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,600 Presented as such a way. To show everyone around you how 336 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,000 ceremonial, religiously clean you were. 337 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:16,600 And as Jesus decides not to do this tradition, the Pharisees 338 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,280 and scribe said to him, Why do your disciples not walk? 339 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,800 According to the tradition of. Elders and they eat with 340 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:31,440 unwashed hands, we. Are so addicted to. 341 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:37,840 The surface examination of good, evil, clean, unclean, religious 342 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:43,800 and irreligious and what? Jesus says to these people is 343 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,480 what we all have to. Hear it is not what comes out of 344 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,400 you that defiles you. It's not what? 345 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:49,160 Goes into you. It's what? 346 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,160 Comes out of you. That defiles you. 347 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,600 And he gives them a lesson on the actual need from cleansing 348 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,680 is not your hands, but your heart. 349 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,480 Mark Chapter 7, verse 6. He answered and said to them. 350 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,520 Well did Isaiah prophecy of you hypocrites as it is written. 351 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,760 That people honor me with their lips. 352 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:13,080 But their heart is far. From me, they honor me this. 353 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:14,960 Is the Lord prophesying through Isaiah? 354 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,320 That there would be a time when people do everything they can to 355 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,880 be externally. Religious, but they have 356 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,000 nothing. Surrendered in their heart to 357 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,440 God. And then he goes on to say from 358 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,520 within out. Of the heart of men. 359 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,000 Proceed evil. Thoughts. 360 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,640 Adulteries. Fornications, murders, thefts, 361 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,360 covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, and evil. 362 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:45,520 Eye, blasphemy, pride and foolishness, all these evil 363 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,880 things. Come from within and defile a 364 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,240 man. We spent. 365 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,160 We spent. So much time. 366 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,520 Worried about the external view of our lives? 367 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,840 And Jesus says. But what does your heart? 368 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,200 Say about. Your life. 369 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,800 And now we re ask the question of the sermon. 370 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,920 Why do they call him Lord? Lord. 371 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,520 And not do what? He says. 372 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,280 This is where the sermon will give some of you answers. 373 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,600 As to why? Maybe you listen to the 374 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,280 teachings. You. 375 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,680 Sit under the teachings. You even say good sermon and 376 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,960 your life has no effective change to make it more like. 377 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,120 Jesus to those around you, why? Don't you do? 378 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:41,520 What he tells you to do. The answer is fundamentally 379 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,360 because you can't. This. 380 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:50,440 Is not a sermon of good. Advice to go try to do better 381 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:54,240 with. Your nature determines your 382 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:59,560 fruit and if you have a nature. That is full of all of this evil 383 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,200 and hard heartedness. Against God, you are not going 384 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,040 to produce obedience to the things that He calls. 385 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,000 You to do that are so far. Beyond your nature. 386 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,400 The heart is deceitful above all things and. 387 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,240 Desperately wicked. Your nature is not to hear the 388 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,640 message of the Sermon on the Mount and say, sounds great. 389 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:22,640 Your nature is to hear it and say. 390 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,160 That's not what I would do. In. 391 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,480 Fact it is designed. To push you beyond what you 392 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,720 would normally do. To push the. 393 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,840 Boundaries of love so far beyond what you're comfortable with in 394 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,440 your nature. That's why he says. 395 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,440 Why do you say? You love your friends, but not 396 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,040 your enemies. Anyone could do that? 397 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:47,560 It's. Within your nature to. 398 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,320 Love the people you already love. 399 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,760 It's within your nature to. Like people who are good to you. 400 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,040 And to dislike. People who are not. 401 00:21:55,040 --> 00:22:00,280 Good to you. But to be a tree to. 402 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:04,400 Be a new natured person that bears fruit that makes. 403 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,920 You look like Jesus will. Require you. 404 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,080 To. Have a new nature. 405 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,080 Here's. How William Temple puts it, it 406 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:17,160 is no good giving me a play like Hamlet or King Lear and telling 407 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,120 me to write 1 like that. Those are Shakespeare plays and. 408 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,440 Shakespeare could do it. I can't. 409 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,040 It's also no good showing me a life. 410 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,840 Like the life of. Jesus and telling me to live. 411 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,720 A life like that, Jesus could do it. 412 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,960 I can't. Jesus can love his enemies. 413 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,920 Jesus can endure the shame for the joy set before him. 414 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,320 You can't. But. 415 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,360 The quote goes on. But if the genius of. 416 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:50,160 Shakespeare could come and live in me, then I could. 417 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:55,040 Write plays like his. And if the spirit. 418 00:22:55,040 --> 00:23:00,640 Of Jesus could come. And live in me, then I could 419 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,440 live a. Life like. 420 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:14,280 His This entire sermon series is meant to humble us to the point 421 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:20,480 of crying out for a new heart and. 422 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,000 By God's grace. His word promises us. 423 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:29,800 That that's exactly what. His design is the Prophet. 424 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,200 Ezekiel says I. Will give you a new heart and 425 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,000 put a new spirit within you. I will. 426 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,520 Take your heart of stone out of your flesh. 427 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,200 And give you a heart. Of flesh. 428 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,480 A new heart. This. 429 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,600 Sermon is not a sermon that tells. 430 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,200 You how to get. Into the Kingdom. 431 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,560 It is a sermon that describes someone who is already in it 432 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,000 describes someone who is born again. 433 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:01,800 Who? Has taken their old thorny and 434 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:06,440 sinful and evil nature and put it into the baptismal waters, 435 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,920 signifying the death to the old man, and come out of the 436 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,360 baptismal waters signifying a new life in Christ. 437 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,520 For those of you who are. Not born again. 438 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,840 If you read the Sermon on the Mount and try to do this, you. 439 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,400 Will fail. You do. 440 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:27,200 Not have a nature to love like this and. 441 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,880 For all of us who do believe in the. 442 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,040 Same spirit that rose Christ from the grave now lives in us 443 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:34,440 to. Display the power of God. 444 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,560 Remember the disclaimer from our guest speaker, Pastor Paul. 445 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,600 Disclaimer. Do not try in the flesh. 446 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,000 The only way any of this works is if we are. 447 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:50,800 Spirit people, if we cry out as. We pray for our enemies, for the 448 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,400 power. Of the Spirit to love them. 449 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,880 John chapter 15 says I am the vine Jesus. 450 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaking to his disciples, you. Are the branches. 451 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:06,480 He who abides in. Me and I in him. 452 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:13,200 Will. Bear much fruit, and here is one 453 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,960 of those underlined verse of the Bible. 454 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,560 Memorize it. Do not try to read and do the 455 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,000 Sermon on the Mount without this theology in your heart. 456 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,000 For without me. You can do nothing. 457 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,440 This. Is not a sermon of good advice. 458 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,840 This is not a series. Of practical life. 459 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,200 Tips to make your relationships just a little bit better This is 460 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,840 a sermon that requires. You. 461 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:46,120 To utterly depend on the person of Jesus, abiding in Him to bear 462 00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:50,520 any fruit and humbly admitting that apart from Christ in your 463 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:56,240 life you can do nothing. Why don't you do what He calls? 464 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,800 You to do. Why do you call him Lord? 465 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,960 Why do you come to church? Why do you sing the songs? 466 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,800 Why do you listen to sermons and your life is unaffected? 467 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,480 Because you have no power. To live this apart from the 468 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,200 power of God in you. Some. 469 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,960 Of you need a refreshment of the holy. 470 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:15,760 Spirit to live like Jesus. And then he says. 471 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,160 To. Give us an answer on this 472 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,040 question. What does it look to? 473 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,320 Like. To abide in Him, abiding means 474 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,640 to remain in Him. Abiding means that He is now 475 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,520 your lifeblood, like the vine and branch. 476 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,400 The word becomes the lamp. Unto your feet, His presence 477 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,480 becomes nourishment to your soul. 478 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,880 You're abiding in Him as one would abide with a relationship 479 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,720 with someone they love. In other words, abiding in Him 480 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,240 means to love Him with your whole life. 481 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,760 And that's why Jesus says if you love me. 482 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,520 You. Will keep my commandments. 483 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:55,320 There's the answer. If you love the Lord, you will 484 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,560 do what he says. Which brings us back to the 485 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:04,880 question, Why do you call me Lord and do not do the things 486 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:10,000 which I say? Lord. 487 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,480 Means. A. 488 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:18,240 Position of authority. To call out to God as Lord is 489 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,280 at. Least with your mouth to declare 490 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:26,760 him the the King, the one who when he says things, he has 491 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,640 authority. That you will do it. 492 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,880 And and for just. A quick. 493 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,040 Pause on this idea. I think we have to speak. 494 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,440 Into the culture that we're swimming in right now. 495 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,840 Because to call someone Lord means to. 496 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:47,760 To submit in obedience to them and and we live in a world. 497 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,680 Where the word obedience. Is colliding with another common 498 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,640 word that is so much easier. For us to accept. 499 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,040 In our life and and that is the word influence. 500 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:00,200 Obedience and influence are very different. 501 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,120 We. Live in a world of influence. 502 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:10,800 Where we all probably have 5. 1015 voices in our algorithm 503 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,200 designed to. Tell you what you want. 504 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:19,520 To hear and give you advice. With persuasion, that is up to 505 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:24,040 you whether you follow. And that is very different than 506 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:29,240 obedience the influencer asks you to like. 507 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:33,400 Things. Obedience. 508 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,880 Requires you to obey the command. 509 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,880 The influence asks you to follow with no commitment. 510 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,200 Obedience unto Christ means follow. 511 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,120 With a cross unto. Death. 512 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,520 And of course, influencers will offer. 513 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,280 You all sorts of good. Advice and all of us have been 514 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,680 trained by the culture to. Take the advice we like. 515 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,480 And to to reject. The advice we don't like? 516 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:05,280 And it's all up to us. But Jesus. 517 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:11,440 Is not an influencer. We cried out in just this 518 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,160 morning. We cried out to Jesus. 519 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,680 As. The Lord of all things. 520 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,640 The. Creator of Heaven and Earth. 521 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,800 The visible. Image of the invisible God. 522 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:28,760 Who comes to live a perfect life, Laid down his life, died 523 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,080 on the cross. Savior of humanity. 1st. 524 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,680 Fruit of the new creation, sitting at the right home, right 525 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,280 hand of the Father in heaven. He how? 526 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:42,280 Could we ever water? Him down to be another voice on 527 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,160 the Internet. That we choose where he fits. 528 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,080 In with the other likable characters on the feed. 529 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,720 Why? Do we do this well? 530 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,000 It's the same reason that we like counterfeit. 531 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,560 You can have what? Appears to be the product. 532 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:12,800 At a fraction of the cost it. Is very costly to actually obey. 533 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,080 And think about what we've covered in these weeks and the 534 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:23,440 sermon and the plane, Jesus. Calls us to love those who 535 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:27,280 revile you and. That's expensive. 536 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,880 That will cost you potentially slander on your name. 537 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,480 It'll cost you your. Ability to set the record. 538 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:40,280 Straight and retaliate at times. Jesus has called us to pray for 539 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,760 those who speak evil. Against us, that's expensive. 540 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,360 Though we. All want a good reputation. 541 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,640 Don't we all want people to be? Nice to us with their words. 542 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,920 It's costly to turn. The other cheek Jesus. 543 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,880 Says to to. Give our material goods with no 544 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,960 expectation. Expectation of return in fact. 545 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,720 He says give more. Than what's even asked? 546 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,520 Well, it's it will cost. You expensive material goods to 547 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:08,480 live like. Jesus. 548 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:15,760 Jesus says that we are to. Be people of forgiveness 549 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,480 Forgiveness must be the most expensive commodity in the 550 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,480 world. Forgiveness came at the cost. 551 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:31,080 Of Christ at the cross it cost. Jesus, his life it will cost. 552 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,920 You some pain to forgive people. It will cost you some valid 553 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,600 retribution or some fleshly revenge. 554 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,840 It will be very expensive. To live out the sermon. 555 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,200 On the mount. So he says count the cost. 556 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,080 Anyone who wants to follow me, it'll cost you. 557 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,400 It's. So much easier to go with the 558 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,760 knock off route. Coming to church on Sunday, 559 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,160 listening to a sermon, giving the pastor a thumbs up, and 560 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,920 listening to Christian radio on your commute to work and having 561 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,320 otherwise a completely unaffected life Cost you 562 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:06,800 nothing. Cost you no friends, cost you no 563 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,680 reputation. It cost you no plans that you 564 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,720 submitted to God that you otherwise wouldn't have. 565 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,600 I love what Dietrich. Bonhoeffer says grace. 566 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,840 Is free. Let's not confuse any of this 567 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,960 with the gift of God. 'S grave to save us, but. 568 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:27,280 It isn't cheap. It's costly because it costs a 569 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,160 man. A life and it is grace. 570 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,720 Because it gives a. Man, the only true life you can 571 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:39,640 ever live. And so we come back once again. 572 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:41,880 To. The question of the hour. 573 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,160 Why would we? Call him Lord. 574 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,880 Why would we be Christian at church and not in our hearts? 575 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,240 Well, some of us have. Not been born again by the power 576 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,520 of the Spirit some. Of us are. 577 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,080 Unwilling to actually pay. The cost of what it. 578 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:07,960 Means to follow him and I think the fundamental question that 579 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:12,200 every one of us. Every disciple of Christ has 580 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:16,520 ever had to overcome the. Temptation to get wrong Every 581 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,360 moment where God is calling you to take a step of faith, there 582 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,200 is a fundamental question in every one of your hearts. 583 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,600 And it is. If I trust God with my. 584 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:37,600 Life will it actually turn out good if I do things God's way 585 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,680 and I and I actually go against the grain of just the normal way 586 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,800 of living in the world? Of this culture, will it 587 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:50,560 actually work? And for that question. 588 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,840 We'll look at this last parable very quickly. 589 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:55,880 You've all heard it. I. 590 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,680 Don't need to teach it to you, you memorized it in Sunday 591 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,160 school, but it answers the question. 592 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:07,280 Verse. 47 Whoever comes to me and hears my saying and does 593 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:08,600 them. This is the question. 594 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:09,880 What? If I. 595 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,280 I've come to Jesus. He told me what to do. 596 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,719 What? If you actually do it, Jesus 597 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:15,880 says, I'll show you what you're like. 598 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,639 You're like a man building a house who dug deep and laid the 599 00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:24,159 foundation on the rock. And when the flood? 600 00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:27,159 Arose the stream. Beat vehemently against that 601 00:34:27,159 --> 00:34:32,239 house and could not shake it. For it was. 602 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:38,120 Founded on the Rock. What Jesus is assuring. 603 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:42,239 His disciples of. You will. 604 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,000 You will. Need a new nature? 605 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,280 It will. I'm taking you beyond where you 606 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,960 would ever go on your own. You're going to have to trust me 607 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:51,679 with the way. That I teach you how to love 608 00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:53,520 people. It's going to violate some. 609 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,840 Of your senses. But if? 610 00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:01,280 You listen to my words and you do them and you go deep down 611 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:02,800 into the foundations of your life. 612 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,240 You don't just, you know, sprinkle them again here and 613 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:07,560 there. You have, you know, a little bit 614 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,080 of Jesus plan, a little bit of your plan. 615 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,840 But you, you take them, and it's the foundation of everything. 616 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,480 He says your life will be tested just like everything. 617 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:24,680 And what he promises you is it doesn't matter about the eye 618 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,000 test anymore. You will. 619 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:31,760 Pass the test of time. When the storm comes and the 620 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,160 rain falls and the trials of life. 621 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:36,760 Just. Press on you and it presses on 622 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,760 your family. It presses on your marriage. 623 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,240 It presses on your friendships. It presses. 624 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:44,160 On your choices with with how you've handled your wealth, your 625 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:50,200 money, your decisions of life. Jesus says if you build a life 626 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:54,960 the way I tell you to build it. You're going to stand the test 627 00:35:54,960 --> 00:36:00,280 of time. He had to give a very. 628 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,560 Similar message to his. Disciples as he was walking. 629 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,840 Towards the cross. So he was. 630 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,080 Walking towards the. Trial of those 3. 631 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,400 And a half years all climaxing to his death on a cross. 632 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,280 And he says to them, I've spoken to you that in me you'll have 633 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,800 peace in the world. You're going to have trouble. 634 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,440 You're going to have trouble. What's? 635 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:27,120 The foundation of your life. He says be of good cheer. 636 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:33,000 I I have overcome the world. His blueprint for life will 637 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:39,360 overcome everything and he gives a second part of. 638 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,680 This which is for all of us. Some of you might dangerously 639 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,400 say, OK Jesus it it sounds like it would work. 640 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,800 What about the alternative? Jesus is not only assuring you 641 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,000 that his. Way his blueprint for your life. 642 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,080 The foundation of your life built on Him will stand the test 643 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,560 of time through every trial and tribulation. 644 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,160 He's also going to warn us that it is the only way. 645 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,160 It's not one of the ways. There's not another blueprint 646 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,840 that you can ever build your life on that will not be built 647 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,360 on shifting sand and your life will fall apart. 648 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,240 Verse. 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who 649 00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:21,880 built a house on the earth without a foundation, against 650 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,720 which the stream beat vehemently and immediately. 651 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,960 It fell and. The ruin of that house. 652 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:32,200 Was great. The house looks the same until 653 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,600 the test comes, and sometimes you'll hear a translation that 654 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,760 says the foolish man built his house upon the sand. 655 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,840 I actually love this translation, he says. 656 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,600 Anyone who hears my words and doesn't do them is like a man 657 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,360 who built his house on the earth. 658 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,480 Just the ways of this world. Just. 659 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,120 Living your life, doing everything according to your 660 00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:00,320 plans for your earthly little existence in the blink of an eye 661 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,600 for this culture in these times, and you're building your life on 662 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,040 earth, and the things of this earth are going to fade away. 663 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:16,440 What is the? Foundation of your life there's 664 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,200 so many things that this world. Will distract you with just to. 665 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,040 Make it through the week, make it through another season, 666 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:26,240 another year, and Jesus says you build on anything but. 667 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:30,360 His words for your life. And you will fall. 668 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:34,520 So I'll conclude with this, he says. 669 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:37,160 Whoever comes to me and hears my saying and does them. 670 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,600 He is a wise person. These are the three things to 671 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:46,080 end our sermon series. Whoever comes to me, those are 672 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,040 those. Who seek What is? 673 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:51,320 What would Jesus say here? What does the word say? 674 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,760 You guys are coming to hear. The words of Christ spoken. 675 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,360 But it's not enough just to come. 676 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:02,160 He says whoever comes to me. And hears me. 677 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,480 Which is a disqualifier for some of you. 678 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:05,800 Some. People, no doubt, have come to 679 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,120 church and that's all they're here for. 680 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,480 It came to satisfy the invite of a friend or they. 681 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,080 Get a little social. Time in and they didn't come to 682 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,400 hear but if. Those of you who came. 683 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,120 And you actually want to know what the word? 684 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,240 Says says. You come, you seek me, and you 685 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:25,880 hear, and this is how you are a Kingdom fruit bearing person, he 686 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,640 says. Whoever comes to me, whoever 687 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:31,600 hears my sayings and then he. Does them. 688 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,360 This is the key to your life. Seek Jesus. 689 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:38,760 Become one of his sheep, he says. 690 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,840 My sheep know his voice. Seek Him and listen to His word. 691 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,600 It'll speak to you, allow the Spirit to speak to you as the 692 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,520 Word is preached. Seek him through prayer and give 693 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,360 a still. Moment for his still. 694 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,120 And small voice to speak to your heart and when he speaks to you. 695 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,080 Here is how to have a life that bears fruit. 696 00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:02,680 Unto eternity do. Whatever He tells you to do, by 697 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,520 the power of the Holy Spirit. If you hear his words. 698 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,040 And you do them. Your life will. 699 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:14,840 Stand. Through every storm so. 700 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,320 We'll conclude our entire sermon series with this. 701 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,080 It's almost a benediction of promise. 702 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,560 For. Every one of us as we wrestle 703 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:24,960 the question if I give my life to Jesus. 704 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,880 Every detail to the depths of the. 705 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,440 Foundation of my life. Will it be good? 706 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:33,760 Just bless you with this, the Lord. 707 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,520 Is my shepherd. I. 708 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:40,040 Shall not want He makes me to lie down in green pastures he 709 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,160 leads. Me besides the still waters, 710 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:46,120 surely. Goodness and mercy shall follow 711 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,720 you. All the days of your life. 712 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:55,560 And you will dwell in the House of the Lord for all of eternity. 713 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,120 Amen. Do what he says to you. 714 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,320 Goodness and mercy will follow and you will be with him 715 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:06,160 forever. Thanks for joining us today. 716 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:09,240 If you would like to watch the full service, check out the link 717 00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:12,040 in the description. For next steps and to learn 718 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,320 more, visit calvaryboise.com.