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Bryant Hewitt continues with The Peace Series, from Mathew 7:24-29 Do Join our Peace Tour as we bring the Lords Crusades to Europe, Africa, Asia, India.
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Matthew 7:24-29
King James Version (KJV)
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes
Only those who practically embrace Christ’s lordship are His disciples. Only those who practically embrace Christ’s lordship are His disciples. Notice His words, therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like the wise man. It is not simply those who hear the Lord. It is those who hear the Lord and act upon His word. They truly embrace His word. They don’t simply give lip service. They don’t simply listen attentively. They actually embrace the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is reminding us here, that it is not enough to listen to Him, it is not even enough to acknowledge Him, though we must do both of those things. We must go on to believe and obey Him.
Jesus is continuing His theme of verses 21-23. There He warned against a verbal profession that didn’t have a heart reality, that didn’t have a reality that changed the person’s life. The Lord Jesus knows that when God’s grace comes into a person’s life, God’s grace changes that person. We are not only forgiven by the grace of God, but by the grace of God, God is going about the business of remaking us into the image of His son. God is not satisfied just to forgive you of your sins, God wants to make you like His son, holy, and righteous, and acceptable. He wants you to be a person who lives with vibrant godliness, in a vital relationship with Him. And that is life changing. And the Lord Jesus is saying that there are many people who think that they are His disciples, but there is an absence of that vital relationship, there is an absence of that godliness which always from grace.
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