The Simple Truth about Genuine Faith 9/05
Sermon Series: The Simple Truths
Sermon Title: The simple truth about genuine faith
Text: Matthew 7:21-27
““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”” (Matthew 7:21-27, ESV)
Theme: In this message we see that the ultimate question posed by the entire sermon is who Jesus is. It is not enough to call Him Lord, i.e. listen to His teaching, The basic question is – do we mean what we say and do? On this commitment our eternal destiny hangs.
