Matthew 7:21-7:29

Are You On the Right Path? - Part 3 "Your Deeds & Words Match?"

This is the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, in which we find we have a dilemma; we are all deceived, we don't see ourselves as we should. As we listen, we begin to realize our need for a Savior. Jesus cautions us of other problems and pit-falls in this final teaching on deeds and words from the Beatitudes.

  1. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
  2. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
  3. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
  4. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
  5. 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.
  6. 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:
  7. 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.
  8. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
  9. For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.