At last we've arrived ... the end of the Sermon on the Mount. And as Jesus has us look back at his message, he presents his final contrast. Matthew 7:24-27 looks at the difference between a standing house and a pile of rubble . Despite the differences, let's read and then see what's similar. MATTHEW 7:24-27 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and t

In Matthew 5-7 so far, we've covered some tricky texts. Jesus' preaching style has left us at times with questions, and often that seems to have been his goal - to make us work a little. But in Matthew 7:7-11, the meaning is simple, and the challenge comes in believing it and living it out. Here we go, but we're gonna try to move through it very slowly. MATTHEW 7:7-11 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 Fo

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Each of the seven times Jesus addressed a church, He closed with the phrase: "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the...