JESUS IS CALLING YOU

MATTHEW 7:7-29

Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7

• Character of Kingdom Citizen (Christian) Beatitudes, salt & light 5:1-16

• Contrast with the righteousness of the scribes & Pharisees 5:17-7:6

• Teaching, motives, attitudes toward others• Call to obedience 7:7-27• Ask, seek, knock; Golden Rule; enter narrow

gate; beware false prophets; do God’s will• All with authority v.29

Application of the Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 7:7-27

• Ask, seek, knock 7:7-11 • For what? 5:5, 6:33 rightness with God• Golden Rule 7:12 • Treat others the way you want to be treated• You will be treated how you treat others Psalm

18:25-26• Enter narrow gate 7:13-14 • Diligence endurance, and persistence required• Most will not make it! Luke 13:23-24

Application of the Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 7:7-27

• Beware false prophets 7:15-20• Obstacle to obedience Colossians 2:8, Rom.

10:1-3• Satan deceives Revelation 12:9; 2 Cor. 11:14-15 • Do God’s will 7:21-27• Blessing is in doing God’s will John 13:17• Faith without works is dead James 2:14-26

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