Message Notes

SUNDAY SCHOOL SPECIAL 24 May 2020
Text: Matthew 7:15-29

REVIEW OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE LORD JESUS

1. Make Review a part of the way you read the Scriptures

2. How Reviews may be done

a) Humbly

b) Honestly (candidly)

c) With a view of Correction of what is wrong or weak

3. What should we Review:

a) Knowledge

i) About God (as Father)

ii) About Prayer (The Lord’s Prayer)

iii) About Blessings (Beatitudes)

iv) Correction of wrong Teachings and Practices

b) Responses

i) No response or Superficial response

ii) Good and significant response

c) Life

i) Current status to be evaluated

ii) Weakness to be taken note of

iii) Correct Practices to be implemented and sustained

d) Goals

i) Being a Disciple

ii) Spiritual Growth

iii) Being a servant of the Lord

iv) Bearing fruit

DANGER HIGHLIGHTED

1. Danger of False prophets/Teachers (Matthew 7:15)

a) Difficulty of recognizing them

i) Wolves

ii) In sheep’s clothing

b How can we identify them?

i) You will know by their fruits (Matthew 7:16a, 20)

ii) Illustration of Trees

c) What will happen at the end?

i) It will be cut down

ii) It will be thrown into the fire

d) Warning of false prophets in the Old Testament

i) Jeremiah 23

ii) Ezekiel 13

e) The danger they posed

i) They were a threat to Israel

ii) They had to be exposed

iii) They had to be warned

iv) Grave warning given to false prophets clearly

f) How do we defend ourselves?

i) Knowledge

ii) Faith

iii) Life

2. False Assumption
Matthew 7:21-23

a) Entrance into the kingdom of God

i) We think that just because we call Jesus “Lord”

ii) We think that we have prophesied in God’s name

iii) We think that we have the power to cast out demons

b) Many will have this false assumption

c) They would be denied by the Lord

i) He never knew them

ii) They practise lawlessness

d) Those who will enter into God’s kingdom

i) They are born again (John 3)

ii) They do the will of God in heaven (Matthew 7:21)

3. Danger of a False Foundation
(Matthew 7:24-27)

a) No foundation

b) House is built anyway

c) A storm comes up

d) The house is destroyed

A TRUE AND STRONG FOUNDATION
(Matthew 7:24-25)

1. The teachings of Jesus

a) Understood

b) Accepted

2. Practice of His Teachings

3. A Rock foundation is then formed

4. A house is built

5. No storm can destroy this House built on a Rock