Sermon On The Mount / Part 3

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Heavenly Father for this day, and thank you for this program, Sermon On The Mount / Part 3. I pray that you would open our hearts; open our eyes, and open our ears to hear and see what you are saying. This is the third in a three part series on the Sermon On The Mount that the Lord has given me; this will be the final program. I have a lot to speak on, so I’m not going to write out the whole chapter seven first; I’m just going to start in verse 1 and move through it. 

Mat 7:1&2, Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. Jesus said, in John 7:24, Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Do not judge according to what you see, or what you think you see; according to your own understanding or according to what people say about someone. How do you judge righteously?  According to the Word of God as it is revealed in the situation by the Holy Spirit. In 1 Sam 16, the Lord sent the prophet Samuel to the house of Jesse to anoint one of his sons to be the next king of Israel after Saul. Samuel was impressed when he looked upon Jesse’s oldest son Eliab, but the Lord said to him, Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. The Lord said of David, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. So righteous judgment is from the Lord, in His Word; revealed by the Holy Spirit.

Mat 7:3-5, And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, Let me remove the speck from your eye; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. 1 Tim 6:3-5, If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself. These are men with planks in their eyes, hypocrites, and they cannot see to get the spec out of your eye. Jesus said in John 8:31, that if we will continue in His wholesome Words, we will be His disciples indeed, and we will know the truth, and the truth will make us free. He that commits sin is the slave of sin, and the slave does not abide in the house forever. The Son abides forever. Therefore, He said, if the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. Only someone who has continued with Jesus in His wholesome Words, long enough to be set free themselves, will be able, by the Holy Spirit, to help you get free from whatever specs are in your eyes. The Church is full of preachers who promise you liberty, but they themselves are the slaves of corruption. They cannot help you, but Jesus can, and He will, if you will continue with Him, seeking after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.  

Mat 7:6, Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. Watch out for dogs and pigs. They don’t care about you. They just want to devour you. Don’t share your precious blessings from the Lord with everyone. Don’t think every so called Christian you meet will appreciate their value. 

Mat 7:7-11,  Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Jas 1:2-7, My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord… We are asking for the good things of God; for the Holy Spirit; we are seeking righteousness and holiness, and we are putting to death the works of the flesh through serving in the newness of the Spirit, married to Jesus, and through our union with Him, in His love, we are bringing forth much good fruit to the glory of God. 

Mat 7:12-14, Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. We are knocking at the narrow gate. It is narrow and it is difficult. But if we continue asking, seeking, and knocking, the gate will be opened, and the work that the Lord has begun in us will continue unto the day of salvation, as we learn to do unto others as we would have them do unto us.  

Let’s turn to 1 Pet 1:3-9,  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 

that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls. 

The key to the narrow gate; the way to the salvation of your souls, is the love of God. We love the Father and Jesus for what they have done for us to save us from our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us that He would give His beloved Son upon the Cross to suffer and die for our sins, we also ought to love one another. It is that same love that enables us to love our enemies; to pray for them that despitefully use us and persecute us, and to forgive everyone who has sinned against us, no matter what they have done to us. It is that same love that causes us to have compassion on those that are in need, as God leads us by His Holy Spirit. It is that same love of God that does no ill to his neighbor, and therefore is the fulfilling of the Law. Loving and doing good, as God leads us, when it is difficult and hard, works Jesus’ character in us, for He loved those that were hating Him and crucifying Him. The same love that enabled Jesus to take the cup from the Father’s hand and go to the Cross for us, enables us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Jesus, every day, to do the will of the Father.

Mat 7:19,  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. If you will do these things that I have been speaking of, His Word will bring forth good fruit in your life, that remains. 

Verses 21-27, Jesus said, Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness! Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the Rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.

So, this is very simple. Jesus made it very clear and simple: you can do this if you will love Him. If you will love the Father and ask them to help you, you can do the Sermon on the Mount. If you are sincere; if you will humble yourself before them, they will respond and grant you grace. It will not be easy. It will be narrow and difficult; you will be broken and changed into a new person, like Jesus. It takes time; it takes righteous paths; it takes staying with Jesus and the Father, and trusting them in loving people. But, if you will, you will be able to stand when the storm comes, and you will make it through that narrow and difficult way into eternal life in the glorious Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If you refuse, and will not do His Words, the storm will come to your house too, and you will not be able to stand. The rain will descend; the floods will come; the wind will blow and beat upon your house and it will fall, and great will be it’s fall.  

The religion and doctrines of men is the sand. Jesus said, This people draws near to Me with their mouth and honors Me with their lips, but their heart, ( it’s all about the heart), is far from Me. In vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. It is foolish to build your house on sand, because the storm is coming. Jesus is the Rock! In doing His Words, you will be able to stand.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth. (2 Cor 13:14)