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INTRODUCTION
WE ARE TO VENTURING OFF INTO A GOD GIVEN MESSAGE COMING FORTH FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING
TO MATTHEW.
OUR MAIN THOUGHT IS PERTANENT TO THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, WHEREAS JESUS INTRODUCED GOD’S NEW LAWS AND GOD’S NEW STANDARDS FOR GOD’S PEOPLE, IN ADDITION TO THIS HE MADE IT KNOWN HIS POSITION IN FULFILLING THESE STANDARDS AND LEFT US A LEGACY THAT WE MAY KNOW THAT THESE ARE NOT THINGS TO DO BUT THINGS TO BE.
WE SHOULD KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED THROUGH
THE YEARS BY CERTAIN RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND CERTAIN
RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT GOD’S OLD TESTEMENT STANDARDS
ARE OBSOLETE AND THE ONLY STANDARDS BY WHICH WE WILL
BE JUDGED BY ARE THE NEW TESTEMENT STANDARDS; IN FACT
THIS IS PARTIALLY TRUE, IN THE SENSE THAT THESE ARE GOD’S STANDARDS, NEEDLESS TO SAY; “ WE WILL BE JUDGED BY EVERY STANDARD BROKEN AND BY EVERY STANDARD KEPT.
UNDRERSTAND WHAT I HAVE SAID TO. BY EVERY STANDARD WE SHALL BE JUDGED AND BY EVERY STANDARD WE WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNTANCE FOR.
BEFORE I PROCEED I HAVE SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS TO ASK. I NEED FOR YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT AND EXAMINE YOURSELF - TAKE PERSONAL INVENTORY OF YOURSELVES TONIGHT. I NEED YOU TO SEARCH YOUR INTERMOST SELF AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WITH A PURE HEART AND PURE CONSCIENCE.
QUESTIONS:
1) ARE YOU TRYING TO MEASURE UP TO THE STANDARDS WHICH
GOD HAS PRE - ORDAINED.
PRE= MEANING BEFORE ORDAINED= ORDERED
STANDARDS GOD HAS ORDERED BEFORE YOU, ME, YOUR FATHER,
YOUR FATHERS - FATHER AND SO ON.
2) HAVE YOU CHOSEN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AS YOUR
RELIGION OR AS THE GOSPEL BY WHICH YOU WILL LIVE OR DIE
BY.
IF IN FACT YOU HAVE ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THE ABOVE I
HAVE TO TELL YOU; WE MAY WANT TO DO SOME REPENTING.
1ST WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO GOSPEL IN THE
SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
(2ND) WE MUST KNOW THAT WE CAN’T MEASURE UP TO THESE DIVINELY APPOINTED STANDARDS ON OUR OWN.
YOU MUST KNOW THAT THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE
SCRIPTURES IS THIS:
CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS,
WAS BURIED
AND ROSE ON THE THIRD DAY.
ACCORDING TO THESE WORDS WE ARE INCAPABLE OF SURPASSING OR EVEN COMING REMOTELY CLOSE THE WORKS
ON THE CROSS.
THAT WAS GOD’S PURPOSE FOR SENDING HIS SON AS A SAVIOR
THAT WE ALL THROUGH HIM WOULD BE SAVED.
PURPOSE IS A IMPORTANT WORD.
MANY ARE THE PLANS IN A MAN’S HEART BUT IT’S GOD’S
PURPOSE THAT PREVAILS.
GOD KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT MAN COULD NOT MEASURE
UP TO HIS STANDARDS.
NOW WHAT I’M ABOUT TO SAY WILL EITHER TRANSFORM
YOUR THINKING OR INSULT YOUR IGNORANCE.
INCIDENTALLY THERE ARE A GREAT DEAL OF OUR CHRISTIAN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS MADE HYPOCRITES IN OUR CHURCHES BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY ARE CONVINCED THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT WITH THEIR OWN STRENGTH. THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ASCERTAIN THE KEEPING OF THESE STANDARDS ALONE.
IF WE ARE HONEST WITH OURSELVES AND WILL EXAMINE OURSELVES AND READ THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT WE WOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT LIVING UP TO ITS STANDARDS, MOREOVER, WE WOULD BECOME AWARE OF HOW SHORT WE HAVE COME.
PAUL SAID IN ROMANS 3:23 FOR WE ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLIN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS DIVINELY INSPIRED MESSAGE HAS BEEN
FURNISHED BECAUSE OF THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF SOME OF
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THIS DAY AND AGE.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS DIVINELY INSPIRED MESSAGE HAS BEEN
FURNISHED BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT WE IN OUR OWN FLESH
ARE CAPABLE OF SUSTAINING THE GREAT PRINCIPLES AND HIGH
GOALS SET.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS DIVINELY INSPIRED MESSAGE HAS BEEN
FURNISHED THAT WE MAY KNOW ABOUT THAT FULFILLED LAW.
THAT WE MAY KNOW ABOUT THAT LIBERTY WE HAVE FROM
SIN.
THAT WE MAY KNOW THAT BY JUSTIFICATION WE HAVE BEEN
LIBERATED FROM THE LAW AND ITS SURPREME STANDARDS.
BY THE NAILING ON THE CROSS
THAT SACRIFICIAL EVENT BY WHICH THE SLAIN LAMB OF GOD
JESUS CHRIST CAME AND GAVE HIMSELF AS A RANSOM FOR THE
SINS OF THE WORLD.
THAT WE MAY KNOW THAT CHRIST CAME NOT TO DESTROY
THE LAW. BUT TO THE FULFILL THE LAW IN THAT HE KEPT THE LAW DURING HIS EARTHLY LIFE.
THAT WE MAY KNOW THAT THE STANDARDS WE ARE SPEAKING OF TODAY WHICH WERE SET BEFORE MAN, JESUS WAS ABLE TO ATTAIN.
THAT WE MAY KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF HIS
RIGHTEOUNESS:
AS BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS WE HAVE HELP
AS BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS WE HAVE A SAVIOR
AS BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS WE NEED GOD’S GRACE MERCY
I DON’T WANT TO MISINTERPRET WHAT I AM SAYING.
I DON’T WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS OUT OF CONTEXT.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE JESUS FULFILLED THE LAW DOES NOT GIVE US A LISENCE TO BREAK THESE LAWS THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE LAW REVEALS THAT WE CANNOT MEASURE UP TO GOD’S STANDARDS AND OR FULFILL THE LAW AND THAT ALONE SHOULD DRIVE US NEAR THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
IN SHORT WE DON’T HAVE THE ADEQUATE QUALIFICATIONS.
IN THAT WE HAVE NOT DIED FOR ANY ONES SINS.
IN THAT WE WERE NEVER BURIED
IN THAT WE HAVE NEVER RESSURECTED
SEE !! THE ONLY WAY WE CAN FULFILL THE LAW IS BY
INTRODUCING OURSELVES TO THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS ABLE,
THAT MAN NAMED JESUS.
BUT MANY OF US CANNOT KNOW BECAUSE WE OURSELVES HAVE BEEN:
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IN OUR OWN POWER WE MAY BE COVINCED THAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF FULFILLING THE LAW, BUT , WE MUST KNOW THAT
ITS GOD’S POWER - GOD’S STRENGTH - GOD’S MERCY THAT
HELPS US ACHIEVE.
IT’S GOD’S POWER - GOD’S STRENGTH - GOD’S MERCY THAT
HELPS US RECEIVE CHRIST AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
MATTHEW 14:6 SAYS:
I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE, NO ONE COMES TO
THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.
SOMEBODY HAS SAID THAT: YOU CAN’T BREAK GOD’S
STANDARDS AND GET BY
SOMEBODY HAS SAID THAT: YOU CANNOT KEEP THESE
STANDARDS IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH AND GET BY.
I WANT TELL SOMEBODY THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KEEP THESE STANDARDS IS TO COME TO CHRIST FOR YOUR SALVATION.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KEEP THESE STANDARDS IS TO COME
TO CHRIST FOR YOUR POWER.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KEEP THESE STANDARDS IS TO COME
TO CHRIST FOR YOUR STRENGTH.
SOMEBODY HAS SAID THAT THESE STANDARDS ARE NOT NOT A
WAY OF SALVATION, BUT THE MEANS TO SHOW YOU THE WAY,
THROUGH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE WORKS OF JESUS CHRIST.
JESUS SAID:
I AM THE TRUEVINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE VINEDRESSER.
I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES, HE WHO ABIDES IN ME AND I IN HIM BEARS MUCH FRUIT; FOR WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING.
IT IS SAID THAT:
I HAVE COME AS A LIGHT INTO THE WORLD, THAT WHOSOEVER
BELIEVES IN ME SHOULD NOT ABIDE IN DARKNESS.
IT IS SAID THAT:
IF YOU LOVE ME , KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS HE WHO HAS MY
COMMANDMENTS AND KEEPS THEM, IT IS HE WHO LOVES ME,
AND HE WHO LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER AND I
WILL LOVE HIM AND MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT
CHOOSE THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE DON’T BE AFRAID
BECAUSE WE ALL LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY, EVERY ONE
TURNING TO HIS OWN WAY, AND THE LORD PLACED ALL OF OUR
SINS AND GUILT ON JESUS.
FOR WE ARE ALL LIKE UNCLEAN THINGS, AND ALL OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS ACTS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS, OUR SINS AND
GUILT CARRY US AWAY LIKE THE WIND.
WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, FOR NO FLESH WILL BE JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW.
FOR IT IS BY GRACE THAT YOU ARE SAVED THROUGH FAITH.
CLOSING
LET ME TELL YOU, YOU CANNOT ACCOMPLISH SALVATION ON
YOUR OWN, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD, NOT OF WORKS, SO THAT NO ONE CAN BOAST.
ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US - BY WASHING OF
REBIRTH AND THE RENEWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
YOU SEE UNLESS A MAN IS BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE THE
KINGDOM OF GOD.
FOR THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT.
SO DON’T BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU’VE DONE ALL IN YOUR
POWER TO KEEP THESE STANDARDS.
YOU HEAR THESE WORDS:
DEPART FROM ME I KNOW YOU NOT.
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