Topics of the sermon include: *Hypocrisy & carnal Christianity, *Wolves in sheep's clothing, false prophets, *The narrow gate into Heaven & judgement day *How do you know you are saved? *Repentance Scripture from the Sermon is Matthew 7:13-27 All Christians are called to never-ending repentance.
Joel 2:12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning." Repentance is turning to God with a complete change in the way a person thinks and acts. It isn't asking for forgiveness and then doing the same thing again. It a complete change in action and thought. If you believe you are saved but it isn't visible in your life, or if you are no different (in action & thought) than a pagan, then you should reevaluate yourself and repent. Matthew 7:13-27 “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. “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. “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.” "Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God’s grace never encourages us to live in sin, on the contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth." - Randy Alcorn Jesus emphasized hypocrisy so much that we would be fools to grow comfortable in our sin (which is deserving of God's wrath), believing that we are saved through a prayer or because so-and-so said you are saved. Setting the record straight: Only Jesus saves and the Lord, God, is the only one who knows if you are saved because He saved us. If your actions, thoughts, and general ways of life are nothing like the Life that Jesus called Christians to, please reevaluate yourself. Compare yourself to Christ, match your character against His, and pray & beg for forgiveness and the remission of your sins. Finally, repent. But don't stop there. Keep repenting every single day. Peace & Grace, Evangeline
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