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Matthew 8:1 When he
came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.
JESUS’ sermon is done. He has come down the mountain from
the “Sermon on the Mount”. Surely he said some really popular things—“You’re
all good! Live as you like. Don’t let a thing called sin get in the way of your
happiness!” After all, “large crowds followed him”.
The thing is, the
Sermon on the Mount is one of history’s most compelling calls to live into
Kingdom truth. These past few weeks we’ve seen such radical commands as, “Turn the other cheek. Do not judge, or you,
too, will be judged. Do to others what you would have them do to you. Wide is
the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter
through it. Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom
of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a
wise man who built his house upon a rock.”
Jesus has spoken
into the culture to essentially tell them, “You are not good. You are in danger
of perishing in the storms of sin. You must change to the ways of God and build
your lives on God’s eternal truths. You must do these words, or you will
perish.”
Jesus spoke the
truth, and large crowds followed him. Do you desire the church of Jesus Christ
to grow? Do you desire people to be saved in his truth? Then pray for the
compelling Kingdom truth to be spoken in the church. Large crowds will one day come
to the truth.
LIFE Link: People long for the
truth.
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