Listening well to build better
Omar Soto
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The Sermon on the Mount teaches about the values of the Kingdom of God and how disciples of Jesus should live. The message encourages us to seek the Kingdom of God first in everything we do. Jesus warns against judging others and reminds us to treat them the way we want to be treated. He then draws two illustrations of two paths, two fruits, two declarations, and two builders. The narrow path leads to life, and the broad path leads to destruction. Jesus is not making things sound difficult but reminding us to appreciate what is hard to earn.
In Matthew 7:13-29, Jesus talks about two paths, two fruits, two statements, and two builders. He says that the path to eternal life is narrow and difficult, but the path to destruction is wide and easy. He also says that one can know a person by their fruits, and that a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and vice versa. Jesus emphasizes the importance of not just saying "Lord Lord" but actually doing the will of God. He compares building one's life on a solid foundation to building a house on rock, and building one's life on a weak foundation to building a house on sand. Jesus encourages listeners to build their lives on the foundation of Christ and to listen well to His words in order to build better. He reminds listeners that trials and tests of life are necessary to validate the quality of our foundation, and that we need to put our trust in God in all circumstances. The message is a call to live a life that reflects being a true disciple of Christ.
In Matthew 7:13-29, Jesus talks about two paths, two fruits, two statements, and two builders. He says that the path to eternal life is narrow and difficult, but the path to destruction is wide and easy. He also says that one can know a person by their fruits, and that a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and vice versa. Jesus emphasizes the importance of not just saying "Lord Lord" but actually doing the will of God. He compares building one's life on a solid foundation to building a house on rock, and building one's life on a weak foundation to building a house on sand. Jesus encourages listeners to build their lives on the foundation of Christ and to listen well to His words in order to build better. He reminds listeners that trials and tests of life are necessary to validate the quality of our foundation, and that we need to put our trust in God in all circumstances. The message is a call to live a life that reflects being a true disciple of Christ.
Let's go to the message and close the Sermon on the Mount series. How many have taken advantage of this message, to be able to understand what Jesus asks of us? Not only what Jesus asks of us but rather He being able to communicate what the values of the Kingdom of God are, how those of us who are identified as disciples of Jesus should live, the Sermon on the Mount talks about precisely that, talks about what are the characteristics that a true son, a daughter of the Lord must have, and how we must live in light of those principles that He has communicated.
I started this series on April 25. Do you remember when I started talking about the two foundations, or the two builders who built on two foundations? Do you remember that we said that this word was the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount? And today I would like to return once again to that point from where I started, if I have gone all this way to return once more to that point from which I started, I have titled this message today, let's listen well to build better, that is the title from today.
I started this series on April 25. Do you remember when I started talking about the two foundations, or the two builders who built on two foundations? Do you remember that we said that this word was the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount? And today I would like to return once again to that point from where I started, if I have gone all this way to return once more to that point from which I started, I have titled this message today, let's listen well to build better, that is the title from today.
