Convergence Church

You cannot experience the fullness of life in the body while choosing to live disconnected from it. It's time to put down roots, plant ourselves in community, and grow together.

Jesus wraps up the amazing Sermon on the Mount with a very direct invitation to everyone listening, including us today. The words He has spoken are not meant to just be heard, but to be lived. And it's those who acutally do the Word of God whose foundation will stand when testing comes.

In this message Justin Collins breaks down Matthew 7:15-23. We recognize Jesus’ warning against corrupt leaders and false teachers who bring destruction to the body of Christ. We discuss the Father’s job of rendering judgment on false prophets while recognizing the job of Christians, and especially pastors, to protect the body of Christ from them.

In Matthew 7:7–14, Jesus invites us into a life of persistent prayer, wholehearted dependence on the Father, and complete surrender to His ways. But what happens when God doesn’t answer our prayers the way we hoped? Pastor Andrew Fish unpacks what it means to trust the goodness of God even in seasons of waiting, to keep pursuing Him regardless of the outcome, and to walk the narrow road that leads to life. We may not always understand His ways, but we can continue to trust who He is. We can remain persistent to ask, seek, and knock. 

Jesus’ command, “Do not judge,” does not mean that we ignore sin or stop calling sin what God calls sin. It means that we refuse to take God’s place over another person. That seat is already occupied by the Lord. In Matthew 7:1-6, Jesus calls us to look first at our own hearts: “Lord, search me. Where is the log in my eye?” Only then can we see clearly enough to help our brother with the speck in his. The log doesn’t just keep me from seeing myself clearly - it keeps me from seeing my brother clearly. But when I have repented and received mercy, they may have the same speck, but I have different eyes. & through the lens of the cross, we get to see both differently. We get to see our brother’s speck as forgiven.

Jesus makes it clear in Matthew 6:25-34: worry cannot add a single hour to our lives. Worry only leads to more worry. Jesus calls us to stop worrying and trust God’s provision by seeking His kingdom first. Don’t get so caught up in worrying about tomorrow that you lose sight of today.

What has your heart? What has your focus? What has your obedience? In Matthew 6:22–24, Jesus challenges us to examine our focus, our desires, and ultimately our allegiance.  Jesus makes it clear: you cannot serve two masters. This message by Pastor Andrew Fish challenges us to identify anything competing with Jesus for the throne of our lives and return to wholehearted surrender. Seth Church:  Thanks so much!!

In Matthew 6:16–21, Jesus confronts the temptation to make spiritual practices all about being seen by others. He calls us away from performance and toward a life of surrender. Fasting exposes what we depend on, redirects our attention, and creates space for us to seek God. It reminds us that our physical hunger points to a deeper spiritual hunger, and that only Jesus can truly satisfy it.

It wasn’t just my sin that Jesus took to the Cross, and it wasn’t just my debt that He paid. Jesus calls us to forgive everyone who trespasses against us - even when the hurt is deep and the debt feels impossible to release. We cannot do that in our own strength. But when we look to the Cross, we discover that Jesus died for the sins committed against us too. It is at the Cross that we find both the forgiveness we desperately need and the power to forgive others.

The Lord’s Prayer sits at the exact epicenter of the Sermon on the Mount. If the prayer is, as Tertullian says, a summary of the Gospel, then the entire sermon encompasses the Gospel of Christ and reveals our complete and utter need for a savior, and so we cry out “our Father.”