Gospel of Grace Fellowship, Sermons (St Louis Park Minnesota)

In this message taken from Matthew 7:28-29 and three other passages, we learn that even though the crowd is “amazed” at Jesus’ teaching, there is no evidence that they have saving faith. Jesus’ authority, revealed through His teaching, proved that He was the long-awaited prophet foretold by Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15, and it also proved that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah of Daniel 7 who has all authority in heaven and on the earth.

In this message taken from Matthew 7:24-27 we learn from Jesus that we must build our house upon the “rock.” We show that Jesus’ building metaphor is chosen deliberately since building a house requires planning. Jesus’ followers must be intentional about planning their eternal destiny upon the rock which is Christ Himself.

God’s love for His enemies is shown by Jesus being lifted up on the cross and bearing the full penalty for sin. With this is the promise that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. We either believe in Him or perish. Those who trust Christ alone will participate in future glory.

Marriage is ordained by God and we show this by citing Genesis 2:18 and 2:24-25. Marriage is good and was not instituted as a concession to immorality.

Ancient historians corroborate key elements of the gospel message, and predictive prophecies found in Scripture substantiate Jesus Christ is who He claimed to be. You can be certain of Christ’s resurrection.

To overcome temptation, we need to cling to rational truth and not allow the mysticism of the culture to seduce us into sinful behavior. Joseph resisted sin by citing objective reasons why he would not give in to the wife of his master who had trusted him. Likewise, Biblical truth will keep us through God’s grace if we remind each other of it and resist the mystical trends of popular Evangelicalism.