Simple Choices (9 of 9)
Series: Holy Semikah!
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 7:13-27
Years ago, if you wanted a pair of shoes, you couldn’t just go down to dept. store or order them online - you had to go to a shoe cobbler and have them made. Pres. Ronald Reagan once shared a story of when his aunt took him to a cobbler to have a pair of shoes made. The cobbler asked Reagan if he wanted a square toe or a round toe, but Reagan couldn’t decide - so, the cobbler told him to come back the next day w/ his answer. A few days later, the cobbler saw Reagan on the street and asked if he’d decided about the shoes. Reagan said, ‘‘I still haven’t made up my mind.’’ So, the cobbler said he’d take care of it. When Reagan received his shoes, he was shocked to see that one shoe had a square toe and the other a round toe. Years later Reagan said - Looking at those shoes every day taught me a lesson. If you don’t learn to make your own decisions, somebody else will make them for you!
As we come to the end of the SOTM - Jesus is bringing his listeners (including you/me) to a point of decision that’ll determine whether or not we become and live as citizens of His Kingdom - and it’s a decision no one else can make for you.
13 You can enter God’s Kingdom only thru the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is narrow, and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it. Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. Every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by ...
Series: Holy Semikah!
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 7:13-27
Years ago, if you wanted a pair of shoes, you couldn’t just go down to dept. store or order them online - you had to go to a shoe cobbler and have them made. Pres. Ronald Reagan once shared a story of when his aunt took him to a cobbler to have a pair of shoes made. The cobbler asked Reagan if he wanted a square toe or a round toe, but Reagan couldn’t decide - so, the cobbler told him to come back the next day w/ his answer. A few days later, the cobbler saw Reagan on the street and asked if he’d decided about the shoes. Reagan said, ‘‘I still haven’t made up my mind.’’ So, the cobbler said he’d take care of it. When Reagan received his shoes, he was shocked to see that one shoe had a square toe and the other a round toe. Years later Reagan said - Looking at those shoes every day taught me a lesson. If you don’t learn to make your own decisions, somebody else will make them for you!
As we come to the end of the SOTM - Jesus is bringing his listeners (including you/me) to a point of decision that’ll determine whether or not we become and live as citizens of His Kingdom - and it’s a decision no one else can make for you.
13 You can enter God’s Kingdom only thru the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is narrow, and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it. Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. Every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by ...
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