THE JOY

OF OBEDIENCE

LUKE 6.46-49The Wise and Foolish Builders46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. 48  He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When the flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”

46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?

1. EITHER HE IS LORD OF ALL

OR NOT LORD AT ALL

JAMES 1.22

‘Not every 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.’

‘Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. DO WHAT IT SAYS.’

MATTHEW 7.21

1 JOHN 2.3-6

Jesus says "If you love me, you will obey what I command.

3 We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.4 The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

JOHN 14:15

AIDEN WILSON TOZERThe Lordship of Jesus Christ is not quite forgotten among Christians, but it has been relegated to the hymnal where all responsibility toward it may be comfortably discharged in a glow of religious emotion. Or if it is taught as a theory in the classroom it is rarely applied to practical living. The idea that the man Christ Jesus has absolute final authority over the whole church and over it’s members in every detail of their lives is simply not now accepted as true by the rank and file of evangelical Christians.

2. DIG DOWN DEEP

THE STORMS ARE STEEP

MATTHEW 7.24-25

‘Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who build his house on rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.’

1 CORINTHIANS 3.11-1311 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.

SUIT UP

3. JESUS KNOWS BEST

PUT IT TO THE TEST

JOHN 7.16-1716 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me. 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

JOHN 8.31-32