Jesus continues with His sermon on the mount.
Do Not Judge
Don’t be critical and judgmental toward others. If you are, the same judgmental and critical measures you’ve used against others will be used against you. Don’t focus on other people’s flaws, but rather address your own. Come to terms with your own flaws, then you will see how to help others in their shortcomings.
Don’t give holy, spiritual truths to those who have closed ears and hearts, or they will not appreciate it.
If we being imperfect know how to take care of our own children with love and care, how much more will the Father of perfection take care of those who ask of Him? He will give good things to those who ask, who seek and persist.
The Golden Rule
Treat others in the exact way you’d want to be treated. This is the heart of the Law of Moses and the character of the Prophets.
The Narrow Gate
God can only be found on the narrow path which leads to life eternal. The broad path everyone walks on and it leads to destruction.
False Prophets
Be on guard against false prophets. You can spot them by their actions, for their fruit will be phony and disingenuous. You will know what type of tree you stand before by the fruit you see upon it. Healthy trees produces fresh, good fruit, but bad trees produce rotten, disgusting fruit and they deserve to be cut down.
Jesus Warns of Pretenders
You can prophecy in Jesus name, cast out demons in Jesus name, and do miracles in His name, for the grace-gifts are given without repentance and irrevocable (Romans 11:29). Yet if you don’t know intimately the One you say you proclaim nor have a true heart to do the will of the Father, you’re works are considered iniquity and you’re disqualified from eternal life.
Jesus Finishes the Sermon on the Mount
The people who heard His words were astonished, for He spoke with complete authority unlike the religious scholars.
Summary
- Don’t be judgmental
- Speak persistent prayers
- Be careful who you share your gifts with
- Give nothing of God to the world
- Walk in Godly discernment
- The truth has no misunderstanding
- Don’t value the gifts over the gift-giver
- Be a doer of Jesus’ teachings
- Teach with the authority Christ gives
