Friends Church Sermons

This morning we come to the conclusion of Jesus sermon on the mount. Throughout this sermon we find Jesus sharing the truth that the Rabbis of the people have led them to wrong conclusions about life, about living, about God, and about each other. The defining moment comes when Jesus says to them “unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees you will not enter the kingdom of God.” Now Jesus presses home his teaching by saying to each person seated with Him “you have a choice to make”. I have laid out the differences between what I am teaching and what the Pharisees have taught you. Now it’s time to choose: Throughout scripture we have been faced with the choice to follow God or not: Adam and Eve made that choice first. Deut 30:19-20; Josh 24:13-15; 1 kings 18:21; Jer 21:8. Into each life a choice falls – “who do you say that I am?”