THE EVIDENCE OF LORDSHIP

Part 11 of 11

TEXT- MATTHEW 7:21-27

INTRODUCTION

This morning is the last theme day of the year when we are going to emphasize our 1996 theme, which has been, “The Church Where Jesus is Lord.”

Each first Sunday of the month I have been preaching on the various ways we can make Jesus the lord of our life.

This morning our text is found in Matthew 7:21-27 and the title of my message is, “The Evidence of Lordship.”

A goat wanted more than anything else in the world to be a lion. He told himself that if he could learn to walk like a lion, talk like a lion, and go where lions go, he would be a lion.  So he practiced stalking through the jungle and tried to swish his stubby little tail majestically.  Then he sought to turn his pitiful little bleat into the deep, awesome roar of the king of beasts.  He worked and worked on it.  Finally he convinced himself that he really looked and sounded like a lion.  "Now," he said, "all I have to do to be a lion is go where lions go." So he marched into lion territory one day about lunchtime.  You can imagine what happened!

Sometimes people think that because they've learned to walk, talk, and act like Jesus is their Lord, that he really is.

But here in our text we find that making Jesus the Lord of our life requires more than simply walking, talking and acting like he is.

When Jesus is truly the Lord of our life we are going to obey his will.

As we look at what Jesus tells us in our text there are two things I would like us to consider.