Matthew 7:1-29

Contents: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Encouragement to prayer. The two ways. Warnings against false teachers. Danger of profession without faith. The two foundations.

Characters: God, Jesus.

Conclusion: True disciples of Christ will be men and women cautious in their judgment of others; conscious of their own faults; confident and earnest in prayer; wary of false teachers and hypocritical profession; building all eternal hopes upon the firm Rock, faith in the Word of God and Christ Jesus.

Key Word: Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:2. (Two ways, Matthew 7:13; Matthew 7:24; Matthew 7:26.)

Strong Verses: Matthew 7:1; Matthew 7:2; Matthew 7:7; Matthew 7:8; Matthew 7:12; Matthew 7:15; Matthew 7:21; Matthew 7:24.

Striking Facts: Matthew 7:22 shows that there will be among those rejected by Christ in the last days, many preachers, so-called soul winners and good moral men, simply because devoid of true faith in Christ who alone is the foundation of salvation. Beware of mere lip-devotion which signifies nothing, either here or hereafter.