Questions Jesus Asked

1. Questions Jesus Asked

2. “WHY DO YOU CALL ME, ‘LORD, LORD,’ AND DO NOT DO WHAT I SAY?”

3. JESUS ASKS A DISTURBING QUESTION

4. JESUS ASKS A DISTURBING QUESTIONLuke 6:46-49 (NIV) “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?”

5. Matthew 7:21-23 (NIV) “Not everyone 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. Many will say to me on that day,

6. ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

7. A) They cry ‘LORD, LORD’.

8. A) They cry ‘LORD, LORD’.B) There are ‘MANY’ of them.

9. A) They cry ‘LORD, LORD’.B) There are ‘MANY’ of them. C) Note ‘THEIR CLAIMS’…

10. C) Note ‘THEIR CLAIMS’…We’ve prophesied in Your Name!

11. C) Note ‘THEIR CLAIMS’…We’ve prophesied in Your Name!We’ve cast out demons in Your Name!

12. C) Note ‘THEIR CLAIMS’…We’ve prophesied in Your Name!We’ve cast out demons in Your Name!We’ve done wonders in Your Name!

13. Jesus says the real and central issue is: “I never knew you!”

14. We FOLLOW CHRIST! We are CHRIST FOLLOWERS! We are to live CHRIST CENTRED lives!

15. Don’t look to signs and wonders as a proof of any ministry or preacher or prophet or whatever:

16. Don’t look to signs and wonders as a proof of any ministry or preacher or prophet or whatever:God used wicked Balaam (Numbers 23).

17. Don’t look to signs and wonders as a proof of any ministry or preacher or prophet or whatever:God used wicked Balaam (Numbers 23).God even used Balaam’s donkey!

18. Don’t look to signs and wonders as a proof of any ministry or preacher or prophet or whatever:God used wicked Balaam (Numbers 23).God even used Balaam’s donkey!The vile high priest Caiaphas was used by God to prophesy that Jesus would die for all the people (John 11:51-52). You wouldn’t have wanted to follow him!

19. Don’t look to signs and wonders as a proof of any ministry or preacher or prophet or whatever:God used wicked Balaam (Numbers 23).God even used Balaam’s donkey!The vile high priest Caiaphas was used by God to prophesy that Jesus would die for all the people (John 11:51-52). You wouldn’t have wanted to follow him!The wicked magicians of Pharaoh’s court in Egypt duplicated many of the miracles Moses commanded.

20. Don’t look to signs and wonders as a proof of any ministry or preacher or prophet or whatever:God used wicked Balaam (Numbers 23).God even used Balaam’s donkey!The vile high priest Caiaphas was used by God to prophesy that Jesus would die for all the people (John 11:51-52). You wouldn’t have wanted to follow him!The wicked magicians of Pharaoh’s court in Egypt duplicated many of the miracles Moses commanded.The evil sons of Sceva in Acts 19 cast out demons!

21. 2. JESUS CALLS FOR DECISIVE ACTION

22. 2. JESUS CALLS FOR DECISIVE ACTIONLuke 6:47 (NIV) I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice.

23. “COMES TO ME”

24. John 10:4-5 (NIV) When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”

25. KEEP AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO CHRIST.

26. 3. JESUS GIVES A DRAMATIC ILLUSTRATION

27. Luke 6:47-49 (NIV) I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock.

28. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice

29. 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.”

30. Some Foundations that are found on page after page...

31. Some Foundations that are found on page after page...HOLINESS

32. Some Foundations that are found on page after page...HOLINESSAvid DAILY READING of GOD’S WORD

33. Some Foundations that are found on page after page...HOLINESSAvid DAILY READING of GOD’S WORDPRAYER

34. Some Foundations that are found on page after page...HOLINESSAvid DAILY READING of GOD’S WORDPRAYERFELLOWSHIP with the Body

35. Some Foundations that are found on page after page...HOLINESSAvid DAILY READING of GOD’S WORDPRAYERFELLOWSHIP with the BodyLeading People to Christ by SIMPLE WITNESS

36. IT IS THE STORM THAT REVEALS THE GREAT DIFFERENCE!

37. IT IS THE STORM THAT REVEALS THE GREAT DIFFERENCE! a) There are the storms of life.

38. IT IS THE STORM THAT REVEALS THE GREAT DIFFERENCE! a) There are the storms of life. b) There is the storm of final judgment.

39. 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 (NIV) For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light.

40. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.