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PRAY I praise you, Lord, for
your perfect Law, which transforms my
soul.
READ Matthew 7:1329.
THINK What are the marks of
a true disciple, as described in this
passage?
FOCUS WIDE OR NARROW (13,14).
Hikers know how easy it can be to take the
wrong path. The right one
may look as if it's going the wrong way
... or is too steep. The
road to life too, may seem narrow,
limiting, difficult, but
this should not prevent us taking it.
TRUE OR FALSE (1520). Some
religious leaders seem so wise, so
certain ... but are really
after money or power. One test is to
notice whether what they say
agrees with the Bible. But also
anybody who claims to teach
about Jesus should show the qualities
of Jesus in his/her life.
NOT JUST WORDS (21). It's
easy to say that we serve Jesus, but our
actions may contradict our
words.
NOT EVEN ACTIONS (22,23). On
the day of judgement some people will
be deeply shocked. They will
realise that the 'good works' they
did in Jesus' name were
really nothing to do with him. They never
had a personal relationship
with him.
BOTH HEARING AND OBEYING (2427).
Seasonal water channels called
wadis are empty during the
dry season. A lazy person might choose
to build in a wadi bed. To
build away from it would be more
difficult since it would
mean building on rock. But when the rainy
season comes and the wadi
becomes a river bed there would be no
hope for the house built
there.
It's a good thing to know
the teaching of Jesus. But we need not
only to hear it, we must
also obey it. If we don't we must face
the consequences.
PRAY Help me, Lord Jesus,
first to learn from you and then to do as you
tell me.
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