Lesson for October 12, 2024
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Scripture Reading: Matthew, chapter 7.
Memory Verse: Matthew 7:21.
- What evil practice did the Saviour condemn? Matthew 7:1-3.
- What should first be done before we attempt to correct others? Matthew 7:4,5; Matthew 5:23,24.
Note. It is one’s own lack of the true spirit of forbearance and love that leads one to emphasize faults in others, and makes a mountain out of a mole hill. Censure and reproach never did reclaim a wayward soul, but many are driven further away by such. A tender spirit of gentle rebuke given personally and privately manifested by loving compassion for the erring one, is what wins a person back to the narrow path.
- What is emphasized here regarding the two roads of life, and is it manifest today? Matthew 7:13,14.
- Will there be false prophets and false teachers in the last days? Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:24.
- How are we to detect them? Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 7:16,17.
- False preachers confess a belief in the Saviour, and may perform good works in His Name. Matthew 7:22.
- What will be their fate in the day of judgment? Matthew 7:23.
- What does Jesus say about those who will enter the kingdom? Matthew 7:21.
- To what does He compare the people who hear and do the things He mentions? Matthew 7:24,25.
- What comparison is made of those who merely hear? Matthew 7:26,27.
- Will merely believing in the Son without obedience afford us anything? James 2:19,20; James 1:21,22.
