Choose the Narrow Road: Examine Your Fruit Today

``The question today is not what road is everybody else taking. The question isn't what road are other people taking. The question is what road are you on? What road are you on? Jesus says, choose the narrow road. Follow the truth. Bear good fruit because the road you choose today will determine where you arrive tomorrow. I wanna challenge us this week as we come to the end this morning because I want you to examine your road. I want you to ask yourself, am I following Jesus or simply following the crowd? [01:01:21] (59 seconds)  #ChooseYourRoad

God is not impressed with appearance. This has been a common common theme in every lesson that we've been talking about of the sermon on the mount is god does not care about what we look like on the outside. He's looking for evidence and he's looking for transformation in our lives because the issue isn't attendance. The issue isn't am I showing up for church every Sunday? The issue isn't titles or image. The issue is fruit. It's our fruits. It's what's coming out of us. [00:58:09] (43 seconds)  #SubstanceOverAppearance

Well, that brings us to the next point. Fruit reveals the root. Because Jesus goes on, you will recognize them by their fruits. Our grapes gathered from thorn bush or from figs from sizzles. So every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit and a healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. So eventually, character exposes what words conceal. Anyone can make claims. [00:52:47] (39 seconds)  #FruitsRevealRoots

And as you're standing there looking at these two paths, am I going to take the the this road or or this road? You don't have to throw anything in your backpack to choose the road that Jesus is saying. You just need to go. You don't have to fix anything to take that path. You don't have to get better. You just get to come as you are and then you let Jesus fix you. So this morning, if you've never given your life to Christ and you wanna take that path, I would ask that you make that path because Jesus says that I am the way, the truth, and the life. And we cannot get to the father unless we go through him. There's no other way. [01:06:26] (43 seconds)  #ComeAsYouAre

So Jesus asked this life changing question, which path will you choose today? He doesn't say which path do your parents choose for you today or which path does your spouse spouse choose for you today? Not which what path does your church choose for you today, but which path path path do you choose? Because eventually, every road is going to reach its destination. Maybe this morning you have not chose this path to follow Jesus ever. And you're not a Christian, then you haven't been baptized. Today is a great day to pick that path. [01:05:36] (50 seconds)  #ChooseYourPath

He he the teacher is finally telling the students here, the the ones that are listening, the followers, okay, I'm I'm I'm I'm teaching you and now you need to make a decision. Because eventually, all of us have to make a decision and we have to choose a road and a path and like like my dad telling me to take the right path, I didn't wanna listen. Because I was rebellious. And god's gonna tell us. Jesus is gonna tell us what path to take and we have to make a decision. Do we wanna do it our way or do we wanna do it his way? [00:46:02] (39 seconds)  #ChooseHisWay

And if you were to grade a Christian today or you're to grade somebody that's that calls themselves a follower of Christ, Galatians five twenty two and twenty three is that report card that you can look at because it says, but the fruit of the spirit is love. One of them is love and so if if you're looking at somebody, how are they loving? And are they just saying that they love you, love, or they actually putting that love into action like we talked about Jesus telling us, love your enemies. Pray for those that that hurt you. That's what love looks like. [00:53:57] (37 seconds)  #LoveInAction

Jesus says, these people come in sheep's clothing. These people look good. These people look like us, Christians. Right? Like, that's we're there. We're dressed together. We're we're, you and that that let's remember where Jesus is coming from. Jesus is saying, don't be like the pharisees. Don't be like the hypocrites. Don't be like these ones that look really good on the outside, but really have a heart problem. Right? So we can't forget that Jesus is still talking about the outside appearance of people. [00:51:09] (30 seconds)  #NoMoreSheepClothing