Matthew 7
Matthew Chapter 7, Explained
Matthew 7 closes the Sermon on the Mount with a string of memorable images. Jesus tells us not to judge others hypocritically, to take the plank from our own eye before the speck in our brother's, and to ask, seek, and knock, trusting a Father who gives good gifts to His children. He gives the Golden Rule: do to others what you would have them do to you.
The sermon ends with sharp choices. There is a narrow gate and a wide one, a good tree and a bad one, and a house built on rock and one built on sand. The difference between the two houses is not hearing Jesus' words but doing them. When the storm comes, only the life founded on Him stands.
Key verses from Matthew 7
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”
Matthew 7:7
“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”
Matthew 7:12
The main point
Matthew 7 is about building your life on the words of Jesus rather than merely admiring them.
How Matthew 7 points to Jesus
Jesus is the rock on which a life can be built without fear of the storm. He is the good gift the Father gives to those who ask, and the narrow gate that opens onto life.
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