Our Marching Orders in Two Words

We want to tarry one additional week over the concluding words of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.  In the words of Peter, “Lord, it is good for us to be here” (Matt. 17:4).  As we have seen, Jesus alerted us to the reality that following him is neither easy nor automatic, “Small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (7:14). The way is hard to enter, difficult to stay on, and not many do.  But just because it is not easy, does not mean it is complicated.  In fact, it is decidedly not.  As we’ll see this morning, the whole of our discipleship comes down to two very simple and clear imperatives.  Simple and clear in their meaning, but profound in their implications.  This morning we’ll consider the significance and meaning of those two commands, and the surprising extent of their implications, as we turn again to Matthew 7:24-27, in a message entitled, “Our Marching Orders in Two Words”.