Wise Man - Foolish Man Part 2

In this part of the sermon: Martin defines 'doing' Christ's sayings not as perfect obedience, but as purposeful, conscious, and reflecting the general 'drift and bent' of one's life, like a silhouette of the…

Martin uses the analogy of his son purposefully drawing an airplane, though imperfectly, to illustrate that 'doing' Christ's sayings means purposeful, though not perfect, obedience.

I see my son sit down sometimes to draw a picture. Every ounce of his being's intent. He's going to draw him an airplane. He is purposing to get that picture to look just like an airplane.

26:36 - 26:49 Read in full sermon

The point: Is it your passion and longing to have a mind as free of adultery as your body, consciously endeavoring to be free of lustful thoughts?

He compares a perfect photograph to a silhouette to explain that while only Christ perfectly embodies the Sermon on the Mount, true believers will at least have the general 'drift and bent' or outline of its principles in their lives.

To do it means not only these two things, but a third thing. Not in every detail, but the drift and bent of your life. As I was trying to think of an illustration of this, I thought of the difference between a photograph and a silhouette.

30:06 - 30:20 Read in full sermon

Driving home: He says, if that's Christianity, I don't want it.

Martin recounts an anecdote about a man who attended an evangelical church for years but left when the Sermon on the Mount was expounded, exposing sin at the heart level, illustrating the resentment of the false professor.

I was reading one of God's honored servants who made some very helpful insights to this passage of the Word of God, and he said, he heard of a man, I think he was talking about someone under his own ministry, who came to this evangelical church for years and loved the ministry. Then when someone began to expound the Sermon on the Mount and began to deal with sin, not so much as act, but as attitude, not so much as overt deed, but, but inward desire, he resented it. He said, I'm going elsewhere. I can't stand that preacher.

34:35 - 35:03 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: He warns against the false professor who hears but resents the high standard of the Sermon on the Mount, forgets its demands, and mistakes religious notions or activities for true…

He alludes to James' analogy of a man looking in a mirror and forgetting what he saw, to warn against being a hearer of the word who deceives himself by mistaking notions for actual performance.

My great fear is as we draw this section of the sermon to a close, that many of you, some of you may fall under the category that James talks about of the man who hears the word, and he's like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and he goes away and forgets what he has seen. He says, Be not hearers of the word, deceiving your own self. For because you've heard this word week by week and do not do it, you're in the realm of possible self-deception. You'll mistake your notions about the Sermon on the Mount for an actual performance of the duties enjoined in this sermon.

35:46 - 36:22 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin concludes with a sober warning about the day of judgment, when the storms will sweep away any Christian profession not built on diligent, determined obedience to Christ…

Martin shares a recent story of a young lady convicted after a tent meeting, who broke down and sought Christ, illustrating the desired effect of the sermon to pierce hearts and lead to seeking God.

And God grants that His word may pierce some part today and send you out to seek Him. And even as I was so encouraged to hear this morning that after the message at the tent last night, a young lady walked out and started to go home and the holy foes ripped her heart and she broke down and gave me a sob and said, God, show me Christ. Oh, that such news would come to life.

39:25 - 39:54 Read in full sermon