Rev Bill

I have posted my sermon from last Sunday on my sermon blog. It’s based on Matthew 7:13-29 and is the 8th (and last) sermon in my Sermon On The Mount series. I titled it “Walk As Jesus Walked: Walk And Don’t Fall.”

Here’s a portion of it:

Most of us try to avoid falls. They can be painful – they can be harmful as we can break bones – they can even be deadly. Of course, they can also be embarrassing.
My nephew had several falls growing up that resulted in broken arms. The first time he fell and broke his arm his dog had “stolen” a squash from their garden. He picked up a stick and began chasing the dog – trying to get the squash. The dog stopped in front of him, but he didn’t realize the dog had stopped and tripped over the dog – breaking his arm. That was painful – and looking back on it – probably
pretty embarrassing. The second time was a few years later when he was jumping
from a swing in mid-air and grabbing a tree branch – then jumping to the ground. He succeeded several times, then missed the branch. He put his arms out to break the fall, but instead of breaking the fall he broke both wrists when he hit the ground. He was not happy for several weeks with casts on both arms from the wrist to the elbow. He also got tired of people laughing when the story of how he broke his writs was told.
Falls can be painful – harmful – even deadly – and embarrassing.
Yea – most of us try to avoid falls.
But – falls are a part of life.
From babies learning to walk all the way adulthood – at one time of another we are going to fall.
But – how do we keep from falling in our spiritual walk with God? How do we keep from falling in our attempt to walk like Jesus taught?

You can read the sermon here.

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