Monday, October 1, 2007

Matthew 7

Hey, there are five differant sections in this passage so i'll talk about them individually. The first part of this passage is about judging people, and how you can see alittle sin in someone else's life, but there is far more sin in your own life that you choose to disregard. And the standard with which you judge other peopel, God will judge you bu\y the same standard, and before you judge other people, think about how perfect you are, or imperfect you are, to put things into perspective.

The second section is about asking God about things in your life. It basicly says don't be afraid to ask God anything, for he is our father, and is willing to give us anything we ask for. At the end it also startes that you should do unto others as you would have others do unto you, which i struggle with with my little brother, and i'm sure most other people do, cause its human nature.

The third section, though short, talks about the two paths we can take in life. There is the wide path that leads to distruction, and the narrow path, which leads to life, the wide path is more commonly taken, for is it easier, and less work, but the narrow path requires hard work, disapline, and faith. It doesn't say there is a third path, no middle ground, so you are either on the narrow path or the wide path, this scares me, for i don't always know which path i'm on.

The fourth section is talking about differant trees and their fruit. It says that a bad treecan only produce bad fruit, but a good tree can only produce good fruit. It is basicly the same as the two paths, you are either one or the other.

In the last section, once again there are two groups, the group that listens to God, and the group that doesn't. The group that doesnt listen to God is destroid in the end, while the Followers live.

2 comments:

Wilhelm said...

awesome summary. I especially appreciate the bit about no middle ground. I think that is unintuitive for our culture (including myself) because we like to think of everything in shades of gray. I have a question for you (which i have no answer to). When we accept Christ, do we pass through the gate or is that something that happens after death?

brandon said...

in my oppinion, when we accept christ, we are set on the narrow path, but when we die, we pass through the gate, but thats just my oppinion.