KINGDOM OF HEAVEN MANIFESTATION WITHIN US: Text: Matthew 7:14-26 Intro: 1Ti 5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some [men] they follow after. 1Ti 5:25 Likewise also the good works [of some] are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

AIM: For us to show our good works for people to glorify our Father in heaven. I.LET US BE TRUE TO OURSELVES-V 15 Our outside character should just tell what is inside instead of faking it. False prophets comes in sheep’s clothing but inwardly they are ravenous wolves They were hiding something inside. 1Sa 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For [the LORD does] not [see] as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

II. WE SHOULD BE KNOWN BY OUR FRUITS-V 16 It is difficult to distinguish a tree unless you see its fruit The kind of fruit tells us the kind of tree not the other way around. The tree determines what kind of fruit. Mat 7:17 "Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. Mat 7:18 "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor [can] a bad tree bear good fruit. Mat 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

III. NECESSITY OF BEARING FRUIT-V 19 Mat 7:19 "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Mat 3:10 "And even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Hebrews 6:7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; Hebrews 6:8but if it bears thorns and briers, [it is] rejected and near to being cursed, whose end [is] to be burned.

IV. MAIN MANIFESTATION OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WITHIN US-V 19 "Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Fruit specified-v 21 Obedience to the will of the Father. No one remains the same in the presence of the Lord, when He reigned in us, we are in His kingdom and subject to his commands. Faith without action is dead-James 2:17 Hebrews 12:29For our God [is] a consuming fire.

V. LEAVES MISTAKEN AS FRUIT-V 22 Preaching-have we not prophesied in your Name? Casting out demons Gift of miracles/healing VI. FRUIT DESTROYER-V 23 Lawlessness Songs 2:15 [Her Brothers] Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines [have] tender grapes. The Lord has no choice but to cast us away if we practice lawlessness. We don’t have intimate relationship with Him

1Cr 8:3But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him John 14:21"He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him. VIII. TEST OF OBEDIENCE-V He who hears His Word and do them is like a wise man who built a house on the rock The rain descended, flood came, the winds blew but it did not fell. He who hears and didn’t do it is like a fool who built a house on the sand

The rain descended, flood came, the winds blew and beats on that house and it fell. Great is its fall. Rom 2:13 (for not the hearers of the law [are] just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; Jam 1:22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

CHALLENGE: Is your fruit obvious? Are you known by your fruits? CONCLUSION Mat 7:20 "Therefore by their fruits you will know them. 1Ti 5:25 Likewise also the good works [of some] are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.