25 Sermon Ideas from Matthew 7

Matthew 7 is the final chapter of the Sermon on the Mount. Here are twenty-five sentences that can be starter ideas or just help to fill in a sermon or Bible Study on Matthew 7.

1. Be known as a person full of mercy and grace, not as a person full of judgment.
2. Choose to look at yourself more critically than you look at others.
3. Don’t sit in judgment on those whom Christ has forgiven.
4. Beware of the cycle of judgment. You don’t have to return judgment for judgment. You can choose to give mercy.
5. Asking, seeking, and knocking are all pursuit words. God loves it when we pursue Him.
6. God only has good gifts for His children, and everything God gives to His children is good.
7. Our heavenly Father is better than even the best earthly Father.
8. Our heavenly Father is the embodiment of our ideal father, and more.
9. Pay attention to your expectations of others. Don’t expect more of them than you do of yourself.
10. Love your neighbor as yourself.
11. The more resistance you face in life, the more likely it is that you are heading in the right direction.
12. An easy life almost always leads to the wrong destination.
13. The end result of your life will either be destruction or life.
14. The majority chooses the wrong path a majority of the time.
15. Not all “teachers” are as they seem. Before you pay attention to their words, pay attention to the fruit of their life.
16. All the “good doctrine” in the world is meaningless if it doesn’t lead to love and mercy.
17. Galatians 5:22-23 outlines the fruit of the Spirit. These fruits should be the outcomes of our life.
18. Those who truly know and trust Jesus will bear Jesus’ fruits in their life.
19. Fruitlessness leads to the fire.
20. If Jesus doesn’t know you, you can’t spend eternity with Him.
21. At the final judgment, Jesus will “know” everyone in the Lamb’s book of life.
22. The sermon on the mount teaches how to be successful while living on earth.
23. Ignoring the words of Jesus leads to collapse when life’s storms hit.
24. Jesus isn’t afraid of life’s storms because He controls them and He can use them for our good.
25. If you want to know what the foundation of your life is, take a look at your calendar and your bank account.