Sermon
The Measure of the Christian Life | Matthew 14:1-12
Treeline Church
Speaker: Preston
July 25, 2023 · 28 min
Summary
Herod held wrong views of Jesus (seeing him as merely a prophet), people (fearing them more than God), and sin (feeling trapped by it). John the Baptist modeled the opposite through faithfully pointing others to Jesus, boldly sharing the gospel, and remaining faithful unto death without measuring obedience by outcomes.
Highlights
Too often, we're like Herod. We grab control, we seek power, rather than submitting to Jesus' control and His power.
Sin will take you farther than you ever wanted to go, and hold you there longer than you ever wanted to stay, but cost you more than you ever wanted to pay.
The Christian life is not measured by fruitfulness, it's measured by faithfulness.