The Saddest Words You Never Want to Hear

SERIES: THE STORIES OF JESUS

MESSAGE: The Saddest Words You Never Want to Hear

TEXT: Matthew 7:15–23; Luke 13:22–30

DATE: August 10, 2025

MESSAGE BY: Pastor Tim Lewis

1. “Depart from me.” (V. 23)

   (Ps. 5:4–6; Matt. 25:12, 41, 46)

2. “I never knew you.”

   1. You pretended to know the Lord. (V. 15, 21–22)

      (Luke 13:26–27)

   2. The Lord never knew you.

      (Jer. 24:7; Ps. 16:8)

3. “You who practice lawlessness.” (V. 23)

   (1 John 1:6; 2:3–6)

   1. What is lawlessness? What is the law?

   2. What are types of lawlessness?

   3. Who has broken the law?

      (Rom. 2:17–23; 3:9–10, 12, 23)

   4. What are the consequences of breaking the law?

      (Rom. 6:23)

   5. Why do we break the law?

      (Rom. 7:14–20)

   6. Who will set us free from breaking the law and the consequences of sin

      (Rom. 7:24; Rom. 5:8; 2 Cor. 5:21; Rom. 5:1)

   7. Are Christians able to keep the law?

      (1 John 2:3–6, 29; 3:4–6; 3:7–10; 4:8–11; 5:3–4)

Take-Away Questions:

1. Are you a genuine Christian? How do you know?

2. Does everyone who claims to know the Lord really know Him?

3. Who has sinned and disobeyed God’s law?

4. Who has completely fulfilled the law of God?

5. How are we made right with God?

6. What is the proof that we have come to know God?