Urgent - Fulfillment

"Fulfillment" - Matthew 23:29-36

In this sermon series we have been working our way through the urgent words of Jesus in Matthew 23. Jesus has just pronounced judgment upon the religious leaders who have rejected His message. Seven times He said to them “Woe to you!” This is not the Nice Guy Jesus that so many proclaim. This is the Son of the eternal God calling all to repent and follow Him, and making it clear that those who refuse to do so will face the judgment of God. These religious leaders made it a practice to thump their self- righteous chests and declare their good deeds to all who would listen. Jesus has a clear message for them ... and for all of us. Self-righteous chest-thumping invites wrath, not grace.