The reaction of our contemporary world is how dare anyone be so exclusive in their claims.

And this is the offence of the Christian gospel in our own time,

the exclusivity of the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Savior.

The sermon on the Mount is perhaps the most well-known and beloved sermon ever delivered.

You'll leave and occasionally hear unbelievers quoting from it.

But if we sit down and read the words of Jesus, we'll see that we're faced with an ultimate choice

and the consequences are eternal.

Hi, I'm Nathan Delby Bingham and thank you for joining us for this Thursday edition

of Renewing Your Mind. As we come to the final message in Sinclair Ferguson's study

in the sermon on the Mount, a sermon from the lips of Jesus that is filled with so much practical help

for the Christian life. Our attention will be turned to eternity and the choice that is before

each one of us. Here's Dr. Ferguson.

Now we've come to the last of our studies in the Sermon on the Mount and to the final section

of Matthew chapter 7. And you'll remember that we've had three big words that we have used to

summarize the teaching that Jesus is giving. In Matthew chapter 5, it's the word fulfillment.

In Matthew chapter 6, it is obviously the word Father. And in chapter 7, it is the word judgment.

And we notice that whereas the most people judgment means just one thing,

in actual fact, it's a very elastic term. And we need to avoid judgment as condemnation,

says Jesus, but we do need to practice judgment as a discernment.

And he's been speaking, I think, by way of application to situations where the Bible doesn't

specifically speak. There's a technical term for that, isn't there? Those things are called the

Adiaphora, the so-called things that are indifferent. But the Christian never views the things that are

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