Proclamation:
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and puts
them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain
came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house;
yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone
who hears these words of Mine and does not put them into practice is like a
foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose,
and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great
crash." Matthew 7:24-27 (NIV)
Explanation:
These
are the words of Jesus, The Christ, which He spoke near the end of His Sermon on The Mount as
recorded under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the Apostle
Matthew. Jesus compared the believer to
a man who built his house on a rock, a solid foundation, versus the non-believer, a man who built
his house on sand, a shifting foundation.
The former was able to withstand the storms, whereas the latter was not
and it fell apart.
Application:
Our house, our religious
life, will be tested and judged. Only
those whose house is built on the foundation of belief in and obedience to The
Word of God will stand through the tests of life and the judgement. The spiritual life of those who built their
life on the doctrines of man will crumble under the tests of life and will not
stand during the judgement. Just going to
church once in a while or once a week is not enough. We need to believe, read, and live The Word of
God. The rock, the solid foundation, is
The Word of God. The shifting sand is
human opinion and the doctrines of man. Is your foundation built upon the solid rock,
Jesus, The Christ, or on shifting sand? The
storms of life are coming and so is the judgement. All will be judged. (Revelation
20:12-13) However, only believers who
have their name written in The Lamb’s book of life will survive the judgement.
(Revelation 20:15 and 21:27)
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