Proclamation:
“As
for everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and puts them into practice, I
will show you what they are like. They
are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on
rock. When a flood came, the torrent
struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.” Luke 6:47-48 (NIV)
Explanation:
These
words were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by Luke, the
physician and frequent travelling companion of the Apostle Paul. Luke begins this chapter by presenting what
Jesus, The Christ, did on two separate Sabbath days which upset the Pharisees
and the teachers of the law. (Luke 6:1-11)
Then he recounts how Jesus repeated the Sermon on the Mount to a large
crowd which had gathered on the level plain who had come to hear Him speak, the
Sermon on the Plain, and be healed. (Luke 6:17-26) Jesus taught them to love their enemies, (Luke
6:27-36) not to judge others, (Luke 6:37-42) and that like a tree, a man is
known by the fruit he produces. (Luke 6:43-45)
He ends this chapter with the example which Jesus gives of those who
come to Him, hear His words, and applies them to their life as opposed to those
who don’t. (Luke 6:46-49)
Application:
Those
of us who believe, who have heard The Word of God and applied it in our lives,
are like the man who built his house on a solid foundation. When the storms of life came up against the
house, it was able to stand strong and was not shaken. The solid rock of our foundation is
Jesus. Those who do not have Jesus in
their lives are like the man who built his house on sinking sand. (Matthew 7:26-27) They have no foundation to their house. When the storms of life come up against them,
they will collapse and be completely destroyed. (Luke 6:49) These “storms” include the trials,
tribulations, and temptations of Satan, the persecutions of the world, the
corruptions of men’s heart, and the errors of false teachers. Where are you building your house? As for me and my house, like the song says, “On
Christ, the solid rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand.”
