So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a sensible, prudent, practical, wise man who built his house upon the rock.
And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a stupid man who built his house upon the sand.
And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great and complete was the fall of it.
Matthew 7:24-27
Who is the Rock? Jesus is the Rock! He is the Word of God made flesh. How do you build your house on the Rock? By hearing His Words and obeying Him! But wait, my pastor said all I have to do is believe in Jesus and trust Him for my salvation. After that, anything else is works and we aren't saved by works! Yet, here you see straight from our Lord's mouth, that He requires obedience and living a Holy life as best as we are able.
I find it very interesting that if we read these verses in context, check out the PRIOR TWO verses before these.
Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name? And then I will say to them openly, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands].
The words in brackets are from the Amplified version which expounds on the Greek meaning of words or phrases. I do not add them.
Please take this to heart. A storm is coming. You must build your house on the Rock!!
I thought it was a bit chilling to watch the “ worship” service that was part of the inauguration ( I only saw a short clip on the news) when the speaker( a female? Pastor) was blasting Trump about immigration. It was an odd place to do something like that-in my opinion, and you could tell he was angry.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, the Christians that are being deceived by this new administration is also chilling. He is a good example of your post, not building on the Rock.
Blessings!
BevH