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\nMatthew 7:24\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cEveryone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but 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 foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Luke 6:47-49<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:\u00a0\u00a0he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.\u00a0\u00a0But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Job 28:28<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And he said to man, \u2018Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 111:10<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 10:8<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 119:130<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 14:8<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>James 3:13<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>1 Corinthians 3:11<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0<\/span>In Jesus\u2019 illustration of the two builders, each house looked the same from the outside. The real foundation of our life is usually hidden and is only proven in the storm, and we could say that the storms come from both heaven (rain<\/b>) and earth (floods<\/b>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cThe wise and the foolish man were both engaged in precisely the same avocations, and to a considerable extent achieved the same design; both of them undertook to build houses, both of them persevered in building, both of them finished their houses. The likeness between them is very considerable.\u201d (Spurgeon)<\/p>\n
Jesus warns us that the foundations of our lives will be shaken at some time or another, both now (in trials) and in the ultimate judgment before God. Jesus may have had in mind an Old Testament passage:\u00a0When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked is no more, but the righteous has an everlasting foundation.<\/i> Time and the storms of life will prove the strength of one\u2019s foundation, even when it is hidden. We may be surprised when we see who has truly built upon the good foundation and who has built upon the bad foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0Merely\u00a0hearing<\/i>\u00a0God\u2019s Word isn\u2019t enough to provide a secure foundation. It is necessary that we are also\u00a0doers<\/i>\u00a0of His Word. If we are not, we commit the sin that will surely find us out, the sin of doing nothing and\u00a0great<\/b>\u00a0will be\u00a0our\u00a0<\/i>fall<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Yet no one can read this without seeing that they have not, do not, and will not ever completely\u00a0do them<\/b>. Even if we\u00a0do them<\/b>\u00a0in a general sense (in which we should), the revelation of the Kingdom of God in the Sermon on the Mount drives us back again and again as needy sinners upon our Savior. \u201cThe Mount of ethical enunciation reveals the need for the Mount of the Cross.\u201d (Morgan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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