Thursday, July 21, 2011

Four Warnings: Two Builders (Matt 7:24-27) 4 of 4

Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount with four warnings. This is the last.

Matthew 7:24-27   24 "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.  25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock.  26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.  27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell-- and great was its fall!" 

Luke 6:47-49   47 I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.  48 That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when a flood arose, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.  49 But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and great was the ruin of that house."



A picture is worth a thousand words...  This poured-concrete house in Pass Christian, Miss., survived the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina while all the other homes in the surrounding area, built of wood, were swept away. The lesson has prompted some home buyers on the Mississippi coast to opt for elevated concrete houses, despite the higher cost of construction.

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