Matthew 7:24-27, Luke 6:46-7:1
Summary
A life built on the Lord is the only one that will endure.
The Parable
Matt 7:24-27
“’Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
“’But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.’”
Lesson
The only life that survives, is the life built on Christ. We will be judged in the last day on what we’ve done in this life; if we’ve built our life on Christ, we will be blessed. But if we haven’t, we will go to punishment.
The Christian will have storms in his life, the same as any other man in the world. Even so, when great trouble comes in our life, if our hope and stay is the Lord, we will be able to endure, knowing that our troubles here are but for a time, and that nothing here can overcome us.