Luke 6:46-49 KJV
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
There are some things assumed in this parable
That we all build a house.
Jesus is speaking about the life we have and our use of it; what we do with our life and what we build with our life. Paul tells us that he laid a foundation and other men build thereon.
We build our lives with the education we obtain
We build our lives with the relationships we create
We build our life with the choices that we make
That the floods will come and beat upon that house.
Some of those flood obviously happen in this life.
Illness
Economic hardships
The loss of friends and family
The ultimate fulfillment of this truth has to do with the judgment we all face after death.
To these assumptions Jesus said
First that some build deep foundations that will survive the floods and other build perhaps beautiful structures, but that are all on the surface and are soon ruined in the storms.
Secondly, that the difference between the two is whether we hear and do what Jesus said. This is most significant to those of us who attend church or who grow up going to church. We are the ones who hear, we are the ones who say Lord, Lord but the question is, will we be the ones who do the things He says.
It is not enough to only hear. Hearing is good because faith cometh by hearing. But it is not enough to stop at that. In order to build a life that survives the floods of this life and the judgments of the next we must take heed and do.
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
There are some things assumed in this parable
That we all build a house.
Jesus is speaking about the life we have and our use of it; what we do with our life and what we build with our life. Paul tells us that he laid a foundation and other men build thereon.
We build our lives with the education we obtain
We build our lives with the relationships we create
We build our life with the choices that we make
That the floods will come and beat upon that house.
Some of those flood obviously happen in this life.
Illness
Economic hardships
The loss of friends and family
The ultimate fulfillment of this truth has to do with the judgment we all face after death.
To these assumptions Jesus said
First that some build deep foundations that will survive the floods and other build perhaps beautiful structures, but that are all on the surface and are soon ruined in the storms.
Secondly, that the difference between the two is whether we hear and do what Jesus said. This is most significant to those of us who attend church or who grow up going to church. We are the ones who hear, we are the ones who say Lord, Lord but the question is, will we be the ones who do the things He says.
It is not enough to only hear. Hearing is good because faith cometh by hearing. But it is not enough to stop at that. In order to build a life that survives the floods of this life and the judgments of the next we must take heed and do.
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