Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Do It Yourself Truth
Matt. 7:
24."Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
25. "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
26. "And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act upon them, will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. 27. "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and it fell, and great was its fall."
Luke 6:
47. "Everyone who comes to Me, and hears My words, and acts upon them, I will show you whom he is like:
48. he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood rose, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
49. "But the one who has heard, and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house upon the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great."
We return to the components of the parable as a whole to see the religion of two men. After all, religion is what one believes to be true and will stake his eternity on it. These words are not spoken to those who have no interest whatsoever. These are the hearers of Jesus words and we see two examples of how they are applied to one’s life under that profession.
Being a parable that is teaching spiritual truths by physical examples, we must carefully examine the components. The similarities are that both men desired to build a house for the natural use of it; family protection and comfort. These also built in the same general area that was confronted with the same weather and geography. The houses appeared identical from a “drive by” observation. However, the purpose of this parable is to show their dissimilarities as fundamental differences.
We are looking at the true Christian and the pseudo-Christian which proves to be a difficult venture to tell the difference. Throughout the Sermon on the Mount we are told to beware of subtleties; wolves in sheep’s clothing, false prophets; it is difficult to differentiate the real from the fake. What we need is a good flood and torrents to separate the wheat from the chaff.
The foolish builder is in a hurry and takes the easy way out and the wise does the opposite knowing that he will benefit in the time of difficulty. The foolish builder is in too big of a hurry to think things through or take instruction from wiser souls. He considers it unnecessary by his superior opinion. He will not think things through because he has no forethought. He is not interested in what the Bible says so he is left to design his own truth.
24."Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
25. "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
26. "And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act upon them, will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. 27. "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and it fell, and great was its fall."
Luke 6:
47. "Everyone who comes to Me, and hears My words, and acts upon them, I will show you whom he is like:
48. he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood rose, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
49. "But the one who has heard, and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house upon the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great."
We return to the components of the parable as a whole to see the religion of two men. After all, religion is what one believes to be true and will stake his eternity on it. These words are not spoken to those who have no interest whatsoever. These are the hearers of Jesus words and we see two examples of how they are applied to one’s life under that profession.
Being a parable that is teaching spiritual truths by physical examples, we must carefully examine the components. The similarities are that both men desired to build a house for the natural use of it; family protection and comfort. These also built in the same general area that was confronted with the same weather and geography. The houses appeared identical from a “drive by” observation. However, the purpose of this parable is to show their dissimilarities as fundamental differences.
We are looking at the true Christian and the pseudo-Christian which proves to be a difficult venture to tell the difference. Throughout the Sermon on the Mount we are told to beware of subtleties; wolves in sheep’s clothing, false prophets; it is difficult to differentiate the real from the fake. What we need is a good flood and torrents to separate the wheat from the chaff.
The foolish builder is in a hurry and takes the easy way out and the wise does the opposite knowing that he will benefit in the time of difficulty. The foolish builder is in too big of a hurry to think things through or take instruction from wiser souls. He considers it unnecessary by his superior opinion. He will not think things through because he has no forethought. He is not interested in what the Bible says so he is left to design his own truth.
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