Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Post Script to the Sermon on the Mount
Matt. 7:24-27
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."
The Sermon on the Mount is now finished; Jesus has laid down, in great detail, the vital principals of those who enter the kingdom and those who do not.
He herein tells us that there are only these two kinds of people. Jesus offers the truth of the narrow path and man offers and prefers an easier broad path that He tells us leads to destruction. Who should we listen to? In the last analysis, to whom do you place your faith; Jesus words or man’s reason; God’s revelation or man’s rationalization? Truth is non-negotiable; kingdom or destruction; heaven or hell.
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."
The Sermon on the Mount is now finished; Jesus has laid down, in great detail, the vital principals of those who enter the kingdom and those who do not.
He herein tells us that there are only these two kinds of people. Jesus offers the truth of the narrow path and man offers and prefers an easier broad path that He tells us leads to destruction. Who should we listen to? In the last analysis, to whom do you place your faith; Jesus words or man’s reason; God’s revelation or man’s rationalization? Truth is non-negotiable; kingdom or destruction; heaven or hell.
# posted by Castusfumus : 3:31 PM
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Good thoughts. The moral decline of America is evidence that way too many are choosing the shifting sand.
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