Jan. 07, 2024
“Build Your House on the Rock”
Matthew 7:15-28
Location is very important when it comes to choosing a house to live in. Jesus states that location is all important when building your spiritual house as well. The location of where you decide to build your spiritual house has life or death consequences - eternal ones. Jesus wants us to think in terms of building a house when it comes to being and living as a Christian. When building a house, it takes time and effort. If you only spent one hour a week building a house, it would take a long time to ever finish that house. If someone only spent one hour a week building his house, you would have to conclude that either it was not a priority in his life. Our Gospel today gives us some building tips. Jesus provides some solid brick and mortar for good house building. The bricks and mortar are first of all HEARING the words of Jesus and then putting them into PRACTICE. Jesus gives us a specific warning as to the material we are to use when building our spiritual house today. The spiritual house of a Christian is more than lifeless bricks and mortar. It is a living body and soul. You need to build with the Word. This is key to building a strong house - be careful to what materials you use. Jesus didn’t credit the standing of the house on the building, but on the foundation. Our salvation is not based on our works, but on the foundation of our faith - Jesus Christ the solid rock. Jesus is the only foundation that is able to weather the storms of guilt - the waves of shame - the winds of temptation that come crashing on our shores every day.
Questions:
Does location matter when building our spiritual home?
Why is the foundation so important?
What building tips does Jesus give us?
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