Gospel of the Lord According to Matthew
Chapter 7 Versus 21 and 24 through 27
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the Kingdom of heaven,
but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine
but does not act on them
will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
What is your house built on? When the rain falls does the roof leak? When the floods come does the foundation buckle? When the winds blow and buffet the house does it collapse?
Is your foundation of stone or of sand?