Matthew 7:24-29
The Two Builders
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Matthew 7:24-29 · 6 verses
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Matthew 7:24-29 · 6 verses
Matthew 7:24-29
24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
The Sermon on the Mount does not end with a summary. It ends with a building site, a storm, and a choice. Two men take the same words from the mouth of the same Teacher; one digs down and builds on rock, the other raises his house on sand. The storm — rain, flood, wind — comes identically to both. Everything is the same except the one thing that makes the whole difference. Jesus is not offering a lesson in architecture; He is pressing the hardest question the sermon has raised: will you be changed by what you have heard, or merely impressed by it?