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Pastor Chris White says to all of you: HELLO MY FRIENDS. May the Lord bless you today.
HOLA MIS AMIGOS. Que el Señor los bendiga.
The story of the wise man who built his house
upon a rock is found in Matthew 7:24–27. It is one of the parables of
Jesus. During His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told a story about
two men: one who built his house upon a rock and another who built his house
upon sand. The house built upon a rock weathered the storm, and the builder is
called wise; but the house built on the sand collapsed during the storm, and
the builder is called foolish.
The meaning of this parable is quite obvious: proper foundations
are necessary. With a literal house, it is unwise to build on sand, because the
foundation will be unsteady and the house will eventually suffer some kind of
damage. This will waste resources, and all the time and work put into building
the house in the first place will have gone for nothing. In contrast, it is
wise to build one’s house on a sure foundation; anchoring to bedrock makes a
building withstand the test.
But Jesus’ sermon was not concerned with house construction or building code
violations. The spiritual meaning of the parable is found in Matthew 7:24: “Everyone who hears these words
of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on
the rock.” We are each building a life. The proper foundation for a life is
Jesus’ words—not just the hearing of them, but the doing of them, too (see James 1:22).
It seems at times that everything in the world is set up to make us turn away
from God’s words. And often, our own feelings pull us toward doing the exact
opposite of what the Bible says. But a wise man will follow the words of God
despite these pressures—not as a way to “show off” or earn salvation, but
because he trusts God. All through the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus presented
Himself as the final authority on and fulfiller of the Law; He ends the sermon
with a call to heed His message and, in fact, find one’s security in Him (see 1 Corinthians 3:11).
As we follow the Lord, learning to trust and obey Him, we receive a reward: our
“house” is steady and solid, unshaken by circumstances. The wise man is the
believer whose life is built upon the Rock of Christ; in this world he has
faith and hope, and in the next everlasting life and love (see 1 Corinthians 13:13). The wise man is like the
tree planted by the riverside, whose leaf does not wither (Psalm 1:1–3).
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