Solid – Rock Solid Living – Matthew 7:24-29
Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount with this parable about wise living and foolish living. You can either be smart about life or be a fool. The difference is the foundation you choose to build your life upon.
The two people in the story build their lives on very different principles. You can build your life on sand or you can build your life on these principles Jesus gives. These are not idle words. They come with time-tested authority. Even Jesus’ sharpest critics saw something different in His teaching. Other teachers spoke “by” authority, but He spoke “with” authority. Jesus was so confident of the truth of His own words that He dared call those who obeyed Him “wise” and those who disobeyed “foolish.”
How important is the Sermon on the Mount? Can you simply take it or leave it? Not according to Jesus who concludes the sermon by saying these words are a matter of life and death. These are the truths the Christian life is built upon. Hearing is not enough. Believing them to be truth is not enough. Memorizing and preaching and singing and celebrating and defending what you’ve heard are not enough. We must be act upon them, do them, and obey them. We must return to these truths again and again to build a victorious, kingdom life
Set List for August 12, 2012
Marvelous Light YouTube
He is Yahweh YouTube
Shekinah YouTube
My Soul Sings YouTube
O For A Thousand Tongues YouTube
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