What did Jesus think about how important His teachings were?
He who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The comparison here is your life is a house. Jesus words are a solid foundation on which to build your house.
Why is this important? “When the rains come ( and they will ) and the streams rise ( and they do ) and the winds blow and beat on the house, (It happens ) it did not fall because its foundation was on a rock.
Good foundations withstand turbulent times.
On Monday, I had referenced some foundation work which needed to be done on my office. Have no doubt, the problem could have been ignored.
Rather than spending the time to fix the foundation issue I could have gone to play disc golf, watched some college football or anything other than fix the problem. I could have kicked that can down the road for weeks or even months.
The result of indefinite delaying the fixing this problem would have been disastrous. It would eventually be the end of this building. That is the importance of a foundation.
Knowing about the importance of foundations is not enough
Likewise, hearing Jesus’ teachings is not enough.
He who HEARS & DOES THEM is like a wise person . . . building on a solid foundation.
Building your life on the foundation of Christ is It is being righteous in your thought life, being righteous in how you handle anger, being righteous in self-control. This is a solid foundation in Christ. Even more it is honoring God, the Creator, with your life.
Jesus is a Solid Foundation
S.D.G.