The Foundation

From Matthew 7:24-29

📖 Matthew 7:24-29  ESV Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” 28 And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, 29 for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

📖 Matthew 7:24a NLT Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise…

Have you applied what you know?

📖 Matthew 7:24b NLT …like a person who builds a house on solid rock.

📖 Matthew 7:25 NLT Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.

📖 Matthew 7:26-27 NLT But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.

“God, give me stable feet for unstable ground. God, would you give me the foundation that can weather the storms.”

1.  We are all building a .

📖 Psalm 90:12 NLT Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.

2. Build .

A. will this make me ?

B. it make me ?

C. I feel doing it?

D. will others of me?

E. Is it ?

Is It WISE?

What is the difference?

3. The .

📖 Isaiah 28:16 See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.