ONE-YEAR JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 295 - Luke 3-6 (The House That the Wise Man Built)
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"But why do you call Me "Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?... But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great." (Luke 6:46, 49)
I know a little bit about construction having started my own home improvement business about five years ago. Some soils are able to support a skyscraper, while other soils are not able to support the weight of a human. If the soil under a building is not stable, the foundation of the building could crack, sink, or worse–the building could fall!
Jesus likens the person who professes to call Him Lord but do not obey Him to a foolish builder who built a house without a foundation! Naturally, the house completely collapsed when a heavy storm beat against it. It doesn't take much to understand Jesus' point of His parable - people who are Christians only in word but not in deed are going to one day wake up to their horrible fate.
Jesus, on the other hand, likens the person who not only believes but obeys Him to a wise builder:
"Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock." (Luke 6: 47-48)
No, it's not easy to be a true follower of Christ just as it is not easy to do the hard work of digging a sure foundation for a house that will stand the test of heavy storms; but the rewards of obedience to the Lord God cannot even begin to compare with the unimagineable horrors of becoming a foolish builder whose end is eternal destruction.
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