Reference: Matthew 7:24-27
My friend if you have any knowledge at allof how a house is built, then you know that you must have a good solidfoundation for the house to set on or else the house will begin to crumble whenthe weather begins to beat against the house. A bad foundation of a house willallow water to seep in through the blocks and pretty soon you will notice thatthe house will begin to sag a little here and there. If a contractor failed tolay a good footer for the foundation to rest upon, then the building simplywill not be able to take the beating that the weather will begin to do to thebuilding. Jesus explains the christian life exactly like a house that is builteither on a solid rock foundation or on a foundation made of sand. You probablyknow that if a house was built upon the ground without a good solid base ofconcrete to rest on then the house will begin to sag and tilt. Please recall tomemory that Jesus said in Matthew 16:18 that he was going to build his church upon a rock. Are youfamiliar with what this rock is that Christ was referring to? This rock is ofcourse his word. The word of God my friend is the solid rock that he will buildhis church upon. This is why Christ said that if you hear his word and do whatit tells you to do then you will be a wise person building your house upon arock. If you hear the word of God and fail to obey and receive it then you willbe like a foolish man that built his house on the sand. Now friend you maythink that you have built your house on the rock, but did you know that it canbe proven whether you have or not?
Don't you want to know just exactly whereyou are building your spiritual house? You may be building your house on thesand not really realizing or knowing it. If you are building your spiritualhouse on the sand then you won't be able to stand when things begin to get rough.Many people today are not enjoying the wonderful benifits that the word of Goddescribes because of the fact they are building on the sandy foundation offalse teaching instead of on the solid rock of truth. Are you facing things inyour life that you cannot seem to overcome? Is Satan having a field day withyou causing you to be miserable instead of having life and that more abundantlylike Jesus said that we can have? Do you have a sickness that you just can'tseem to get over no matter how many times you have been prayed for by theElders of your church? Do you seem to blow a gasket every time things gocontrary to the way you think they should? Are you yet prone to sins powerwhich only brings sorrow and heartache? My friend if you are negative about howyour life is going then allow me to tell you that you are building yourspiritual house on the sand and not on the rock. Do you want to stay where youare all alone with your miseries or are you willing to come up to a higherplane of life? If you are willing then what you must do is to get out of yourchurch and begin to receive the truth that will set you free and give you alife that Christ promises to you if you hear and obey his every word. Friend Iam not calling you a hypocrite or half way trying to live for God but rather Iam trying to show you what the Bible says about how a true child of God livesand enjoys his or her salvation. If your life is not in accord with what thegospel reveals then can't you see that you are not what and where you think youare? Are you aware of the fact that a false religion will only make youmiserable and you cannot receive what God's word has in store for you? You maybe a person that is very sincere in what you believe, but are you aware of thefact that you can be just as sincerely wrong as well as sincerely right? Youmay belong to some church in your community and you may be a good member of itdoing all you can for what you think is the will of God when all the time youare in error not truthfully receiving the benifits that the word of Godreveals. Will you believe it if I told you that the average church today isvoid of the truth that will make true converted christians out of its members?Do you belong to a church that claims to manifest the power of God in mightysigns and wonders? Would you believe it if I told you that most people areignorant of the fact as to what the power of God is and the true purpose of itin your life? Just because some people claim to be manifesting the power of Godin signs and wonders, this in no wise prove that they are of God. The best wayto prove whether you have truth or not is by the life you live. If you aremiserable and cannot live the way the Bible reveals that you can if you aretruly born again, then my friend you simply are not what you think you are. Areyou willing to admit the facts and cease from your own stubborn and stiffneckedway and humble yourself and ask God's mercy to save you? Did you know that ittakes a better person to be willing to admit their wrong humbling themselves,instead of refusing to face the matter square in the eyes? Let your conditionprove what and where you are with God and not what I or anybody else may tellyou. Our judge is the word of God and not what man says about it. A man maytell you the truth of the word of God, but your obedience to what he says isyour obedience to what God says through him. The Bible reveals that you mustobey them that have the rule over you. The rule is the word that the trueministers proclaim to you. Many are obeying the rule over them thinking theyare doing what the Bible reveals, but if you are not receiving and obeyingtruth then you are not enjoying the salvation that the Bible reveals. Salvationis of the Lord whereas religions are of man. Your obedience to the commandmentsand traditions of man will not give you peace and happiness like Christ has tooffer. Christ is truth thus proving that you must obey truth no matter what youmay feel or think about it. The flesh will cause you to follow the way that itdesires instead of the way that the gospel reveals. The Bible is contrary towhat the flesh loves and enjoys. You must crucify the lusts and desires of theflesh before you can receive the benefits that the word of God reveals. Youmust hear and obey the word of God or else you will build on the sand failingto receive the promises that the word of God reveals. The word of God says in Psalms 127:1 that except theLord build the house, they labour in vain that build it... Christ is the builder of the true church. Hewill build his church on the rock of revealed truth. Many people are labouringin vain in the works that they are doing. You may think any organization thatis much involved in church work such as those who have many missionaries overseas have to be of God seeing they manifest so much zeal in their efforts. Didnot Jesus say that many would compass sea and land to make one proselyte, andwhen he is made they make him twofold more the child of hell than themselves?My, what such zeal they have!!!