MATTHEW 7:24-27 I'M STILL STANDING

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OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD IS IMPERATIVE

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INTRODUCTION

JESUS IS FINISHING UP WITH HIS SERMON ON THE MOUNT IN WHICH HE GAVE HIS NEW KINGDOM PRINCIPLES
HE BRINGS HIS SERMON TO A CLOSE BY REMOVING ANY POSSIBILITY OF BEING NEUTRAL AND DEMANDING A RESPONSE
IT IS GRACE, IT IS THE GOSPEL FOR MEN TO RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
IN DEUTERONOMY, MOSES TOLD THE ISRAELITES:
I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING
IF IT IS NOT LIFE, IT IS DEATH
IF IT IS NOT BLESSING THEN IT IS CURSING
THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND
JOSHUA SAID, CHOSE THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE
AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD
AS A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO DISOBEDIENCE, ISRAEL ENDS UP IN EXILE
WHEREBY EZEKIEL SAYS,
Ezekiel 33:30–32 KJV 1900
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
LORD IS NOT JUST A NAME, THE GOSPEL WRITER SAYS MANY WILL SAY UNTO ME IN THAT DAY, LORD, LORD, HAVEN’T WE DONE DIFFERENT THINGS IN YOUR NAME
BUT JESUS WILL TELL THEM TO DEPART, BECAUSE HE DOES NOT KNOW THEM
LORD IS NOT JUST A NAME, IT IS A WAY OF LIFE
WE RECEIVE HIM AS SAVIOUR, BUT REJECT HIM TO BE THEIR LORD
WHOEVER DOES THIS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CALL HIM KING WHEN HE COMES
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT DEMANDS A RESPONSE, WHICH INVOLVES THE PRIORITY OF GOD IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE
WE HEAR THE WORD BUT DO WE DO IT
DOES OUR MOUTH SHEW MUCH LOVE WHILE THE HEART GOES AFTER COVETEOUSNESS
NOW ISTHE TIME OF DECISION AND JESUS WANTS US TO REALIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF OUR CHOICES
JESUS CAME PREACHING, ‘REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.”
THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN LIVE IN THE DOMINION OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM IF WE WOULD JUST REACH
IT IS AVAILABLE AND WITHIN REACH
AS WE TAKE THE KINGDOM OF GOD, WE TAKE THE AUTHORITY OF THE KINGDOM
JESUS HEALED BLIND EYES, OPENED DEAF EARS, RAISED PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD, HEALED ALL MANNER OF SICKNESS AND DISEASE
THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE KINGDOM, OF THE KIND OF AUTHORITY THAT WE SHOULD BE LIVING IN
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD SAY, I’M GOING TO HEAR THE WORD, I’M GOING TO HEAR THE WORD, I’M GOING TO HEAR THE WORD
THAT IS GOOD BECAUSE FAITH COMETH BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD
BUT HEARING THE WORD IS NOT ENOUGH
JUST HEARING THE WORD IS HEARING THE INK UPON PAPER, BUT LIVING THE WORD IS LIVING IN THE POWER THAT THE WORD BECOMES FLESH AND DWELLS AMONG US
THEREFORE, WE ARE IN A TEXT TODAY THAT COMPARES A WISE BELIEVER AND A FOOLISH BELIEVER
AND THAT HE USES A METAPHOR OF AGRICULTURE AS THE PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS WAY OF SPEAKING

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MANY PEOPE HEAR CHRIST’S TEACHING BUT ONLY THE ONES THAT DO THEM ARE IN THE KINGDOM
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT HEAR, BUT IF YOU EXAMINE YOUR LIFE AND ITS ALL HEARING AND NO DOING YOU DECEIVE YOURSELVES
THE FACT IS THAT THE STORM WILL REVEAL THE TRUTH
THERE ARE SEVERAL SIMILARITIES IN THE PARABLE
1ST, BOTH INDIVIDUALS BUILD A HOUSE, THEY ARE BOTH INVOLVED IN SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY, THEY ARE BOTH INVOLVED IN SOMETHING TO DO IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD
IT IS APPARENT THAT BOTH BUILD THEIR HOUSES IN SIMILAR LOCATION, BECAUSE THE STORM HITS BOTH HOUSES
TRUE BELIEVERS AND FALSE BELIEVERS LIVE SIDE BY SIDE, THEY ARE ON THE SAME BLOCK, THEY GO TO THE SAME CHURCH
AND I MIGHT ALSO ADD THAT BOTH HOUSES WERE BUILT IN THE SAME WAY, BECAUSE THE LORD SAYS THAT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE FOUNDATION
IT IS ONLY
BOTH PEOPLE BUILD A HOUSE, BUILD THE SAME PLACE, AND BUILD IN THE SAME WAY
THE BOTH CARRY BIBLES AND NOTEBOOKS, THE BOTH GO THROUGH CERTAIN PRAYERS, THEY BOTH DO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
IT ALL LOOKS VERY MUCH THE SAME
UNTIL YOU COME TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER
AND THAT IS FOUNDATION
FOUNDATIONS ARE INVISIBLE ONCE THE BUILDING IS UP
THE REAL FOUNDATION IN OUR LIVES IS USUALLY HIDDEN ONLY TO BE REVEALED BY THE STORM
THE ONE WHO HEARS AND DOES THE WORD, HE IS LIKENED AS UNTO A WISE MAN
LUKE GIVES US A FEW MORE DETAILS A BOUT THE FOUNDATIONS
THE WISE MAN DIDN’T JUST HIT ROCK AND START BUILDING
ONE TOUCH FROM CHRIST IS NOT ENOUGH TO GET YOU THROUGH THE STORM
THE WISE MAN DIGGED DEEP WHICH MEANS THAT HE JUST DIDN’T START BUILDING WHEN HE FIRST HIT ROCK
HE DUG DEEPER, WHICH MEANS THAT MADE THE FOUNDATION DEEPER THAN JUST HITTING THE ROCK
HIS INTENTION WAS THAT HIS ENTIRE FOUNDATION WAS BUILT ENTIRELY UPON THE ROCK
HE WAS MAKING IT MORE SURE AND MORE SECURE
REMOVING EARTH, OR OTHER MATERIALS
THIS WAS HARD WORK, IT WAS NOT EASY
EVERYONE THAT JESUS CALLED WERE WORKING
GOD DOES NOT CALL YOU TO SIT IN A CHAIR
GOD CALLS YOU TO BE PRODUCTIVE
BUT, HOW AM I BEING PRODUCTIVE WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE I AM GOING DOWN AND OTHERS ARE GOING UP
THEREIN LIES ANOTHER DIFFICULTY; WATCHING OTHERS GO UP FASTER AS YOU ARE GOING DOWN
NOT ONLY IS IT PAINFUL PHYSICALLY BUT IT IS PAINFUL SPIRITUALLY
YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE BUILDING NOT ONLY FOR THE PRESENT BUT THAT YOU ARE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
YOU ARE ANTICIPATING THE STORM
BECAUSE STORMS ARE A SURE THING IN A WALK WITH GOD
THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN AVOID THE STORM
AND THIS TAKES A LITTLE MORE TIME, IT TAKES MORE PATIENCE TO DEVELOP YOUR FOUNDATION UPON THE ROCK
THE ROCK IS CHRIST AND CHRIST IS THE WORD
THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU COULD SEPARATE CHRIST FROM THE WORD
THUS, THE GREATEST FOUNDATION THAT YOU CAN BUILD UPON IS THE WORD OF GOD
HOWEVER, THE FOOLISH BUILDER DID NOT TAKE THE TIME TO DIG DEEPLY AND BUILD ON A SOLID FOUNDATION
THEREFORE, HIS HOUSE WAS BUILT MUCH FASTER THAN THE WISE MAN’S HOUSE
SPEED DOES NOT ALWAYS REVEAL SUCCESS
THE BIBLE SAYS, FOR YOU HAVE NEED OF PATIENCE THAT AFTER YOU HAVE DONE THE WILL OF GOD YOU WILL INHERIT THE PROMISE
THE FOOLISH BUILDER TOOK A SHORT CUT
BUT THERE ARE NO SHORT CUTS TO GLORY
SHORTCUTS APPEAL TO THE FLESH BECAUSE SHORT CUTS PROMISE THINGS NOW AND WE WANT THINGS NOW
WE DON’T WANT TO WAIT UPON THE LORD
BUT, THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH........
ALL THE CONSTRUCTING THAT THE FOOLISH DID WAS CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD SHOW OUTWARDLY
ALL OF THE BUILDING WHICH HE HAD WAS WHAT COULD BE SEEN BY THE EYE
MEANS THAT IT IS ALL A SHOW, NOTHING IS IN THE HEART
NO DEPTH TO THEIR SPIRITUALITY
WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE WISE BUILDER WAS GOING DOWN WHILE THE FOOLISH BUILDER WAS GOING UP
BUT WHEN THE STORM CAME THE WISE BUILDER WAS WATCHING THE FOOLISH BUILDER GO DOWN
BOTH BUILDERS HAD HEARD THE LORD SPEAK
EACH KNEW WHAT WAS REQUIRED
THE FOOLISH MAN KNEW THE RIGHT WAY TO BUILD BUT CHOSE TO BUILD DIFFERENTLY
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO YOU ARE THE STORM WILL COME
FOR THE WISE BUILDER, HIS HOUSE WAS FOUNDED UPON A ROCK
THAT GAVE THE HOUSE ALL THAT IT NEEDED TO STAND
CHRIST AND HIS WORD ARE ALL WE NEED THROUGH THE STORMS, TEMPTATIONS, AND TRIALS IN OUR LIVES
THE ACCOUNT IN LUKE SAYS THAT THE STORM COULD NOT SHAKE THE HOUSE
NOT ONLY COULD THE STORM NOT CAUSE THE HOUSE TO FALL, IT COULDN’T EVEN SHAKE THE HOUSE
Hebrews 12:26–27 KJV 1900
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
NOTHIG COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE WISE BUILDER AS THE DEPTH OF HIS FOUNDATION IN CHRIST ONLY PROVIDED WHAT WAS NEEDED
BUT THE FOOLISH BUILDER HAD ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED-THE FLESH, IMPATIENCE, ARROGANCE, EVEN PRIDE,
THOSE LIVING IN THE HOUSE THAT WAS FOUNDED UPON A ROCK WAS THE SAFEST PLACE FOR THEM TO BE DURING THE STORM
CHRIST AND HIS WORD OFFER THE GREATEST SECURITY FOR A LIFE
WHEN YOU ARE NOT LIVING UPON THE ROCK, THERE WILL BE A QUICK AND GREAT FALL
THUS, AS YOU HEAR AND OBEY, YOU ARE BUILDING FOR YOURSELF THE GREATEST HOUSE THAT CANNOT FALL AS YOU ARE FOUNDED UPON CHRIST JESUS
ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK I STAND, ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND
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