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! Introduction:
!! The Wise and the Foolish Builder, 7:24-27
Jesus Christ was a Carpenter by Trade and Profession
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Some things to be noted about building a House.
1.
/Hearing instructions./
This is critical, for a person must follow the blueprint in order to know /how/ to build the house.
a.
A person must hear and follow (obey) the instructions.
b.
A person must hear and build upon what he hears.
Builders must always be “laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come....” (1 Tim.
6:19).
2.
/Selecting the foundation./
This is also critical, for selecting the site and material determine the future of the house.
a.
A person must build upon a solid foundation.
There is only one foundation which to build: the rock (1 Cor.
3:11).
b.
A person must make his calling an election sure (2 Peter 1:10).
c.
A person must know that building upon rock takes time and skill Illus.
Two men building a house
3.
/Counting the cost./
Beginning and not finishing the house brings mockery and shame (Luke 14:28-33).
The point of the two parables is clear:
A man must pay the ultimate price.
He must forsake all, renounce and give up all that he /is and has/; or else “he cannot be my disciple.”
When a man counts the cost of following Christ, he needs to think about two things.
1) It will cost him /all he is/ (Romans 12:1-2 cf. 1 Cor.
6:19-20)
2) It will cost him /all he has /(Philippians 3:7-8 cf.
{Moses} Hebrews 11:24-26)
Jesus illustrated the exchange in this way: /“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, “who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it./
(Matthew 13:44-46).
1. Jesus wants /wholehearted/ commitment not /halfhearted/ (Luke 9:57-62).
2. A desire for Him at any cost (Matt.
6:33 /seek first the kingdom of God/).
3. Unconditional surrender.
4. A full exchange of self for the Savior.
!! Application is clearly seen in this picture of house building.
1.
/Every person has a house—a life—to build./
How he builds his life determines his destiny, not just for this life but for eternity.
2. /There is only one Foundation for every life:/ Jesus Christ (1 Cor.
3:11).
3. /Everyone either builds his life upon this world or upon Christ & obedience to His Word (heaven itself)./
4. /Jesus teaches that there are two kinds of builders./
A wise builder: hears the instructions and obeys them (Matthew 7:24-25).
A foolish builder: hears the instructions and does not obey them (Matthew 7:26-27).
a.
Both are building a house.
b.
Both choose a foundation: there is one supreme difference—the foundation.
c.
Both experiences rain, floods, and winds beating upon their house.
d.
Both heard the instructions.
1) One heard and obeyed: experienced a great deliverance.
2) One heard and did not obey: experienced a great fall.
C. Jesus now expands on the danger of the coming judgment.
1.
This is the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount
2. This is the final appeal to people in danger of judgment.
Jesus challenges them to act on His sayings:
Whether they do or not will be the test of whether they are wise or foolish
Ultimately their response will determine if they hear the words “/Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness/” (7:23)
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The Wise Builder (v.24-25)
!! The Wise Builder is building a House
/ /
Every person is building a house.
1.
Jesus Christ instructs us on how to build our house (life).
2. Jesus’ /sayings, /instructions, & words are the material, which determine the structure and fate of our lives.
· Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
· Luke 9:26 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His /own/ glory, and /in His/ Father's, and of the holy angels.
· John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you are spirit, and /they/ are life.
3.
Our lives & our destiny depend upon how we respond to the /sayings /of Christ!
Thought 1 /Both Builders hear and receive the instructions /
Christ is talking about people who…
· are in the church.
· have Christian parents.
· have Christian friends.
· have a source of some Christian influence.
“In the same way professing Christians (both genuine and the spurious) often look alike.
You cannot easily tell which is which.
Both appear to be living Christian lives.
For Jesus is not contrasting professing Christians with non-Christians who make no profession.
On the contrary, what is common to both spiritual house-builders is that they hear these words of mine.
So both are members of the visible Church community.
Both read the Bible, go to Church, listen to sermons and buy Christian literature.
The real question is not whether or not they hear Christ's teaching, nor even whether they respect it or believe it, but whether they do what they hear.”
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The Wise Builder Builds Upon a Rock
/What does it mean to “build on the rock”!/
1.
O.T. God is called a rock (Psalm 18:2).
2. Paul referred to Christ as the only foundation (1 Cor.
3:11).
3. We are building our “spiritual house” upon a “living stone” (1 Peter 2:1-5)
Obeying the Words of Christ is equivalent to building on solid rock.
Let the passage speak for itself:
· “Whoever hears these sayings of Mine, /and does them (acts upon them)/, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: (Matthew 7:24).
· Colossians 1:21-23 – And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled… if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast.”
· James 1:22 – But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
· 1 John 2:3-4 – Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
· Titus 1:15-16 – To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
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