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Luke 6:46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?
Luke 6:47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will
show you whom he is like:
Luke 6:48 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 6:49 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.”
The Johnstown Flood resulted in the largest non-military loss of life in U.S. history,
surpassed only by the Galveston Hurricane in 1900 and the September 11 attacks
on New York City.
I. THE PROBLEM: TRUST AND OBEY, THERE’S NO OTHER WAY.
Luke 6:46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?
John 8:31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My
word, you are My disciples indeed.
Jeff O’Hara wrote,
Why call Me Lord, Lord and do not the things I say?
You call Me the Way and walk Me not!
You call Me the Life and live Me not!
You call Me Master and obey Me not!
If I condemn you blame Me not.
You call Me Bread and eat Me not!
You call Me Truth and believe Me not!
You call Me Lord and serve Me not!
If I condemn you blame Me not.
II. THE PRINCIPLE: HEARING AND DOING.
Luke 6:47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will
show you whom he is like:
Truth plus obedience equals a rock-solid foundation.
Acts 20:32 “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His
grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all
those who are sanctified.
III. THE PLAN: BUILDING A HOUSE, BUILDING A LIFE.
Luke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, …
Psalm 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:
IV. THE PRIORITY: FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION.
Luke 6:48 “… building a house … and laid the foundation on the rock …”
1 Corinthians 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ.
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand.
V. THE PREPARATION: DIGGING DEEP.
Luke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation
on the rock.
Arthur Pink who once said, “There are some who say they are saved before they
ever have any sense they are lost.”
VI. THE PUNISHMENT: NO FOUNDATION, THEY ALL FALL DOWN
Luke 6:49 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.”
Matthew 7:26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do
them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
Matthew 7:27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and
beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Romans 2:11 For there is no partiality with God.
Matthew 5:45 “…. He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends
rain on the just and on the unjust.
Lyrics “Two Sets of Jones'”
And the rain came down,
And it blew the four walls down
And the clouds they rolled away,
One set of Jones’ was standing that day.
So what is the point of this story,
What am I trying to say?
Is your life built on the Rock of Christ Jesus,
Or a sandy foundation you’ve managed to lay?
Hosea 10:12 “… Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.”
Acts 28:3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire,
a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
Matthew 12:34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things?
Matthew 23:33 Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation
of hell?
III. A WARNING OF THE WRATH TO COME.
Matthew 3:7 “… Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
1 Corinthians 16:22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
accursed…
Psalm 7:11 God is a just judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which
burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
IV. THE FRUIT OF REPENTANCE: A CHANGED LIFE.
Matthew 3:8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,
Matthew 3:2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Luke 3:10 So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?”
Luke 3:11 He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to
him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
Luke 3:12 Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher,
what shall we do?”
Luke 3:13 And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”
Luke 3:14 Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?”
So he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content
with your wages.”
Salvation is always present tense.
It’s not past tense —-
It’s not about something we once did that has no bearing upon what we do now.
V. THE ROCK SHOW: RAISING UP CHILDREN FROM STONES.
Matthew 3:9 And do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our
father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from
these stones.
There was an old song “Hearts of stone.”
Hearts made of stone
Will never break,
And the love you give,
It just won’t take.
Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being;
