The Two Foundations

Song: The Solid Rock

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-29

Jesus taught as one having authority. He called upon the multitudes who heard His preaching to do something. He gave them orders. He issued the charge that having seen His blueprint for life in the kingdom, it was time for the people to build. There were but two responses to His message.

The wise man builds his house upon the rock. The rock is Jesus Christ. It is His teaching which provides the foundation for the good life and the happy abode. The fact that He is God who cannot lie assures us of the truth of His teaching. The fact that He became a man to die in man’s stead gives us reason to build. The fact that He conquered sin and the grave makes the foundation indestructible and equips those who build upon it to face any storm of life which may assail them.

The foolish man builds his house upon the sand. The sand is any place without Jesus Christ. As the song says, “All other ground is sinking sand.” The man who doesn’t hear the teaching of Jesus, or who hears but doesn’t hearken, builds a house that cannot weather the storms of life. He builds on his own whims, on the beliefs of his parents, or on the values of society. All of these are shifting, sinking, shaking foundations. The house is doomed to fall.

Listen to Jesus today. He is the Master Builder. He alone can tell you where and how and with what materials to construct your life. Then build.

Jason Moore