46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I
say? 47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show
you whom he is like: 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. 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.”
Commentray
Here the Lord Jesus Christ makes it clear the just professing Him as ones Lord is not being His disciple, because if all your doing is calling Him, ‘Lord, Lord’, and thus trying to look and sound “spiritual”, then your foundation is only on shaky and unstable ground. Because the Lord Jesus Christ wants us to do the things He says, for that is being His disciples. For Jesus’ Word goes out with Authority and Power and those who hear it and do it are the ones who not only have a profession of Him, but they also have the Person of Him, guarding them, and keeping them, and preserving them in the faith, because they having dug dip into His Word have built their lives upon it, upon obeying Him. All which is hard work, but reaps everlasting rewards for all who do so! Therefore, when the storms of life arise both their faith and their lives are able to withstand them, for they have built their “homes” i.e. their faith and lives upon the Rock.
In contrast then to the wise builders who dig deep and lay their foundation on the Rock, are those who merely lay their foundation on the earth, and thus they don’t bother to dig deep into His Word to lay their foundation, and thus put in the hard work of obedience that being a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ requires. And so, it is when the storm comes, and floods beat vehemently against that house, i.e. that person and their faith, immediately they fall, and Jesus says the ruin of that house was great.
Therefore, please do not assume that “praise and worship” is the essence of being a disciple. Now praise and worship is great, and greatly edifying, and is something I love doing, but it is only the “desert portion” of being a disciple, and so as little children in the faith we need to learn to have a healthy a well-balanced diet in the faith, that includes not just praise and worship, or Bible studies, or trying to exercise Spiritual gifts, but doing all those things that Jesus commands of us. So that we might be emotionally well balanced and spiritually healthy. For again the essence of being a disciple of Jesus Christ is keeping His Word, everything else then should manifest itself out from there.
Commentray
Here the Lord Jesus Christ makes it clear the just professing Him as ones Lord is not being His disciple, because if all your doing is calling Him, ‘Lord, Lord’, and thus trying to look and sound “spiritual”, then your foundation is only on shaky and unstable ground. Because the Lord Jesus Christ wants us to do the things He says, for that is being His disciples. For Jesus’ Word goes out with Authority and Power and those who hear it and do it are the ones who not only have a profession of Him, but they also have the Person of Him, guarding them, and keeping them, and preserving them in the faith, because they having dug dip into His Word have built their lives upon it, upon obeying Him. All which is hard work, but reaps everlasting rewards for all who do so! Therefore, when the storms of life arise both their faith and their lives are able to withstand them, for they have built their “homes” i.e. their faith and lives upon the Rock.
In contrast then to the wise builders who dig deep and lay their foundation on the Rock, are those who merely lay their foundation on the earth, and thus they don’t bother to dig deep into His Word to lay their foundation, and thus put in the hard work of obedience that being a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ requires. And so, it is when the storm comes, and floods beat vehemently against that house, i.e. that person and their faith, immediately they fall, and Jesus says the ruin of that house was great.
Therefore, please do not assume that “praise and worship” is the essence of being a disciple. Now praise and worship is great, and greatly edifying, and is something I love doing, but it is only the “desert portion” of being a disciple, and so as little children in the faith we need to learn to have a healthy a well-balanced diet in the faith, that includes not just praise and worship, or Bible studies, or trying to exercise Spiritual gifts, but doing all those things that Jesus commands of us. So that we might be emotionally well balanced and spiritually healthy. For again the essence of being a disciple of Jesus Christ is keeping His Word, everything else then should manifest itself out from there.
Scripture Quotations
New King James Version. (1982): Thomas Nelson
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