PHMatthew 7
True and False Disciples
21;“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22;Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23;Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’The Wise and Foolish Builders
24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25;The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26;But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27;The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”Putting the symbols into table.
| symbol | symbol | |||
| listener | builder | listener | builder | |
| jesus words | house | jesus words | house | |
| practice | rock | does not practice | sand | |
| result after the storm | it withstand | result after the storm | fall |
For me the house can be also compared to church, the house with the words of Jesus. We are warned about where we built it.
A house when it falls is like when we forget all of our morality. But there is another condition where when the house is being swept away from it's location, this is when we do wrong interpretations of Jesus' words. That is why Jesus build his church on a Rock, the verse is also in matthew.
Matthew 16
17;Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19;I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”I added a simple construction methodology so you can comprehend the verse. Jesus is the first stone set, cornerstone, equivalent to footing in modern construction methodology.
When you built upon something it is not part of the built structure, that rock being built upon belongs to earth or the natural ground. It aligns with the parable of the wise builder. The lowest part that is the rock that holds the teachings of Jesus in place and away from misinterpretations.
Jesus left us with a church he built with a promise. Hindi lang po bible iniwan niya