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BIBLE STUDY KEY VERSE:
Matthew 7:24-27 (ESV)
24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
BIBLE STUDY INTRODUCTION:
Jesus is bringing His Sermon on the Mount to a close with a parable of two types of people. The Wise and the foolish. Christ is dividing the choices we have straight down the center. Either we choose Him or we choose destruction.
This parable depicts two types of people:
Both are building a house.
Both hear instruction on choosing the right foundation.
Both make a choice on the type of foundation to use.
Both experience a storm.
The wise person who obeyed the instruction and built on the Rock survives the storm.
The wise person who obeyed the instruction and built on the Rock survives the storm.
The foolish person who disobeyed the instruction and built on the sand is taken by the storm.