Colossians 1:28 We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

"Building Upon the Rock"

Matthew 7:24-2724"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. 25The 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. 26But 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. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

1. The Similarities

2. The Difference1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.Ephesians 2:20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

“Many want to have the teachings of Jesus without the Jesus of the teachings.”

3. The Results

25The 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.

3. The Results27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.“

3. The Results

1 Peter 1:6-7 6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Why don't more people build on the firm foundation?

The Lazy ChristianLuke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

Why don't more people build on the firm foundation?

The Lazy Christian

The Short-sighted Christian

Why don't more people build on the firm foundation?

The Lazy Christian

The Short-sighted Christian

The Naïve Christian

How to Build on a Firm Foundation

FIRST, We Must Know the Truth

SECONDLY, by faith, we need TO DO what God is telling us

Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Ephesians 2:8-108For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Philippians 4:9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

James 2:17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.