Jesus the Teacher
Matthew records a significant portion of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5-7. In these incredible chapters we encounter Jesus as the teacher who truly shows us firstly, what God is like and secondly, how we should live.In His teaching Jesus overturned incorrect assumptions, deepened vital truths and opened new doors in our understanding of Faith and Life.
His final parable is a sober warning: Build your life on solid truth.
It's easy to get into a rut.
It's easy to just go with the flow and build how and where everyone else is.
It's easy to think that we know better or that we'll fix it later.
But building our lives well takes work.
Finding solid rock to build on isn't always convenient.
Solid rock takes work when we're making foundations.
Solid rock can seem like overkill.
Jesus is clear - the rains will come. The floods will rise.
We need to build well.
Sometimes when we're building a marriage or a family, it is easy to say, "we'll do the rock stuff later..." The problem is... once the house is up, it's hard to move it onto rock or to pour concrete where there was sand. To build a house upon the rock, we have to do it from the very start.Walking in the truths that Jesus taught is is the most important thing we can do in our lives and we should start early.
| 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. 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. 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. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law. (Matthew7:24-29) |
