Real Relationships - Foundation
Firm Foundation
(Matthew 7:24-29 csb) “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.” 28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, 29 because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
(Matthew 7:24a) “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them…
1. A Forever *Relationship Can’t Be Built On A Whenever *Commitment
(Matthew 7:24b) will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
It’s a process of integration over inclusion.
2. You Can’t Choose Your *Weather; You Can Only Choose Your *Foundation.
(Luke 6:45) A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
(Matthew 7:28-29) When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, 29 because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
3. Real Relationships Don’t Last Because We Are *Good *Builders, But Because We Are Connected To The Ultimate *Authority.
(1 John 3:16) "By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us,