The Rock

The Rock

Matthew 7:24-25 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

Matthew 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

It seems I can never do any digging around my home, garden, or yard without hitting a rock. My grandfather used to say, “There aren’t very many rocks in this part of the country; it’s all one great big one.” Oh, how I wish that were spiritually true—that this whole country rested upon the spiritual Rock that is Jesus Christ.

Jesus once told an often-misunderstood parable where He compared a house built on the rock to a house built on the sand. In that parable Jesus tells us wise people build their lives on the rock of obedience. Those who hear Jesus’ sayings and do them are wise and when the storms of life come, they will still stand. Foolish people live lives of disobedience. They hear Jesus’ sayings, but they don’t do them, and that’s like building a house on the sand. When the storms come, it falls.

Then there was a time when Jesus asked His disciples who He was. Peter boldly said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” Peter showed great faith, and Jesus told Peter it was on the rock of faith in Him that He would build His Church.

Jesus is the Rock the Hebrew children drank from as He followed them in the wilderness. (1 Corinthians 10:4) Jesus is a chief cornerstone, elect, and precious. Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame. (1 Peter 2:6) He is the stone the builders rejected, the stone of stumbling, the rock of offense. Those who are disobedient will stumble over Him and be crushed, but those who believe have obtained mercy.

I hope we can all sing, “On Christ the solid Rock I stand; all other ground is sinking sand,” and mean it.

Have a God Filled Week,
Brother Donnie