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April 14, 2024
Matthew 7:24 “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. 25 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. New International Version
Matthew 7:26 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. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” New International Version
A Life Built on the Rock Can’t Be Rocked
You Must See and Accept the Rock to Build Your Life on the Rock
Matthew 5:20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. New King James Version
Matthew 16:13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” English Standard Version
Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. English Standard Version
Matthew 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. English Standard Version
Peter is translated from the Greek word “Petros” which means a small rock or stone that stands alone. The word Rock is translated from the Greek word “Petra” which means a large projecting rock that is a foundational rock. Peter or “Petros” is masculine, and Rock or “Petra” is feminine.
Ephesians 2:19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. New International Version
Acts 4:11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” English Standard Version
You Must Reverence the Rock to Build Your Life on the Rock
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. English Standard Version
Dr. Andrew Parker, an agnostic, who is a leading British scientist, evolutionary biologist, and the head of Natural History Museum in London, home to one of the world’s largest collection of fossils. After he studied the creation account in the book of Genesis and comparing it with the scientific account of the history of life, he writes the following in his 2009 book titled. “The Genesis Enigma.”
“Here is the Genesis Enigma. The opening pages of Genesis are scientifically accurate. But were written long before the science was known. How did the writer of these pages come to write this creation account? I must admit rather nervously as a scientist adverse to entertaining such an idea that the evidence that the writer of the opening pages of the Bible was divinely inspired is strong.
I have never before encountered such powerful impartial evidence that the Bible is the product of divine inspiration.” Dr. Andrew Parker (Leading secular British Scientist, Evolutionary Biologist, Head of Natural History Museum, London England)
Mark 7:13 making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.” New King James Version