The House on the Rock
KJV Luke 6: 47
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you
to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man
which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when
the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not
shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth,
and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the
earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell;
and the ruin of that house was great.
Jesus performed many miracles, even stating that if
people did not listen to Him, they should at least believe on Him because of
those wonders.[1]
Many were drawn to Him and yet fell away when they heard hard words – as in
John 6. This parable compares the outcome of those who hear and do the sayings
of Jesus. It is also the closing of the Sermon on the Mount, KJV Matthew
7:24-29.
The Lukan version starts with hearing and doing the Words
of Jesus. Jesus began with the positive description of a well-built house
weathering a storm.
Therefore, Jesus first portrayed a home built
correctly –
·
A man built a house and began by digging
it deeply.
·
He laid the foundation on a rock.
·
The flood arose and the stream beat
against it vehemently.
·
The storm could not shake it because it
was founded on a rock.
Our
news is filled with photos, videos, and descriptions of storms, floods, and
tornados, and hurricanes. The power of Creation is so great that poorly built
homes are washed or blown away in a moment. They float away like cardboard
models.
KJV
Luke 6: 49
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation
built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently,
and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
The second part of the
parable compares the gulf between a house built but only upon soil. Immediately
the swollen stream sweeps it away.
[1]
KJV John 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I
do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe,
that the Father is in me, and I in him.
