Two Builders

<p>Key Points</p><p>This parable is the ending of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus is not giving a building story. He is calling hearers to become doers.</p><p>Not everyone who says “Lord, Lord” will enter the kingdom, but the one who does the will of the Father.</p><p>Both builders heard the same words. Both built. Both faced the same storm. The difference was obedience.</p><p>The wise builder puts his hope in Christ and actually does what Jesus says. The foolish builder hears and does not do.</p><p>The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Reverence and awe of a holy God give us insight to obey.</p><p>Grace does not cancel obedience. Jesus upheld the Father’s will perfectly and now empowers us by the Spirit to walk it out.</p><p>Working out our salvation with fear and trembling is not earning salvation. It is responding to the gift we have already received.</p><p>Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it. Little yeses add up into a house that stands.</p><p><br></p><p>Discussion</p><p>Justin told Pastor Bob, “I hear it, but I have not done it.” Where does that sentence land on you?</p><p>Jesus said some will say “Lord, Lord” and still hear, “I never knew you.” How is knowing Jesus different from being around church activity?</p><p>Both houses faced the same storm. What storm is testing the foundation of your life right now?</p><p>Pastor Bob said the fear of the Lord is reverence and awe, not panic. What would it look like for you to recover a holy fear of God this week?</p><p>Where have you been hearing Jesus clearly but still choosing your own way?</p><p>“Little by little, little yeses instead of no.” What is one small obedience the Holy Spirit is asking you to practice this week?</p><p>If your house is not on the Rock yet, what would it mean today to stop striving, confess Jesus, and start building on Him?</p>