Jesus compared two builders, one "a wise man," the other "a foolish man." Both these men built houses. One house endured the storm; the other house did not. And the emphasis that we must not overlook is this: that the storm pressed upon the wise man's house as fiercely as it did upon the house of the foolish man.
Christianity is not a "by;" it is not an exemption from the harshness of living. But it is a living-through. Not because the Christian is more determined than anyone else. Hardly! It is because a Christian's life is "founded on the rock" (v. 25).