Building Your House Upon The Rock

So we see here in this passage, that Jesus is giving a strong rebuke to those Christians who cannot decide Who's side they are going to be on. Jesus plainly states that He either wants us Hot or cold, but not lukewarm. The hot are the ones who are the wise Christians. They are true members of the body of Christ - the sons of obedience. They are on fire for God. The cold ones at least know that they are not serving God, They aren't putting on airs. They are honest about the condition their in. However, the lukewarm Christians are the ones that think they are truly serving God, but in fact, they are only going through the motions. They sit on two sides of the fence, thinking that God winks at that, but He doesn't. In His letter to the church in Laodicea, which I believe is representative of the state of many of the last days churches, Jesus says that if you are lukewarm, He will vomit you out of His mouth! In other words, you make God sick. You leave a bad taste in His mouth. To such people, Jesus says to repent! (verse 19). If you want to overcome, and be a apart of Christ for all eternity, then you need to choose to be hot for God all the time. Being lukewarm or cold is building your house upon the sand, and as you can imagine, it wont be long until it falls down all around you. To put it bluntly, those who don't build their house upon the solid Rock of the Word, will go down in quicksand! 1 Corinthians 10:12 says "Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall." You need to choose to have ears to hear. Hear the Word of God, then choose to obey it, and apply it in your everyday life. Don't be ignorant of the Word, and don't resist going in deeper levels. Knowledge is power. When you are built up in the Word of God, it causes you to rise up in faith, and successfully defeat the devil at his every attempt. Lack of knowledge, or rejecting the knowledge you receive will only cause you to be destroyed, and therefore, an easy target for satan. Hosea 4:6 says "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me...."

Those who build their house upon the Rock, are those who receive the knowledge of the truth - God's Word, and they build their life upon it. They hate what is evil, and cling to what is good. (See Psalms 97:10, Proverbs 8:13, & Romans 12:9) The Word of God must be first place in your life. You cannot sit on both sides of the fence. You must declare like Joshua did, "But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15). Don't be moved or swayed by the opinions of man. Stand firm upon the Word of God - that's the only Source you need. God and His Word are one and the same! Choose to be a wise Christian. Let's read now in Matthew chapter 25 verses 1-13 where Jesus gives the Parable of the ten virgins. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish: "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight a cry was heard: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him! Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying, No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us! But he answered and said, Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you. Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming."