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Newsletter of January 2009

Mat 7:24-29 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

The parable of the wise man who built his house upon a rock and the foolish man who built his house on sand, is one of the most well-known parables in the Bible. When I recently read this passage in the Scriptures again, it seemed as if I suddenly saw it through completely different eyes and in a brand new dimension. When He was speaking about the rock upon which the house was built, I remembered that He spoke about a “rock” in a different place in the Scriptures. In Matthew 16:18, in connection to the revelation of Peter, Jesus states who He really is, that is, His true identity as a rock or a foundation upon which He builds His church.

If you truly find out and understand who Jesus really is, then you will build your life on the same unshakeable rock upon which the Church is built. It does not matter how high the waves are beating or whether trouble, problems and trials are coming against you, you can rest assured that you will never be overcome, for your life is not built upon the sand of this temporal life, but rather on the rock of ages who alone gives eternal life, namely, Jesus Christ. KMcC