What Are You Building Your Life On? (and Object Lesson)

 Matthew 7:24-27

²⁴ “(Therefore) whoever/everyone/anyone who hears/listens to
     these sayings/teachings/words of Mine,
     and does/practices/obeys/follows/acts on them
     (puts them into practice),
     I will liken him to a wise man/person
     who built/builds his house on the (solid) rock: 
²⁵ and the rain descended/came down/poured,
    the floods/floodwaters came/rose,
    and the winds blew
    and beat/slammed/pounded on/against that house;
    and/yet it did not fall/collapse,
    for/because it was founded/built (had its foundation) on the rock.

²⁶ “But whoever/everyone/anyone who hears/listens to
     these sayings/teachings/words of Mine,
     and does not do/practice/obey/follow/act on them
     (put them into practice),
     will be like a foolish man/person
     who built/builds his house on the sand: 
²⁷ and the rain descended/came down/poured,
    the floods/floodwaters came/rose,
    and the winds blew
    and beat/slammed/pounded on/against that house;
    and it fell/collapsed.
    And great was its fall/collapse.”

Both people heard Jesus’ teachings (v. 24 and 26).
The big difference is that the wise man did/practiced/obeyed Jesus’ teachings, but the foolish man didn’t.
The wise man built his house on the rock [Jesus],
but the foolish man built his house on the sand
[the things of this world].
Both people experienced a storm (v. 25 and 27).
The wise man’s house did not fall,
but the foolish man’s house fell and the fall was great.

What are you building your life on?

OBJECT LESSON:

Have your kids build two houses out of Legos.
Put on in a sandbox and
put one on concrete with rocks around it.
Spray each with a hose.
The one on the sand should fall over.
The one on the rocks should stand.