HOW FIRM IS YOUR FOUNDATION (5 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Luke 6:46-49
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How Firm Is Your Foundation (5 of 5)
Series: Sermon On The Plain
Jeff Strite
Luke 6: 46-49
Several years ago there was a new housing subdivision in Mesquite, NV. It was a beautiful building project and absolutely brand new... but there was a problem. Several months after many of the families had moved in, serious cracks began to develop in the driveways and roads, and there was a constant disturbing smell of methane gas coming from ground What was wrong? Well, it seems the builders of the subdivision had built about 8 of the homes directly on top of a landfill -and that landfill was about 20 feet beneath the living rooms of these homes. Things got so bad floors shook and walls began to crack... and houses began to sink into the ground.
Obviously - someone had forgotten the importance of building on a good foundation.
Now, renovators of older houses will tell you that there are 2 things they look for when they decide to take on a project. First, they want to know if the roof sound, and second they want to make sure the foundation is solid. They can fix just about anything else... but if either of the roof or the foundation is bad they won't even look at the house.
Here in Luke 6, Jesus tells us to pay close attention to our foundation. Jesus tells us the wise man ''dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.'' But the fool ''built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.''
ILLUS: In the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus used a much similar illustration. But in that sermon He spoke of the wise man building his house on a rock whereas the fool built his on sand. Now, in the days of Jesus, that was a powerful piece of imagery. His audience could picture a man building his house on the sand where he would lose it to a mass ...
Series: Sermon On The Plain
Jeff Strite
Luke 6: 46-49
Several years ago there was a new housing subdivision in Mesquite, NV. It was a beautiful building project and absolutely brand new... but there was a problem. Several months after many of the families had moved in, serious cracks began to develop in the driveways and roads, and there was a constant disturbing smell of methane gas coming from ground What was wrong? Well, it seems the builders of the subdivision had built about 8 of the homes directly on top of a landfill -and that landfill was about 20 feet beneath the living rooms of these homes. Things got so bad floors shook and walls began to crack... and houses began to sink into the ground.
Obviously - someone had forgotten the importance of building on a good foundation.
Now, renovators of older houses will tell you that there are 2 things they look for when they decide to take on a project. First, they want to know if the roof sound, and second they want to make sure the foundation is solid. They can fix just about anything else... but if either of the roof or the foundation is bad they won't even look at the house.
Here in Luke 6, Jesus tells us to pay close attention to our foundation. Jesus tells us the wise man ''dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.'' But the fool ''built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.''
ILLUS: In the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus used a much similar illustration. But in that sermon He spoke of the wise man building his house on a rock whereas the fool built his on sand. Now, in the days of Jesus, that was a powerful piece of imagery. His audience could picture a man building his house on the sand where he would lose it to a mass ...
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