Choosing a home site takes a lot of careful thought and planning. How much thought and care do we put into choosing where to lay our spiritual foundation? This lesson brought to by Wayne Cornwell to the church at Highland Heights on February 14 explores why Jesus told us that it matters if you build your faith on sand or rock.

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3. Matthew 7:24-27
24 “Therefore whoever hears these
sayings of Mine, and does them, I will
liken him to a wise man who built his
house on the rock:

4. Matthew 7:24-27
25 and the rain descended, the floods
came, and the winds blew and beat on
that house; and it did not fall, for it
was founded on the rock.

5. Matthew 7:24-27
26 “But everyone who hears these sayings
of Mine, and does not do them, will be
like a foolish man who built his house
on the sand:

6. Matthew 7:24-27
27 and the rain descended, the floods
came, and the winds blew and beat on
that house; and it fell. And great
was its fall.”

7. Matthew 7:25,27
….and (not if!) the rain
descended, the floods came, and
the winds blew and beat on that
house;

8. Storms of Life are Sudden
Matthew 8:23,24 - Now when He got
into a boat, His disciples followed Him.
And suddenly a great tempest
arose on the sea, so that the boat was
covered with the waves. But He was
asleep.

9. Storms of Life (literal)

10. Mike Patterson Family
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13. Storms of Life (figurative)

14. Rock or Sand?
Only difference – hearer or a doer!
Matthew 7:24 - Therefore whoever
hears these sayings of Mine, and does
them, I will liken him to a wise man who
built his house on the rock.

15. Rock or Sand?
Only difference – hearer or a doer!
Matthew 7:26 - But everyone who hears
these sayings of Mine, and does not do
them, will be like a foolish man who
built his house on the sand.

16. These sayings of mine …
“You are the salt of the earth”
“Let your light shine”
“Don’t be angry with your brother”
“Don’t lust in your heart”
“Love your enemies”

17. These sayings of mine …
“Don’t do good to be seen by men”
“Lay up treasures in heaven”
“Don’t be anxious”
“Seek the Kingdom first”
“Judge not that you be not judged”

18. Rock or Sand?
James 1:22 - But be doers of the word, and
not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 1:25 -But he who looks into the
perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and
is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the
work, this one will be blessed in what he
does.