“SHAKY GROUND?” OR “ROCK SOLID?”

“...a wise man built his house on the rock...but...

a foolish man built his house on the sand...”

Matthew 7.24-27

I have set the Lord always before me.

Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Psalm 16.8; Acts 2.25

If we live our lives with Jesus Christ as our Rock and Lord,

we will not be “shaken.”

To live on this Rock is to “follow Jesus” as our Lord.

“Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Matt. 4.19

To “follow Jesus” is to obey Jesus' commands.

“ If you love Me,

you will obey what I command.”

John 14.15

Jesus' commands are given to His disciples in “The Sermon on the Mount.”

Jesus spent 3 ½ years teaching men how to obey the commands in His “Sermon.”

At the end of this time, Jesus told these men:

“Go and make disciples....baptize them...

and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

Matthew 28.18-20

Jesus insisted on obedience from these men over and over the night before His crucifixion (John, ch. 13-14-15-16). His concern for their obedience was in His prayer to the Father later that night (John 17).

Obedience to Jesus' commands is now directed by the Holy Spirit. 

(John, ch. 14,15,16)

To build our lives on The Rock,

we are to obey the commands of Jesus Christ, 

today.