At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells a parable of two men who built houses. Then a great storm came. “The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house” (Matt. 7:25). What a great metaphor of the trials and circumstances of life!

When the storm subsided and the damage could be assessed, Jesus says one house stood strong, while the other had a great fall. And do you know what the difference was? It wasn’t the square footage of the house, or its floor plan, or its paint color. It was the quality of its foundation.

One man built his house on the rock, while the other built it on sand. Jesus saves this story for the end of his sermon, saying, “Everyone who hears these words and mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock” (Matt. 7:24).

Money can’t provide security. Pleasure won’t satisfy. We all need a firm foundation in life, and only Jesus is strong enough to be that solid rock. I recently preached on 1 Corinthians 3:10-17, and you can listen to the message by clicking this link.

In this sermon, we learn…

• Three ways to build your life on the rock of Jesus Christ
• The history behind one of our most beloved hymns, “The Solid Rock”
• How Paul and Apollos turned a potential rivalry into a powerful tag-team ministry
• Does the Bible really say Christians won’t be judged?
• How to gain more reward in heaven

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