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Hearing is not Enough! The Kingdom Key of Wise & Foolish READ | Matthew 7:24-29

Hearing is not Enough! The Kingdom Key of Wise & Foolish

READ | Matthew 7:24-29

Jesus, our Wayshower, in the Sermon on the Mount introduced the Kingdom Key of the Wise and the Foolish in the parable of the Two Houses. The wise man heard the Word and applied it to his life. The wise man is compared to a man who built his house on a rock. The foolish man heard the Word but did not apply it to his life. The foolish man is compared to a man who built his house on sand.

Both men experienced the same weather conditions: the rain descended, the flood came, and the winds blew and beat upon both houses. The house built on a rock survived the storm. The house built on the sand was destroyed and fell. Hearing and doing the Word is not an exemption certificate from the challenges of life but it will ensure your ability to stand no matter what.

It is not enough for us to just hear the Word; we must obey the Word that we have heard. “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17).” Nevertheless, just as faith without works is dead so is hearing the Word and not doing it (James 2:17). “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves (James 1:22).” Wisdom is hearing the Word and doing the Word.


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