Bible Memory Verse
“…Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke 11:28
Matthew 7:24-27
“Therefore everyone who hears these words if mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who build his house on the rock. (25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. (26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. (27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.
Luke 6:46-49
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord’ and do not do what I say? (47 I will show you what he is like who cones to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. (48 He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. (49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built his house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”
:
1. Who is the man who “hears these words of mine and puts them into practice” compared to?(person who built the foundation of his house on the rock—Jesus is called the Rock)
2. What happened to him when the storms came?
3. Who is the person who doesn’t obey God compared to? (man that built the foundation of his house)
4. What could the storms be compared to (the storms of life, which we all experience)
5. What lesson is Jesus teaching in this parable?