AJ's Blog (Archived Blog): "Two Houses - The Power of Two, Part 4" - Preached by John Hagee, Cornerstone Church

Matthew 7:24-27 (New King James Version)
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: 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.
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: 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." [biblegateway.com]

Mathew 7:24-27 is a builder contractor's seminar.

The text begins with the word "therefore". You need to find out why it begins with that word. (You need to look back at the previous verses)

Matthew 7:21-23 (New King James Version)
21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' [biblegateway.com]

It is possible for someone to have a healing crusade and a deliverance ministry but at the Day of Judgment God says I don't know you.

God does not look at the messenger, the message is powerful enough where if a drunkard preaches John 3:16, a person can still get saved. Don't get hooked on the man or the messenger, get hooked on Jesus Christ.

Many will say didn't we do miracles and wonders in your name, God will say I never knew you.

If you have not confessed your sins or been to the Cross, you are singing about the heaven you will never see.

The word therefore means let a man exam himself to ensure he is not just a hearer of the word, but the doer of the word. Jesus distinguishes between hearing and doing the word.

When you come to Christ you are given a new nature and you can't get that from a psychopsycho-cyberneticscybernetics or the cotton candy gospel being preached in some churches. (My note: Like the seeker friendly or the Emergent Churches)

You cannot confront what you can't change. If you don't allow your sin nature to be crucified at the Cross the sin will destroy you.

It's not enough to say amen you must do it. Be doers of the word not just hearers. This is like the man who built his foundation on the rock

The second foundation is sand…some are choosing the foundation of self. Many are choosing the foundation of materialism.

Life is made by what you give not by what you get.

Why be politically correct when you can be right? Those who believe the Bible can escape hell, sickness, poverty, etc.

There are two deceptions in this story of Mathew 7:24-27:

First deception is that quick success is lasting success - the man who built on sand had quick success. The man building on rock looked like he was failing because of the time it took to build. Quick success is not permanent.

Second deception is that appearance is the test of approval (the quality of your preparation determines the quality of your success)

Everyone is building a house here on earth by what they believe and actually do and you are going to live in it, both here in the temporal on earth and in eternity.