Why do you think that Jesus compares obedience to His Word to a healthy foundation on a house?

What are some ways that we might inadvertently be building our lives on sand, and risking ruin? What would it look like to repent in these areas, and to fortify the foundation?

According to Jesus’s words in this passage, obedience (digging deep, and laying a foundation on the rock) begets perseverance (standing strong against flood waters). And disobedience (building a house with no foundation) precludes perseverance (falling in great ruin). Why do you think that obeying Jesus’s commands positions us to persevere in the Christian life?

Jesus seems to be instructing his hearers to be preparing now for the storms and adversity that will inevitably come on them in this life. What does it look like for us, as Christians, to be leveraging our present season, and to be preparing our our souls for adversity and suffering?

How can the local church help us in our obedience (hearing and obeying God’s Word), and in our perseverance (building a house with a firm foundation on the rock)?

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