46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are 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 a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.” (Luke 6:46-49)
Here, the Lord Jesus teaches that those who call Him Lord must obey His words and practice what they hear. Those who hear the words and put them into practice are like the builders who dig deep into the ground, laying a foundation on the rock. When the flood comes, the house remains unshaken. Here the flood symbolizes trials and persecutions. On the other hand, those who hear the words. but do not put them into practice are like the builders who build their house on the ground without a foundation, it collapses when the flood comes, they fall away when trials and persecutions come.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. (James 1:22-25)
Here, James calls us to be doers, not just hearer of the words. Hearing without doing is like one looking in a mirror and forgetting one’s appearance afterward. But those who hear the words and put them into practice will receive blessings, obedience brings blessings.
May God bless you and your family!
