UNSTABLE SAND
AND SOLID-ROCK PROTECTION

Matthew 7:21-27  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

• Consider the issue.
• Entering the Kingdom Of Heaven.

• But I looked closely at this passage and noticed something.
• Is entering Heaven going to be like living in a house built on a rock, where storms blow and other people's houses built on sand fall in destruction?
• Will there be storms blowing in Heaven that also strike houses "built on sand"?
• The same storms that will hit houses built on rock are the storms that will also hit houses built on sand.
• You see, Jesus further explained what He was trying to say, as He so often did, with a parable.
• And He explained what it is for people who enter into the Kingdom of Heaven by saying such people are like those who build houses on the Rock that withstand storms.
• He said that doing the will of the Father was the same thing as hearing His sayings and doing them.

John 7:16-17  Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself.

• And He called those words and teachings, or doctrines, "His will," meaning the Father's will.

Matthew 7:24  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them...

• The "sayings" of the Son were the "will" and "doctrine" of the Father.

• There will be no more storms in Heaven.
• But you enter a HAVEN OF REST.
• You enter into a tower and are safe.

Proverbs 18:10  The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
• The NAME of the Lord is a tower we can run into.
• But we also read:...

 

 

Hebrews 12:25-28  See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

• And when God's people are INSIDE that Kingdom, when the SHAKING COMES, they will be the only ones left standing.
• The Kingdom cannot be removed.
• You can shake everything else, but the KINGDOM OF GOD ALONE WILL STAND.

The will of the Father is noted in Jesus' prayer.

Luke 22:42  Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done

• Man was made from sand and dust of earth.
• Doing God's will is building on a Rock.
• He is the ROCK of my salvation.
• Those who refuse His will are on the SAND of their destruction.
• They do THEIR OWN WILLS.
• They do HUMAN will instead of God's Will.
• But when the winds blow, the storms will blow their houses over.
• Only those who do God's will are SAFE upon the ROCK.
• They ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

 

 

John 3:5  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

• If you want this protection, you must be born of water and Spirit.
• But Jesus also adds that you must do the Father's will to enter the Kingdom.
• Its a safe kingdom.
• Its a kingdom that cannot be removed when everything will be shaken.

Revelation 22:14  Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

• Doing His commandments causes us to ENTER through the gates of the City.

 

 

Matthew 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

• Winds of hell cannot tear it down.
• Prevailing winds?
• Not at  all.
• The winds of hell cannot prevail against the church.

Remember the GRACE that saved you?

• Someone called it "unmerited favour."
• And that is a good description.
• But not all.
• It is also DIVINE EMPOWERMENT.


2 Peter 1:2-3  Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

• MULTIPLIED PEACE.
• Wow!
• Imagine GRACE multiplied to you.
• The thing that saved you from sin, MULTIPLIED for you.
• And PEACE.
• When all else is going wrong, God's PEACE can keep you.
• PEACE in the midst of a storm.
• MULTIPLIED PEACE.
• How?
• THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM.
• Jesus said, "I never knew you," to those whose houses would fall.
• They did not receive GRACE to stand in the storm by being protected.

• Divine empowerment MULTIPLIED.

• He said they could not enter because they did not do the Father's will.
• They did their own wills.
• They would not be protected from the storms.
• The WISE who do the Father's will are protected.
• They are WISE because they will be protected for doing His will.
• THEY KNOW JESUS.

• Intimate physical love.
• We can KNOW JESUS by doing the will of the Father.

• And when we have the same will, we are intimately in union with Jesus.

• The mind of Christ was to do the Father's will.
• We are one in SPIRIT when saved, but becoming ONE with Him in SOUL AND MIND comes next.
• And HE PROTECTS US.

That is why Peter said,

2Peter 1:2-3  Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

• It puts out the houses of our lives upon HIS ROCK.
• His Kingdom of safety.
• And Peter said KNOWING HIM causes grace and peace to be multiplied to us.

• The house on the sand FELL.


2Peter 2:1  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

2Peter 2:14  Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children

• False Prophecy is WINDS of hell.

Ephesians 4:14  That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

• Peter said false prophets beguile UNSTABLE SOULS.
• UNSTABLE SOULS are like houses on SAND.
• SAND IS UNSTABLE.
• These souls do THEIR OWN WILL.
• They do not KNOW JESUS.
• Had they KNOWN JESUS, they would have been STABLE on ROCK, and the WINDS could not blow them over.
• God's GRACE AND PEACE would be multiplied to them.
• They would STAND.


2Peter 3:17  Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

• Being stedfast is being on the ROCK.


2 Peter 3:18  But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

• Grace is MULTIPLIED and keeps you SAFE.
• Knowing Jesus is doing the Father's will.
• Growing beyond that union of death, burial and resurrection, -- union of spirit --  is the union of THE MIND OF CHRIST -- union of soul.
• Grow in KNOWING HIM.
• Let Him be able to say "I KNOW YOU."

2 Peter 3:16  As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

• So naturally, they WREST scripture, or WRESTLE it to pieces.
• They twist its true meaning.


2Peter 3:14  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

• How can we have the PEACE OF GOD multiplied?
• What did chapter 1 say causes PEACE to be multiplied in us?
• He said it was through THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
• KNOWING HIM.
• And what did Jesus say in Matthew 7 was the means to KNOW HIM?
• DOING HIS WILL AND NOT OUR OWN.

• Make this your PRIORITY!

• YOU NEVER WERE DILIGENT ABOUT THIS.
• YOU DID NOT THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
• YOU DID YOUR OWN WILL.
• YOU ARE UNSTABLE.
• I WILL NOT PROTECT YOU IN MY KINGDOM.
• I WILL NOT MULTIPLY GRACE TO YOU.
• I WILL NOT MULTIPLY PEACE TO YOU.

• It is worth it when we do the will of God.