Dr Tom Hover
May 18, 2025
Matthew 7: 21-29
BUILDING ON THE ROCK OF AGES
BUILDING ON THE ROCK OF AGES
Main Scripture Text: Matthew 7: 21-29
Introduction: (Matthew 7:21–23) After counselling about false prophets, Christ then counsels about the problem of false profession. The warning about false prophets was a warning not to be deceived by others; the warning about false profession is a warning not to be deceived by yourself. The warning here about false profession is a most important one. Because if you have a Profession of Christ without a Possession of Christ you are building your life on Sinking Sand. You are eternally lost and without hope of Heaven because your trust is in your Religion about Jesus Christ and you have no Relationship with Jesus Christ. You will not survive the storms of Hell and life without a Rock-Solid Faith in Jesus Christ. A faith that is real, a faith that brings powerful change in your life. A faith in Jesus Christ that causes a new birth, A faith in Jesus Christ that makes you a new creation and brings you into a new relationship with God that you never had before. You are made new standing on Jesus Christ the Solid Rock! What a terrible thing to end up in hell thinking you were saved.
A. Jesus Gives A Description of a False Profession. Matthew 7:21
B. Jesus Gives the Defense of a False Profession. Matthew 7:22
C. Jesus Gives the Doom of False Profession. Matthew 7:22-23
I. ROCK SOLID FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST WILL BRING GREAT CONFIDENCE
A. You Must Believe the Word of God Matthew 7:15,
2 Corinthians chapter 11:13, Matthew 7:16, Galatians 5:22–23
B. You Must Receive the Word of God Matthew 7:24, The word “Heareth” has the meaning of Receiving what He is saying” Luke 6:48, Romans 10:1C. You Must Heed the Word of God Matthew 7:24,27, James 2:14-20,
James 2:26
II. ROCK SOLID FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST WILL BRING STEADFAST ENDURANCE Matthew 7: 25 and 27
The test of your faith is your Steadfast Endurance in the storm.
Habakkuk 3:17-19, Job 13:15 Do you know what faith is? Faith is not receiving from God the things you want; it is accepting from God the things He gives.
III. ROCK SOLID FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST WILL BRING ETERNAL PERMANENCE Matthew 7: 25, 22-23, I John 2:19
Conclusion: Outwardly, we look all alike. But if you want to see the difference, you’ve got to look beneath the surface to the foundation. And I beg you in the name of Jesus to make certain that you have rock-solid faith:
Rock Solid Faith in Jesus Christ Will Bring Great Confidence
Rock Solid Faith in Jesus Christ Will Bring Steadfast Endurance
Rock Solid Faith in Jesus Christ Will Bring Eternal Permanence
John 14:21, James 1:22, Matthew 7: 28-29
Notice The Comprehension of The Sermon Matthew 7:24–29
A. The Appraisal of the Listeners (Matthew 7:24–27)
• The Wise Builder. First, His Sweat. “Built his house upon a rock” (Matthew 7:24). Second, His Sagacity. “Wise man” (Matthew 7:24) Third, His Survival. “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” (Matthew 7:25)
• The Foolish Builder. First, His Dispatch. “Built his house upon the sand” (Matthew 7:26).
Second, His Display. “Built his house upon the sand” (Matthew 7:26).
Third, His Dumbness. “Foolish man” (Matthew 7:26)
Fourth, His Destruction. “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” (Matthew 7:27).
B. The Appraisal by the Listeners Matthew 7:28-29
• The Time of The Appraisal. “It came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings” (Matthew 7:28). Proverbs 18:13
• The Trauma in The Appraisal. “The people were astonished at his doctrine” (Matthew 7:28).
First, The Character of The Trauma. “Astonished.” The word means to “drive one out of his senses by a sudden shock, and therefore here of amazement. They were astounded” (Vincent).
Second, The Condemnation in The Trauma. “Astonished.” That is all that is said. Nothing is said about application. They were moved emotionally but not spiritually.
Third, The Caution from The Trauma. “Astonished.”
• The Teaching in The Appraisal “The people were astonished at his doctrine.
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (Matthew 7:28, 29). First, The Contents of The Teaching. “Doctrine” (Matthew 7:28) Second, The Custom in The Teaching. “He taught” (Matthew 7:29) Third, The Character of The Teaching. “He taught them as one having authority” (Matthew 7:29)
Fourth, The Contrast in The Teaching. “Not as the scribes” Matthew 7:29, 23:23-24 32
