Will be like a wise man. Another example to show how important it is to act upon the teachings of Christ. Common sense would tell you to build on the rock, Palestine had a rainy season with heavy floods. The one who "hears and does" Christ's words is building on the rock.
MATTHEW 7:24 o`moiwqh,setai {B} In view of the quality and diversity of the external attestation, the Committee preferred o`moiwqh,setai. Likewise the passive verb, “shall be compared,” is more likel...
Verse Matthew 7:24. _THEREFORE WHOSOEVER HEARETH THESE SAYINGS OF MINE_] That is, the excellent doctrines laid down before in this and the two preceding chapters. There are several parables or similit...
Jesus closes the sermon on the mount by a beautiful comparison, illustrating the benefit of attending to his words. It was not sufficient to “hear” them; they must be “obeyed.” He compares the man who...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Judgment of Righteousness.(Matthew 7:1 .) 2. Warning against False Prophets.(Matthew 7:15 .) 3. Warning against False Professors. (Matthew 7:21 .)_ The chapter which follows contai...
EPILOGUE. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old (Exodus 23:20 ff.). MATTHEW 7:13 F. THE TWO GATES AND THE TWO WAYS (Luke 13:24). The picture is based on...
III. THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH BUILDER. 24. EVERY ONE THAT HEARETH THESE SAYINGS OF MINE. The words that he has spoken in this discourse, and all his teachings. He has declared, "My words will judge...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
So, then, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be likened to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. And the rain came down, and the rivers swelled, and the wind blew, and f...
WHOSOEVER. every one (as in Matthew 7:26). Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6. SAYINGS. words. Greek plural of _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. WISE. prudent. A. the. ROCK. rocky groun...
(_e_) A description of the true subjects of the Kingdom as opposed to the false. The wise and foolish builders, 24 27 Luke 6:47-49, where the phraseology differs a good deal from St Matthew. St Matth...
_whosoever heareth_ Cp. Matthew 7:26, EVERY ONE THAT HEARETH. Both classes of men hear the word. So far they are alike. In like manner the two houses have externally the same appearance. The great day...
C. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM, 1–27 After contrasting the New Law with the Mosaic Law and with Pharisaic rules and conduct, Jesus proceeds to lay down rules for the guidance of His disciples in th...
ὉΜΟΙΏΣΩ, the reading of _textus receptus_ for ὁμοιωθήσεται, has considerable, but not the most ancient evidence to support it. The variation from the passive ὁμοιωθήσεται, Matthew 7:26, has some point...
Ver 24. "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: 25. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and th...
_JESUS SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY ABOUT OBEDIENCE MATTHEW 7:21-29_ : As Jesus concluded the Sermon on the Mount He showed the absolute necessity of obedience. An outward profession without "heart" obedience...
ΌΜΟΙΩΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΌΜΟΙΌΩ (G3666) сравнивать, уподоблять. У потребление _dat._ с формой FUT. указывает на последний суд (DA). ΦΡΟΝΊΜΩ (G5429) _dat. sing._ понимающий, мудрый в практиче...
DISCOURSE: 1334 THE WISE BUILDER Matthew 7:24. 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 desc...
THEREFORE &C.— The meaning of these verses is, that whoever expects to enter into the kingdom of glory, when his religion amounts to only a mere outward profession of the Gospel, will see all his ill-...
G. THE WISDOM OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN OBEYING JESUS (Parallel: Luke 647-49) TEXT: 7:24-27 24. Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them shall be likened unto a wise man...
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: THEREFORE (TO BRING THIS DISCOURSE TO A CLOSE), WHOSOEVER HEA...
12 Compare Luk_6:31. 12 To do as we would be done by is an ethical standard far above the world's attainment, yet far beneath the monitions of grace. The law and the prophets demand compliance with t...
7:24 who (c-18) _ Hostis_ , as ch. 2.6. Of that character. 'who was such as.' the (d-23) Here the article has the force of contrast, as in ch. 4.21. As in English, though the cases are more rare, we s...
THE TRUE FOUNDATION FOR ALL PERMANENT SPIRITUAL BUILDING (Luke 6:46). The great sermon concludes with a parable. Two men built houses near a watercourse. One dug deep and reached the rock, the other b...
DOETH] Again the stress upon 'doing': see James 1:22....
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONCLUDED) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of miscell...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 DO NOT BE JUDGES OF OTHER PEOPLE 7:1-6 V1 ‘Do not be judges of other people. If you do, God will be your judge. V2 In the same way...
WHOSOEVER. — The Greek is more emphatically universal, _every one whosoever._ THESE SAYINGS OF MINE. — The reference to what has gone before tends, so far as it goes, to the conclusion that we have in...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
Πᾶς ὅστις. Were the reading ὁμοιώσω adopted, this would be a case either of attraction πᾶς for πάντα to agree with ὅστις (Fritzsche), or of a broken construction: nominative, without a verb correspond...
_Epilogue_ (Luke 6:47-49, which see for comparative exegesis). οὖν, Matthew 7:24, may be taken as referring to the whole discourse, not merely to Matthew 7:21-23 (Tholuck and Achelis). Such a sublime...
BUILDING ON SECURE FOUNDATIONS Matthew 7:24-29 In the Syrian summer, when the soil is baked hard by the intense heat, any spot will serve equally well as the site of a house. No one can say whether h...
After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's judg...
(8) 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: (8) True godliness rests only upon Christ, and therefore al...
In the Greek text, "I will compare him;" an apposite comparison, to shew the necessity of good works. It is the duty of each individual to erect this spiritual edifice of good works in the interior of...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
Here the LORD closeth his discourse, and plainly sheweth whose are his from the men of the world. CHRIST is the Rock of Ages, the Precious Corner Stone JEHOVAH hath laid in Zion. And all that believe...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_BUILDING UPON THE ROCK_ ‘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 floo...
Matthew 7:24._Every one, therefore, who heareth _As it is often difficult to distinguish the true professors of the Gospel from the false, Christ shows, by a beautiful comparison, where the main diffe...
There are two things connected with the presence of the multitude, Matthew 5:1. First, the time required that the Lord should give a true idea of the character of His kingdom, since already He drew th...
THEREFORE WHOSOEVER HEARETH THESE SAYINGS OF MINE,.... The comparison in this, and the following verses, is the concluding part of our Lord's discourses upon the mount, which are meant by these saying...
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: Ver. 24. _Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, &c...
_Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine_, &c. In these words our Lord attests, in the most solemn manner, the certain truth and infinite importance of all he had delivered in the foregoing...
A WISE MAN; one who selects good ends, and uses the right means to attain them....
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;...
A concluding parable:...
Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says (1 Corinthians...
21-29 Christ here shows that it will not be enough to own him for our Master, only in word and tongue. It is necessary to our happiness that we believe in Christ, that we repent of sin, that we live...
Ver. 23,24. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 7:25"....
Origen de Principiis Book III And hence He Himself also declares: "Every one who hears my words, and doeth them, I will show to whom he is like: he is like a wise man who built his house upon a rock,...
Matthew 7:24 Therefore G3767 whoever G3956 G3748 hears G191 (G5719) these G5128 sayings G3056 Mine G3450 and...
“Every one therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them,” The emphasis here is on the fact that they have heard His words _and done them_ It is not enough to hear, and to approve, and to ‘...
EXHORTATION TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WAY AND PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT BY FULL OBEDIENCE TO HIS WORDS SO AS TO ENTER INTO LIFE AND AVOID DESTRUCTION (7:13-27). We now move on to the application part of the Sermon...
THE TWO DESTINIES (7:24-27). Having given His firm warning Jesus now returns to the idea of the two choices which are open before them, but this time in terms of two houses built on two ‘foundations'....
CONNECTION AND CONTENTS. The exposition of the requirements of ‘the law and the prophets' just given, was far beyond the low morality of the scribes and Pharisees, and men might easily be tempted by t...
Matthew 7:24. THEREFORE. In view of all that precedes, especially the warnings just given, to which a further warning is here added. THESE SAYINGS OF MINE, coming from me, with a hint as to His auth...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
AND DOETH THEM (κα ποιε αυτους). That is the point in the parable of the wise builder, "who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock" (Luke 6:48)....
Matthew 7:15 I. The object of our Lord in this Sermon on the Mount was to convey an accurate idea of the righteousness required in His kingdom. He did so mainly by contrasting it with the spurious for...
Matthew 7:21 The Wise and Foolish Builders. I. The Lord describes the false disciples as men who cry, "Lord, Lord," to Him, but who bear no fruit. The language clearly implies that there are some who...
Matthew 7:24 Building upon the Rock. I. True religion is here likened to a man's own house. For, after all, every one's real life is his home. We move, indeed, amidst many an outdoor scene, and we me...
Matthew 7:24 Doing and Dreaming; Houses on the Rock and the Sand. I. In the course of my travels I have met with three distinct dreamers. (1) There is the rationalistic dreamer. He beholds his face i...
While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.» There is much better wor...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again._ Some people are of a censorious...
Matthew 7:7. _Ask, and it shall be given you;_ He that will not ask for it deserves to go without it. Have you ever asked for it? If not, whose fault is it that you have it not? Matthew 7:7. _Seek,...
Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate._ It is very unpopular. The great ones will recommend to you great liberality and breadth; but enter yet in at the strait gate. Matthew 7:13. For wide i...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Encouragement to prayer. The two ways. Warnings against false teachers. Danger of profession without faith. The two foundations. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONC...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent, tha...
_I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock._ I. The building. Every immortal creature is supposed to be building a house-entertaining a hope of heaven. They know they cannot...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:24 HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE AND DOES THEM. Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount with a parable. He draws a dividing line between himself and any other foundation for life. The...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THOSE WHO BUILD HOUSES ON ROCK AND SAND MATTHEW 7:21-29; LUKE 6:46-49; MATTHEW 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he tha...
_Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine_, &c. This is the Epilogue by which Christ concludes His lengthy Sermon on the Mount. It is as though He said "Thus far have I taught you how ye ough...
CHAPTER 7 _Judge not_, rashly and malignantly, _that ye_, &c. Christ does not here prohibit the public judgments of magistrates, by which they condemn the guilty and absolve the innocent, for this is...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 7:27. GREAT WAS THE FALL OF IT.—How lively must this imagery have been to an audience accustomed to the fierceness of an Eastern tempest, and the suddenness and completeness...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 7:1 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards (Matthew 6:19), so does censoriousness manwards (Matthew 7:1), our Lord thus tacitly op
MATTHEW 7:1-29 I believe that it goes without saying that Jesus Christ was certainly the greatest teacher who ever lived and it is interesting to study his teaching habits. And He used the method of d...
1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:11; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 3:22;...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) Matthew 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no sin qui...
Luke 6:47....
Christ here speaks of two houses, the one built upon. rock, the other on the sand; these two houses were alike skilfully and strongly built to outward appearance; while the sun shone and the weather w...