Build Upon the Sand: Or the Rock

From: Messages of God's Love: 1944

From: Messages of God's Love: 1939

What happy children these are with their spade to dig in the sand, and such pretty houses, and mounds they can make with it. But they do not last long; the tide will soon wash them away.

It reminds us of the foolish man in Matthew 7:26,27,²⁶And 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: ²⁷And 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 7:26‑27) who built his house on the sand; the winds and the floods beat upon it, and it fell down.

How much better for us to build the eternal security of our souls on the Solid Rock, the Lord Jesus Christ, who can never fail, and He will lead us right on to His Home in the glory to be with Him forever.

The sand foundation is trying to get to heaven through our good works, when God says,

“There is none good, no, not one.” Romans 3:12¹²They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (Romans 3:12).

Also He says, all our good works are as filthy rags, only fit to be put into the fire, and burned up.

“BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH: AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST.” Ephesians 2:8,9⁸For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ⁹Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8‑9).

ML 07/30/1944

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