We do not mean, What is your hope for this life, but for the life to come! Is it for a blessed eternity? Is it a sure and certain hope? Can it ever be moved? You may have a hope sure and certain and immovable for a blessed eternity, if you are building upon the right foundation.
If your foundation be self, or your doings, or the work of men for you, it is but sand, which will be swept away, with the building upon it, when the storm comes.
The man who builds upon a firm foundation, builds upon the words of the Lord Jesus Christ (Matt. 7:24-2724Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25And 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. 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 7:24‑27)). He hears and does what the Lord says.
“Not everyone that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven,” for many are mere professors of the Christian faith, and have no faith in Christ as their Savior. They do not know Him as the one who died for them, or who bore their sins on the cross. Lip service will not avail.