The Distinct Difference Between Hearing and Doing

Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, his primer on kingdom living, comes to a decisive conclusion by way of a parable, a parable of two houses. Which dramatically and memorably illustrate two very distinct and different responses to his words with two very distinct and different outcomes. Because we don’t often comprehend or take seriously the significance between those two responses, or their two respective outcomes, Jesus drives home the truth with a mental picture easy to imagine and hard to forget. This morning we’ll consider the significance and meaning of those two houses, and the two differing responses they illustrate, in Matthew 7:21-23, in a message entitled, “The Distinct Difference Between Hearing and Doing” .