The sermon ends with paragraph topic: (Conclusion of the sermon) Part 1.
Christ is concluding his Sermon on the Mount. He ends by telling us about the words that he has spoken. He tells us: 24"Everyone therefore who hears these my words and acts upon them, shall be likened to a wise man who built his house on rock. First Christ tells us to hear the words of this Sermon on the Mount. He tells us to open our ears and allow his words to come in. He tells us to not just hear but to take in what he is saying to us, to be still, to understand, to know. Secondly, Christ is telling us to act upon what he is saying to us. Do not just hear, but hear and understand. Do not just hear and understand, but act upon what you have heard.
By taking action we will be like wise men. We will have wisdom. We will receive knowledge that comes from on high. We will be solid in the knowledge that we have received and that knowledge is like a rock. That knowledge cannot be disturbed. That knowledge cannot be moved because it is the heavenly knowledge. That knowledge cannot be moved because it comes from the heavenly father. That knowledge cannot be moved no matter what life throws at us. That knowledge tells us that we will be at peace. For the Father of all knowledge tells us that when we act upon what we have heard we will be solid, as a rock.
So build your house upon the knowledge that comes from the rock. Build your life upon the wisdom that is given from on high. Build your relationships upon what you have read, and heard, and understood , and what you will act upon. Keep the knowledge in your mind. Write them down and take them with you wherever you go. Make them a part of your daily routine. Recite them in the morning, afternoon, and evening until they are memorized. Continue the pattern until you become the words that were spoken, they become you and they are implanted in your heart. For the world will work against you.
The world will call you a fool. The world will not like you. The world will scorn you, and mock you, and speak all manner of evil against you. The world will attempt to tear you down. The world will exert all manner of force against you to turn you around. The world will try to move you from the rock of knowledge, but be not deceived. The world is the devil and the devil would turn you off the path of life and onto the path of destruction. Christ did not say that the path to life would be easy. Beware the obstacles to virtue. They are like weeds that grow among the flowers, choking the life from them and draining valuable nutrients of life from the earth that the flowers must use for food.
Christ will be our guide, our nourishment, and our light. Christ will show us the way. Christ will protect us. Christ will provide for us. For God already knows what we need. Ask and it shall be given, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened to you. These are the words that we must eat and sleep and speak and know and keep in our hearts, every second, every minute, every hour of the day. For ours is the rock of salvation and we shall not be moved.
