Section 11
remains in our eye, our sight is blurred, and we shall not see clearly.
DOING THE LORD'S WORDS
In 6:47-49 the Lord Jesus says, "Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like. He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood came, the river broke against that house and was not strong enough to shake it, because it was well built. But he who hears and does not do is like a man building a house upon the earth without a foundation, against which the river broke, and immediately it collapsed; and the crash of that house was great." Here the house refers both to our being and to our work, our conduct. If our being is according to the Lord's word, it will have a proper foundation. Likewise, if our work is based on the Lord's word, it will have a solid foundation. If our being and our work are based upon the Lord's word, they will be able to withstand any kind of test, any "flood" or "river." But if our being and our work are not founded on the Lord's word, the river will carry them away.
The "rock" in 6:48 does not refer to Christ.