Faith+ICSWM


 * December 4th, 2014 Gospel**


 * Matthew 7:21, 24-27**

Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”

Summary: Jesus said to all his followers, that saying "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven. Only the people that mean what they say to God, will enter the kingdom of heaven. If we turn our back on God, he will do the same to us at times end. He is our rock, in which we built our house on.

Reflection: Jesus is saying to us, if we turn our back on him, he will do it to us too. We could and should avoid this situation. This is a life lesson, if we do this to someone, we sinned against them, and it will come back to us. It may not be the same person that turns their back on us, but it will happen. If we ignore Jesus's words, we will fall, just like the house, but if we act on them, we will stand tall.

People can follow this passage. By following this passage, we will stand tall with God. In life, if we don't make good decisions in life, we won't stand tall, and we will fall like the house. Ways you can live out this passage is not exepecting praise when we do something, we should do it because we care. We shouldn't do what the evildoers did, saying "Lord, Lord". We should also do what God wants, and spread his word.

Prayer: Lord, let us be able to follow in your footsteps, to be strong like you, and stay standing. Let us avoid bad situations, and stay strong in the wind. Let us not be evildoers, but goodoers. Let us be strong. Be our house. Amen.