Carl Emerson
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Jesus was addressing the folk that were general populace and by extension humanity as a whole. Some responded to His Words with faith in Him and some did not. There is no indication that believers with faith in Him had a demolition job to deal with...I can very nearly endorse that without qualification. But there is a qualification, and it's not a small one, but this big:
24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
In view of the proceeding verses, (21-23), there can be no doubt that believers can make the huge error of choosing not to do as He says, and then suffering this terrible outcome, as verse 23 makes so very, very stark. It seems to be saying they can be in faith for a while, and then fail out of faith (house collapses), for lack of following the Spirit, lack of doing the works God has prepared for us to do.
His words are just...absolute, for us, as believers. He is the Truth. The way, the truth, and the life. So, what He says in Matthew 25 about the separation of those that welcomed the stranger, feed the hungry...among their brothers and sisters -- gulp -- that's for real.
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