We are going to look today at one of the best known parables the Saviour taught.

Read Matthew 7:21-29. It is the Parable of the two Builders.

1. We all need a house to shelter us for eternity.

By this house-building picture Christ is showing us just what it means.

"Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:" Matthew 7:24.

A Christian is someone who hears and obeys the Word of Christ and thus makes preparation for eternity by building a secure house.

Noah needed an ark and the Israelites needed the blood upon the door posts. These things picture our need of a place of safety. "And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land," Isaiah 32:2. We have got to seek shelter in Christ, build a secure house if we are to be safe in eternity!

2. The house must have a right foundation.

It must be a rock. Just what is the ROCK upon which we must build? "That Rock was Christ," 1 Cor 10:4.

"The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust," Ps 18:2.

"O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation," Ps 95:1.

We have to place upon Him all our dependence and trust. We have to attach ourselves to Him by faith.

"Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life," 1 Tim 6:19.