“我向你说的话，不是对你生命可有可无、无关紧要的一番话：它们是生命的根基。假如你在生活中确实遵行这些话，你就像一个聪明的工匠，把房子建在坚固的磐石上。尽管大雨冲刺、洪水泛滥、台风吹袭----但房子都不会倒塌，因为它建基在磐石上。”
“但是假使你只将我的话用在查经小组，而不是用在生活里，你就像一位愚昧的工匠，把房子建在沙土上。当暴风吹袭和波浪捲至时，它就像骨牌一般，全然倒塌了。”
当耶稣讲完后，众人报以热烈掌声。他们从未听过类似的教导。显然的，他把所说的话都在生活中实践出来----与他们的宗教导师截然不同！这才是他们听过最好的教训。
~~马太福音七章24~29节 （The Message）
24-25"These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.
26-27"But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don't work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards."
28-29When Jesus concluded his address, the crowd burst into applause. They had never heard teaching like this. It was apparent that he was living everything he was saying—quite a contrast to their religion teachers! This was the best teaching they had ever heard.
~~Matthew 7:24~29 (The Message)
