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Be A Wise Builder

Matthew 7:13-29

Key Verse: 7:24

 

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

 

1. Read verses 13-14. What does it mean to enter through the narrow gate and to go on the broad road? If the majority is not right, how can we find the right road? (Jn 14:6)

 

2. Read verses 15-20. What is Jesus’ warning? How can false prophets be recognized? What is the only thing to do with a bad tree?

 

3. Read verses 21-23. What do false disciples have in common with real disciples? What is the difference? What is the will of the Father? (Mt 6:10; 26:39; Jn 17:3,4) What does "I never knew you" mean?

 

4. Read verses 24-27. What do the wise man and the foolish man have in common? How are they different? What happens to the two houses when the rains and floods come? How can we be wise builders? What does it mean to hear and put into practice Jesus’ word?

 

5. Read verses 28-29. What was the response of the crowds to Jesus’ teaching? (Notice other places in this gospel where a similar phrase is used: 7:28; 11:1; 13:54: 19:1; 26:1)

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