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I'm thinking today specifically of just one verse,

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although we know where this verse goes, maybe.

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It's Matthew 7, 27. It says, The rain fell, and

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the floods came, and the winds blew, and slammed

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against that house, and it fell, and great was

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its fall. Matthew 7, 27. So we're talking about

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distress. We're talking about plans and human

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efforts. The best we can make things, the best

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we can do with all our training, possibly with

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education, possibly with help from others, whatever,

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with all that we do and everything comes to nothing.

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So there's two important things. One, when does

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it happen? Well, it happens when distress comes,

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when things don't go quite right. We know we

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should build solid and build on solid. And Jesus

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is solid. And that's where he's going. He's going

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to tell us, build on me, build on God's word.

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Without the rest, without getting into the rest

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of the verses, we already know we need something

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or someone that lasts, a solid foundation to

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build on. Jesus alone is that. Though many men

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have tried to create a solid foundation out of

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anything or everything else. Then it says, and

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great was its fall. Bottom line is, the better

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you think you've got it, the better you think

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you've got it under control, the bigger platform

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you build, the greater, stronger foundation you

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manage to construct. When it goes down, It just

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goes down harder. You can only build your life

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on something that will last forever, something

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that will last beyond death. And that is Jesus

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Christ, the gospel, the word of God. Turn to

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Jesus and build everything that you built in,

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on, and through him.