在这里，耶稣解释说，建造生命如同建造房子。如果我们想要一所坚固持久的房子，就必须有坚实的的根基。而生活的唯一根基，就是听从耶稣的教导并付诸实践。
使徒保罗在谈论建造基督教会的时候，也是使用建造房子的语言。在哥林多前书 3:11-13中他警告说：“那已经立好的根基，就是耶稣基督，此外没有人能立别的根基。若有人用金，银，宝石，草木，禾秸，在这根基上建造。各人的工程必然显露。”
保罗在以弗所书 2:20-22中这样形容神的家——“并且（你们）被建造在使徒和先知的根基上，有基督耶稣自己为房角石....你们也靠他同被建造成为神藉着圣灵居住的所在。”
使徒彼得形容耶稣是“活石”，他又接着说：“你们来到主面前，也就像活石，被建造成为灵宫。”为什么呢？这不仅是要有充实、有价值的生活，还要“要叫你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。”（彼前 2:4-5，9）。耶稣想要我们靠祂的话语和教导而活，好使我们能与他人分享祂的信息——并帮助他们也拥有建造在基督之上的生命！
主啊，感谢祢，在祢里面我们有永生的确据和保障。请使用我们帮助他人也找到这完满的生命。阿们。
马太福音 7:24-27
24 “所以，凡听见我这话就去行的，好比一个聪明人，把房子盖在磐石上。
25 雨淋，水冲，风吹，撞着那房子，房子总不倒塌，因为根基立在磐石上。
26 凡听见我这话不去行的，好比一个无知的人，把房子盖在沙土上。
27 雨淋，水冲，风吹，撞着那房子，房子就倒塌了，并且倒塌得很大。”
“Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” — Matthew 7:24
Here Jesus explains how building our life is like building a house. If we want a house that will last, it must have a solid foundation. And the only foundation for living is to listen to Jesus’ teaching and put it into practice.
When the apostle Paul talked about building up the church of Jesus, he used house-building language also. In 1 Corinthians 3:11-13 he warned, “No one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is.”
Paul used similar imagery in Ephesians 2:20-22 to describe God’s household—“built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.... And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.”
Describing Jesus as “the living Stone,” the apostle Peter adds, “You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house.” And why? Not just to have a solid, full life worth living, but “that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light” (1 Peter 2:4-5, 9). Jesus wants us to live by his Word and teaching so that we can share his message with others—and help them have a life built on Christ too!
Lord, thank you for the assurance and eternal security we have in you. Use us to help others find this full life also. Amen.
诵读: 楚云
片头: 张妙阳
