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NASB | Matthew 7:24 ¶ "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:24 ¶ "So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock. [Luke 6:47-49] |
Subject: rock foundation |
Bible Note: Hello, Cyclist! If you will permit me a side bar observation about ignorance, not pertaining to you or anyone else personally, I would like to confess that in almost no area am I really a hot-shot expert (though I may at times delude myself into thinking so) and in many areas I am quite dismally ignorant. There is no man who is not superior to me in some way. Accordingly, I believe that the man of God, if he feels possessed of the license to call his brother ignorant, should take remedial steps to get that license revoked forthwith. :-) Even though I am a self-confessed ignoramus, I'd much prefer to confess my ignorance than hear it proclaimed by one who, on balance, is likely just as ignorant in his way as I in mine. I stress again that this is no thinly-disguised attempt to point an accusing finger at anyone; it is meant rather to be a testimony to what my 67 years have taught me about ignorance, mine mainly, but also about how wide-spread ignorance is among the imprefect creatures that comprise the human species. Realization of my ignorance has had a positive effect on my life and outlook, however. It is easier to be humble and harder to be proud when I look ignorance squarely in the fact and realize how much of it I have. --Hank |