Saturday, February 20, 2010

Is the song Build your house upon a rock based on a specific scripture?

I am trying to figure out if the children's song Build Your House Upon a Rock is based on one Bible verse or many. I'm developing a new website for our church and want to include photos of our new Church building construction site. They poured the conceret today so I would like to add a Bible verse that relates strong building foundations in both the structural sense and the sense of the person. God BlessIs the song Build your house upon a rock based on a specific scripture?
Yes. Jesus told a parable at the end of his ';sermon on the mount'; as found starting in Matthew 5, about two men.





One wise man built his house on the solid ground, and inclement weather couldn't destroy it. This man is compared to the man who hears His (Jesus') sayings and actually DOES them.





The other man, a foolish man, built his house on the sand (in the levy where it floods occasionally!) and when the storm came, the house was demolished (like building your house on the edge of a cliff where earthquakes have been known to occur!). This foolish man is compared to the man who hears His teachings and does NOT obey.Is the song Build your house upon a rock based on a specific scripture?
Yep. Matthew 7:24-29 (New International Version Bible) 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. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.';
';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. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.'; Matthew 7:24-27.
I thought it was based on the 3 little pigs





Ya know, so the big bad wolf can't blow it down
yes

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