{"id":500,"date":"2014-12-10T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/?p=500"},"modified":"2014-12-05T23:21:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T23:21:49","slug":"matthew-724-29-the-wise-and-foolish-builders-theological-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2014\/12\/matthew-724-29-the-wise-and-foolish-builders-theological-commentary.html","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 7:24-29; The Wise and Foolish Builders (Theological Commentary)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ancient Judaic thought identifies three \u201cdepartments of knowledge.\u201d First is the Law, which \u201cpresents the commandments and claims of Jehovah to man.\u201d Next is the Prophets, which \u201cpasses judgment on conduct in the light of God\u2019s revealed will.\u201d Third is Wisdom, and this is where Jesus camps out in the parable that ends his Sermon on the Mount.<\/p>\n

Wisdom, as a department of knowledge, is the aspect of a person\u2019s intelligence that enables him or her to successfully understand and apply the Law and the Prophets and, by extension, live a satisfying, God-pleasing life. As 19th<\/sup> Century theologian John D. Davis explains it, wisdom is a human quality that \u201cseeks by observation, experience, and reflection to know things in their essence as they stand related to man and God. The law and prophesy proceed directly from God\u2026wisdom proceeds from man, and is the product of his own experience and observation.\u201d<\/p>\n

In that context, Jesus presented a final challenge in Matthew 7:24-27 for his hearers to \u201cobserve, experience, and reflect\u201d on his teaching in the same way a home builder would choose and prepare a foundation for a house. The wise hearer, he suggests, will make Christ\u2019s teaching the moral, spiritual, and intellectual foundation for guiding his or her priorities, relationships, thoughts, and actions. In doing this, that person will more successfully understand and apply the Law and the Prophets, will begin to \u201cknow things in their essence\u201d\u2014and he or she and will reap the reward of a stable, satisfying, God-pleasing life, even in the face of potential disaster.<\/p>\n

The one who chooses anything other than Christ as a moral and spiritual foundation? Well, that person is destined for a foolishly spectacular collapse.<\/p>\n

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Works Cited<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[DOB, 821]<\/p>\n

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