Who is it that builds his house on the rock?

"Heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them."

What does the above verse mean?

Does it mean if I hear what Jesus says and believe He is the Lord I will go to Heaven when I die?

This is not what it states; this is not what it means.

Does it mean the Jews have to keep the Lord's commandments but the Gentiles are saved by grace and go to Heaven by grace?

This is not what it states; this is not what it means.

Does it mean I ought to try to do good but everyone knows that no one is perfect and as long as we are in the world we shall sin?

This is not what it states; this is not what it means.

Does it mean that God knows we cannot do what He says and so we will go to Heaven if we trust in Jesus?

This is not what it states; this is not what it means.

"Heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them."

What does this saying mean? It means if we will put into practice the moral directives given during the Sermon on Mount (Matthew, Chapters Five through Seven), when the storm comes we and our family will remain secure. Our "house" will not be moved because it is founded on the Rock of the Word of the Lord.

If we are not able in our flesh to forgive our enemies, to leap for joy when we are persecuted, then we are to approach God in prayer, requesting assistance in our time of need. God shall, by His Virtue enable us to do what Jesus commanded.

If we call Jesus Lord! Lord! and then do not do what He taught, He will say to us in that Day, "I never knew you. Go away from Me you evildoer."

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21)

"Doeth the will of my Father."

Does this mean that only the Jews are required to actually do God's will?

No, it means that every person who would please God must keep His commandments.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (I John 2:4)

The spirit of deception has so poisoned our minds that we cannot perceive what the Word of God states clearly. We keep contradicting the Word, making it of no effect as we attempt to force it into the mold of our manmade models of redemption.

Of particular danger is the model known as Dispensationalism. Beyond all doubt, Dispensationalism, with its severing of the Old Testament from the New, the severing of all previous covenants from the new, the severing of the Jewish elect from the Gentile elect, its teaching of a special coming of the Lord prior to the scriptural and historic coming of the Lord, its placing of a "Gentile Church" in Heaven, its view of the Christian Church as a special dispensation in God's plan, a "mystery" not mentioned in the Old Testament, is totally destructive of coherent Bible interpretation.

To be continued.