Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?

We are all familiar with the children’s story of the Three Little
 Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf. One little piggy built his house of straw, one built his house with twigs, and one built his house
 with bricks. First, the
 wolf came to the first house, he huffed and he puffed and he blew the
house down. Then he went to the second house and the same thing happened.
 The houses built with the straw and twigs did not stand up
under his attack. They came crashing down. However, the three little pigs used
bricks to build the third house, and when the wolf tried to blow
 it down it did not collapse.

In building a home, you start with the foundation. The building is only as strong
as the base on which it is built. It is imperative that when we
build our house, that we build it upon the Rock, which is Jesus Christ.

In Luke chapter 6, Jesus is talking to His disciples. He was telling them
how they should live. He talked about the beatitudes, fruit, giving, judging, love,
and being wise and foolish in building their houses. He was showing them the
 difference between a doer of the Word and one that only
hears what He says.

Luke 6:46-49.  “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to me,
and heareth my sayings, and
doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which
built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and
when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and
could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.But he that heareth,
and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house
upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately
 it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.”

In Matthew 7, Jesus is talking to them about how to enter into
 His Kingdom. “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and
 broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many (mostly)there be which
go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow (from
obstacles standing close about) is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.”

He goes on to tell them in verses 21-23 that not everyone that calls Him
‘Lord’ will enter into the kingdom of Heaven, only those that do the
 will of the Father. They will protest, saying ‘but Lord, did we not
 prophesy in They Name?  Did we not cast out devils? Did we not
do many wonderful works in They Name?’

Jesus will say unto them, “I never knew you, depart (go away) from
 me, you that work (commit, minister about, be engaged in) iniquity
(wickedness, unrighteousness).”

He repeats the warning about building our houses upon the Rock.

            Romans 6 says: "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,
that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your
members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield
yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your
members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall
not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but
under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the
 law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom
 ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom
 ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience
unto righteousness?"

Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. God help us to build our
‘house’ upon a rock. So that when the  big bad wolf comes huffing and
 puffing, and the rains come and the winds beat against our house,
 it will stand firm, having a solid foundation.

Shirley
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