Luke 6:49

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

That heareth

Against

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Immediately

Matthew 12:43

Mark 4:17

1 John 2:19

The ruin

2 Peter 2:20

Bible References

That heareth

Why call me, 'Lord, Lord!' and obey me not?

"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the road and was trampled down, and the wild birds ate it up;

Now his people hated him and sent envoys after him to say, 'We object to him having royal power over us.'

he replied, 'I will go, sir,' but he did not go.

so do whatever they tell you, obey them, but do not do as they do. They talk but they do not act.

he cuts away any branch on me which is not bearing fruit, and cleans every branch which does bear fruit, to make it bear richer fruit.

Act on the Word, instead of merely listening to it and deluding yourselves.

So faith, unless it has deeds, is dead in itself.

This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands.

Against

As for him who is sown 'on stony soil,' that is the man who hears the word and accepts it at once with enthusiasm;

And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

I know that when I am gone, fierce wolves will get in among you, and they will not spare the flock; yes.

there was not a synagogue where I did not often punish them and force them to blaspheme; and in my frantic fury I persecuted them even to foreign towns.

Well then, unable to bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, in case the Tempter had tempted you and our labour had been thrown away.

Immediately

When an unclean spirit leaves a man, it roams through dry places in search of refreshment and finds none.

but they have no root in themselves, they do not last; the next thing is that when the word brings trouble or persecution, they are at once repelled.

They withdrew from us, but they did not belong to us; had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us, but they withdrew to make it plain that they are none of us.

The ruin

I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.

When an unclean spirit leaves a man, it roams through dry places in search of refreshment. As it finds none, then it says, 'I will go back to the house I left,'

The servant who knew his lord and master's orders and did not prepare for them, will receive many lashes;

For if we sin deliberately, after receiving the knowledge of the Truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left,

After escaping the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, if they get entangled and overpowered again, the last state is worse for them than the first.