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 do you call me 'Master! Master!' and yet fail to do what I tell you?

"The sower went out to sow his seed; and, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path and was trodden upon; and the wild birds ate it up.

But his subjects hated him and sent envoys after him to say 'We will not have this man as our King.'

'Yes, sir,' he answered; but he did not go.

Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they tell preach but do not practice.

Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.

Put that Message into practice, and do not merely listen to it--deceiving yourselves.

In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.

Yes, and for this very reason do your best to supplement your faith by goodness, goodness by knowledge,

And by this we know that we have learned to know him--by our laying his commands to heart.

Against

By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the man who hears the Message, and at once accepts it joyfully;

And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

I know that, after my departure, merciless wolves will get in among you, who will not spare the flock;

Time after time, in every Synagogue, I tried by punishments to force them to blaspheme. So frantic was I against them, that I pursued them even to towns beyond our borders.

Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.

Immediately

No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest, and does not find it.

But, as they have no root, they stand only for a short time; and so, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, they fall away at once.

From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.

The ruin

I tell you that the doom of Sodom will be more bearable on 'That Day' than the doom of that town.

No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest; and finding none, it says 'I will go back to the home which I left';

The servant who knows his master's wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;

Remember, if we sin willfully after we have gained a full knowledge of the Truth, there can be no further sacrifice for sin;

If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.