Sunday’s conclusion to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29) is jam-packed with verses that are so familiar to many of us, that we can finish many of these phrases on our own.

• Do not judge…
• Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye…
• Do not give what is holy to dogs…
• Ask, and it will be given you…
• In everything do to others…
• Enter through the narrow gate…

We will conclude our sermon time with a story that Matthew slips in on us that can be considered one of Jesus’ first parables in the gospel: the wise man who built his house on a rock. Jesus gives us abundant nuggets of wisdom to chew upon here, the question Matthew wants us to really ponder is, will we come to table and eat? Will we follow Jesus’ advice? Will we rise above our own human limitations and serve God in such a way that builds the Kingdom on earth? Will we listen and act accordingly, as God calls us?