What Foundation Is Your House Built Upon?

^{Matthew 7:13-14}

“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

^{Foundation- the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level.}

^{An underlying basis or principle.}

^{The base on which something stands. The act of founding or establishing or the state of being founded or established.}

^{In our verses, Jesus talks about the strait gate. This strait means narrow, strict, or constricted , not s-t-r-a-i-g-h-t meaning without at bend. Jesus let us know that few people will be able to walk the strait and narrow. But if you hold onto him you will find life.}

^{There will be many people that will walk on the broad way and head towards destruction because their foundation is not built on Jesus. The foundation is built on pleasures of this world, other people, money and things.}

^{How do you know what foundation their house is built on? We can tell what they are built on by their actions, the fruit they bear. They might look like they are on the strait and narrow at first, but they soon start to detour off the road at every chance they get. They justify their sins instead of repenting. They constantly give excuses as to why they can’t do what’s right and constantly put other things before the matters of God. They have found the wide gate and they are headed to destruction because they refused to build their foundation on Jesus.}

^{Now the ones that entered into the strait gate and are walking in it. Have built their foundation on Jesus. They took the time to repent, study his Word, and pray. If they sin they quickly repented and sought more of Him. They chose not waiver or allow the world to detour them. They have built a firm foundation in God and they choose to keep reinforcing that foundation with prayer, fasting, and studying His Word.}

^{Which gate are you headed to? What foundation have you built on?}