WISE AND FOOLISH BUILDER (Part two of two parts)

The whole difference between the wise and the foolish and between the eternal consequences of wisdom and folly, consists in one thing, and is described in one word: DOETH. This word holds a most prominent piece in economy of the religious life. To do or not to do decides the question of order and disorder, of weakness and power, of salvation and condemnation, of life and death. Doing is the use and end of religion. Hear the Lord's sayings, which includes knowing and understanding them, is but a means to an end, and that end is to DO THEM. To do what we hear is wisdom; to hear and not do is folly.