Unshakable Truths Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Unshakable Truths ------------------- Date: 2/27/2001 Keywords: "fall" "pride" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passages: Luke 6:49* "But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete." — Jesus Christ Questions 1. What does Jesus mean in this passage?   2. How does the message apply to us?   Practical help After every major earthquake, you hear laments that the leveled buildings were not made to withstand serious seismic events. Why didn't the builders erect quality structures? At least one answer: the belief that "it will never happen here." But happen it does, all over the world and with stunning regularity. Our defenses against Web porn often sound like hapless architects at the epicenter of a quake zone. "Sure, Internet smut brought down that parent, that pastor — even serial killer Ted Bundy. But not me." Yeah, right. When Jesus says we need to put his words into practice, he doesn't want us to think that we're above temptation. He wants us to act. There's a word for confidence in the absence of corroborating evidence: pride. And it always comes before the fall. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.