Luke 6:39

I somehow missed this earlier, so it will be out of sequence. 

Luke 6:39 says, And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? Jesus taught with another parable, asking if the blind could lead the blind could lead the blind without them both falling in the ditch.  Until we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we are spiritually blind and cannot lead anyone spiritually without both of us falling.  Verse forty adds, The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.  We as Christians can never be better than our Master, Jesus Christ.  Just as He suffered and died for us, we must be willing to suffer and even die that others might come to know Him as their Savior and Lord.  Only by faith in Christ can we be made perfect in the sight of God.  Verse forty-one asks, And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  Jesus asked the people then and us today why we are so much able to see small faults in others but cannot see big faults in our own life.  Verse forty-one adds, Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.  Jesus said offering to pull the mote, or small speck, out of someone else's eye while not recognizing the beam, or large piece of wood in our own makes us hypocrites.  We too often are concerned with the sins of others while ignoring our own sins which may be greater.  Verse forty-three states, For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.  We as followers of Christ are to be like the good tree, bringing forth good fruit spiritually.  Those who have not put their faith in Jesus Christ cannot bring forth good fruit spiritually.  Verse forty-four adds, For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.  Just as trees are known for the fruit that they produce, so should Christians be.  We should not produce bad fruit, but good fruit, and we should all be producing spiritual fruit if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse forty-five declares, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.  If we are to bring forth an abundance of good into the world,  it must come from our heart, which must be controlled by the Holy Spirit once we become a follower of Christ.  We cannot make our heart good by our own ability, but God must create in us a new heart when we become a Christian.  Verse forty-six adds, And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?  This question still applies today.  If we are to truly call Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord, we must do what He calls us to do.  Anytime we fail to do so, He is not really the Lord of our life.  Verse forty-seven states, Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:  Jesus said that He would show anyone who came to Him what that person was like.  He still continues to show us today.  Verse forty-eight adds, He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.  Jesus said that those that put their faith in Him are like a person building a house building it on a firm foundation.   When it is built on a firm foundation a house can stand against the storms.  Jesus is our foundation as Christians, and we must build everything on that foundation if it is to stand.  Verse forty-nine continues, 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.  If we do not build our life on the foundation of Jesus Christ, no matter how strong and beautiful it may look, when the storms of life come, it will fall, and the fall will be great.  Things not built on the foundation of Jesus Christ will be utterly destroyed when God's judgment comes.