“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:”
Matthew 7:24 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Matthew 7:24
Because there would be some who would admire the things that were said by the Lord, but would not add that shewing forth of them which is in action, He threatens them before, saying, 'Every man that hears these words of mine, and does them, shall be likened to a wise man.'
He said not, I will account him that hears and does, as wise; but, 'He shall be likened to a wise man.' He then that is likened is a man; but to whom is he likened? To Christ; but Christ is the wise man who had built His house, that is, the Church, upon a rock, that is, upon the strength of the faith.
Or the great ruin is to be understood that with which the Lord will say to them that hear and do not, 'Go ye into everlasting fire.' [Matt 25:41]