And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. The storm's triple threat — rain, floods, winds — communicates the comprehensive nature of the testing. The Psalm 46:2–3 imagery of mountains falling into the sea and floods roaring connects to this: when the storms that threaten stability arrive, the house founded on the rock does not fall. The foundation determines the outcome regardless of the storm's intensity. Psalm 18:2 calls God the rock in whom one takes refuge — Jesus is identifying his word with the function of God himself as the secure foundation of human existence.

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