"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
"Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined." (Mt 7:21, 24-27)
Jesus tells his listeners that they will be judged not even on their direct response to God himself but on whether they do something about what they have heard. Doing what Jesus says and not doing is what that makes the difference. Kingdom fo heaven is the place where the will of God is executed. This exactly what the prayer Jesus says: thy will be done. Jesus himself in the garden of Gethsemane prays thus: not my will but thy will be done. This is what he teaches his disciples that they have to be doers of the will of God and not just those who invoke the name of God.
The parable is well known. Build your house on rock says Jesus and the rock is his own word. This again insists on doing things according to the word rather than just listening to the word. Jesus wants his disciples to build their lives on his teachings and if it is done so it will last for ever. There are many admirers of the word of Jesus. They are even ready to argue about its validity and usefulness. There are also many who proclaim the word of Jesus and give fine interpretations for them but there are very few doers of his word.
