And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. (Matthew 7:25)
That is, upon the “sayings” of Christ, here specifically those of the Sermon on the Mount (v. 24). The words of Christ never pass away (ch. 24:35), but stand forever (Isa. 40:8; 1 Peter 1:25). There is salvation in no other but Him (Acts 4:12).
It fell not.
Happy the man who, wrestling “against the rulers of the darkness of this world,” is “able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand” (Eph. 6:12, 13). Happy the man who, when the storms of life are over, finds that, by the grace of Christ, his character has withstood “all the fiery darts of the wicked” (Eph. 6:16). His soul is anchored to the great Christian hope (Heb. 6:19; Titus 2:13; cf. Heb. 10:35), and he cannot fall.
Winds.
The “winds” of temptation and trial (DA 314), perhaps particularly the winds of false teaching that tend to remove a person from the firm foundation of faith (Eph. 4:14).
The rain descended.
Note the abrupt style, the short statements that describe the storm—a vivid literary device.