7/6/12

Now, that is a foundation!!!!


Going for a stroll might be a little difficult if you lived here!  One thing is sure; you wouldn't need to buy flood insurance!  This place surely has one solid foundation and therefore it may just be able to weather any storm that comes its way.  The lives we live are like that too; what we believe creates a foundation for our lives.  Jesus spoke about this very thing in the book of Matthew and its worth reading...

Matthew, Chapter 7
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.  16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?  17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.  18 A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.  19 Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.  20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.  21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.  22 Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’  23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’

  24 “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. 25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.  27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”"

The number of religions out there is astonishing; probably in the tens of thousands, who knows?  Yet Jesus says his teaching will provide a solid basis as will no other.  Also, it takes more than just mental assent to be right with God; you must do HIS WILL and not your own!  Jesus delivered that will and its up to us to do it, not just "mouth" the words.  What you do, in conjunction with what you believe is a safe foundation to build your life upon.  The choice is yours...choose wisely!!!