Isaiah 58:12
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
1 Timothy 3:14-15 (NLT)
14 I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon, 15 so that if I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.
John 14:6, 8:31-32
How to Build Sure Foundations for Success
1. The type of our foundation is Christ
Foundations 21st Americans build upon:
Secularism – Psalm 14:1
Humanism – Genesis 3:1-6
Christ – Ephesians 2:19-20
Secularism – The belief religion and religious considerations should be ignored. – Merriam Webster
Humanism – A way of life centered on human interests and values: a philosophy that usually rejects supernaturalism and stresses an individual’s dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization through reason. – Merriam Webster
Psalm 14:1; Genesis 3:1-6, 2:17
Ephesians 2:19-20
19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
2. The strength of our foundation is GOD’S TRUTH.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
15 . . . from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 4:2; Ephesians 4:15
Matthew 7:24-27
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” – Jesus Christ
3. The builders of our foundations are GODLY LEADERS.
Ephesians 2:20
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
Ephesians 4:11-12
11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.
Romans 15:14
I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
Psalm 11:3
When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Questions:
What did you hear from the Holy Spirit?
What will you do because of it?
How can we pray for you?