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The Bible has much to say about foundations. In Psalm 11:3, the Bible says, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” In Matthew 7:24-27, the Lord Jesus illustrates (through a parable) the significance of building one’s house upon a solid foundation. In the parable, Jesus makes the point that everyone who hears His words and obeys it will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And when the rain fell, and the floods came, and the wind blew and beat on that house, it did not fall because it had been founded on the rock. But those who hear His words and disobeys it will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And when the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it fell, and great was the fall of it.
“To be grounded in the word of God is to dig the foundation of your life down to bedrock, where you take that word and you embrace that word, and you are able to stand against anything the world, the flesh, and the devil throws at you. But if you don’t have that foundation, you are building your house on sand. And when the storm comes, what you will experience, dear friends, is ruins” – R.C Sproul.
The apostles and prophets have given us the Scriptures. This is the foundation on which we are to wisely build. “Submission to Christ entails submission to the words of the prophets and apostles by whom He spoke, both before and after He came into the world.” – Joel Beeke. In Matthew 10:40, the Lord Jesus said to the twelve apostles, “Those who receive you, receive me, those who reject you, reject me.” If the church rejects apostolic authority, it has rejected the very foundation of the church itself.
In masonry, the cornerstone is the first stone set during the foundation laying. It is a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls which serves as a reference for the laying of other stones involved in the construction. Thus, the cornerstone is regarded as the most important stone in the entire building. “Christ is the Cornerstone of the church. If this first stone is out of place in our local assemblies, then the entire wall will be weakened, and the church’s reputation, which is more precious than gold, will come to ruin.” – Paul Washer.
The Bible tells us that the Apostle Peter and John were both arrested and put in custody for teaching and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead (Acts 4:1-3). When faced before the Sanhedrin (the council and tribunal of the Jews), Peter testified and quoted the Old Testament (Psalm 118:22) in the defence of the gospel when he said,
“This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” – Acts 4:11–12.
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“To be grounded in the word of God is to dig the foundation of your life down to bedrock, where you take that word and you embrace that word, and you are able to stand against anything the world, the flesh, and the devil throws at you. But if you don’t have that foundation, you are building your house on sand. And when the storm comes, what you will experience, dear friends, is ruins” – R.C Sproul.
The apostles and prophets have given us the Scriptures. This is the foundation on which we are to wisely build. “Submission to Christ entails submission to the words of the prophets and apostles by whom He spoke, both before and after He came into the world.” – Joel Beeke. In Matthew 10:40, the Lord Jesus said to the twelve apostles, “Those who receive you, receive me, those who reject you, reject me.” If the church rejects apostolic authority, it has rejected the very foundation of the church itself.
In masonry, the cornerstone is the first stone set during the foundation laying. It is a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls which serves as a reference for the laying of other stones involved in the construction. Thus, the cornerstone is regarded as the most important stone in the entire building. “Christ is the Cornerstone of the church. If this first stone is out of place in our local assemblies, then the entire wall will be weakened, and the church’s reputation, which is more precious than gold, will come to ruin.” – Paul Washer.
The Bible tells us that the Apostle Peter and John were both arrested and put in custody for teaching and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead (Acts 4:1-3). When faced before the Sanhedrin (the council and tribunal of the Jews), Peter testified and quoted the Old Testament (Psalm 118:22) in the defence of the gospel when he said,
“This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” – Acts 4:11–12.
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