A Proper Foundation

One of the things that's going to be most needed as we proceed into this Season of Judgment is to have a Proper Foundation. Jesus made it clear in the 7th chapter of the Gospel of Saint Matthew that it is imperative to build the foundation of your house on a rock, not sand. If the church is going to stand during this very trying hour that's about to knock on the doors of this nation, we must make sure that we're standing on a Proper Foundation.

The bible says in the 11th Psalm, "if the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?". There must be re-laying in the church of a Proper Foundation. The first area we must examine is the foundation of our faith. Number one, is our faith rooted and grounded in the Word of God. The Bible is the unadulterated, divinely inspired, Living Word of God (2Timothy 3). We can't put our faith in tradition, we can't put our faith in philosophy, we can't put our faith in a man or woman; we must put our faith in the Word of God. God's Word never fails (Jeremiah 1). Therefore, if we are standing on the Word of God, then we have a solid foundation.

The other area of faith that we need to examine in regards to having a Proper Foundation is the basis of our faith. Is our faith Grace-based or Works-based. There are still too many believers that are basing the foundation of their relationship with God upon what they do behaviorally instead of what Jesus has already done through dying for our sins on the Cross. The bible says, "for by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2). If you're still thinking that your going to heaven is contingent upon your works, what you do and don't do, then your Foundation of Faith is not solid. Now mind you, the bible also states, "what shall we say then, shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid." (Romans 6). Grace is not a license to sin, it's a provision for the sin that we inevitably commit (1John 1). However, your status and standing with God is not based on your works, it's based upon the Saving Grace of God manifested through the death, burial and resurrection of His Son, Jesus the Christ. This is the basis for a Proper Foundation of faith.

Lastly (and of course there is so much more), the area we want to examine for a Proper Foundation is our commitment to Sanctification. The word Sanctification means to set apart. God wants His people to be Holy (1Peter 1). No you may not be sinless, no you may not be perfect, but you can be holy. It is the sanctification process that produces holiness in the character of the child of God. The Holy Spirit engineers this process through our devotion to Christ. Part of that devotion is our Prayer Life and reading the Word of God (Ephesians 5). We must be committed to developing a relationship with God, not trying to be spiritually religious. We're going to make mistakes, we're going to do things outside of the Divine Will of God. But what The Father wants to know is do we love Him enough to open up our hearts and open up our minds to allow the Holy Spirit to renew us in the spirit of our minds (Ephesians 4). If we let the Holy Spirit minister within us the divine work of Sanctification, we will indeed have laid a Proper Foundation.