Sunday, October 15, 2017

Our Foundation- Christ Crucified.

1Ti 4:16  Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 

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Take heed--

1Co 3:10  According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 
1Co 3:11  For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

Our FOUNDATION is JESUS CHRIST. We should have NO OTHER foundation. We need to build upon the FOUNDATION of Jesus Christ- taking heed to the doctrine HE gave, continuing in HIS doctrine! When we get caught up in the doctrines of people and lose sight of Christ's doctrine we've slipped off the Foundation and anything we build that isn't on that Firm Foundation means nothing! No one can be saved when they build their lives around a false foundation.  Imagine a house being built upon a foundation and its built just a little bit off kilter on that foundation. Is the house safe? No. Being off the foundation the risk of complete destruction is great. Yet there are many people who build upon false foundations. They build upon a crooked foundation, a false foundation, a foundation not Christ. They try to build their houses uncentered upon the foundation yet think it's enough because they are near the foundation. People do NOT continue in the doctrine of Christ and they still believe they are Christ's.

Eph 4:14  That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 
Eph 4:15  But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ

Men will deceive! And how a man deceives others is by giving them a lot of truth, but not all the truth and what we need is ALL the truth!

In love we speak TRUTH.

In the love of our Savior Jesus Christ!

We are told these things so we will HEED them, not to ignore them!  We have to comprehend that there are a lot of winds of doctrine floating about, there is a lot of sleight of hand, cunning craftiness and deception! If we ignore this very real truth, then we are most likely going to be caught up in the deception.  SEEK only TRUTH!

 1Ti 4:16  Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 

Salvation- the REASON our Savior sacrificed Himself for us! Let's learn of the truth in Christ's doctrine, the truth that leads to salvation for us and those that may hear us by the will and grace of God.

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