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One
Foundation
Do we see this has been a
deceptive thing? In the very Word of God in 1 Corinthians
the 3rd chapter, I have quoted this Scripture up through
here, but I want to deal with it again. We want people to
see the truth. Paul tells us “For other foundation can
no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
There is no foundation
short of being born again. But that is not all that is
necessary---after you get on the right foundation, let
every man take heed how he builds thereon. That is where
the trouble starts. There are a lot of people here, that
have the right foundation, but they were not careful
enough as to what they built into their lives. We’re
going to be tried. Jesus said there are just two kinds of
builders. You are either building on the earth (sand) or
on the rock. There’s only one foundation and the man
that built on the rock; who did he say they were? Those
that hear these sayings of mine and doeth them---the
hearers and doers of God’s Word. They are building on
the rock, and ready to be tested.
God does the first
testing. How does He test it? The rains descended on it.
What is the rain a symbol of? Isaiah 55 said, my Word,
will come down, just like the rain comes down. So God
tests you, but not until you get your house built. He
tests the roof. The rain descended. What else happened?
The winds blew. After you get on the solid rock and get
your house finished, you can let any wind of doctrine blow
that wants to; it cannot blow you down, if you’re on the
rock. What else happened? Then the devil is mad; the enemy
comes in like a flood---the floods come. Isaiah 55 said
the enemy comes in like a flood, so that flood is the
devil. What is he after? He’s testing the very
foundation to see if he can take the house off the
foundation.
I want to tell you, this
flood of lukewarmness and modernism that the devil has
come in with, has washed more than one house off the
foundation. They are still trying to talk about the
beauties of the house, but it’s lopsided. It doesn’t
set square and stand out for truth like it once did. Well,
I’m still preaching on the Spirit of God. Isaiah said,
when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the
Lord, will lift up a standard against him. What has
happened? Someone said, I’ve been in the church for 50
years, and I have a solid experience. Well, you still need
to hold to an experience with God. The devil can come in
like a flood, and wash you off your foundation; house and
all. Again, there’s only one foundation; Jesus Christ.
There’s no other foundation that can be laid; that’s
why these things are bottomless pit works---no foundation.
Why, they wouldn’t take this foundation of Christ so
when they wouldn’t take this, there’s nothing left for
them but the sand. Let the devil build all the
institutions he wants, but he cannot build them on the
rock. They
won’t stand. Why, old
Gamaliel knew more back there, when men wanted to kill off
all of God’s people, He said, what is the use of that?
If it be of man, it will come to naught, and if it be of
God, you can’t stop it any way. You might just as well
give it up.
Now, let every man take
heed how he builds thereon. It’s not enough to get the
foundation; not enough to be born again; not enough to get
on the rock. But we have to take heed (every day) how we
build thereon. If any man build on this foundation; (and
people would miss-teach this Scripture, but it’s very
simple if you will read it) for other foundation can no
man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. There is
only one foundation, but if any man builds on this
foundation, gold, silver, precious stones; (and they talk
about people building on gold and precious stones) no,
there’s only one foundation; Christ. After you get Him;
then, if you go to building---you build, using gold and
silver and precious stones on this foundation, Christ
Jesus---That will stand. They will withstand the fire. If
you build, using hay, wood or stubble, it will not stand.
We have already clarified---we are in the day of God’s
wrath from 1880 up to short of 1980, however long He sees
fit---and men’s houses are being tried by the fire of
God’s eternal Word.
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