'For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ' (1 Corinthians 3:11).
All who accept Christ as their personal Saviour from sin, are co-labourers under Christ. We are Builders, laying the foundations, which is Jesus Christ, as we preach the gospel and study the Word with others. No one else can be that sure foundation, but Christ our head cornerstone, who binds the church as one. The Songwriter penned it like this, "The Church has one foundation, 'tis Jesus Christ her Lord; she is His new creation, by water and the word; From heaven He came and sought her, to be His holy bride; With His own blood He bought her, for her life He died." The good news of salvation starts and ends with faith in Jesus. If we add or take away from this gospel, we make it of non effect. Paul wants us to understand that our faith needs to be grounded in Jesus Christ, not in no other person. We see in the past where God's people focused their loyalty on religious leaders, instead of Christ, which ends in destruction or with grave consequences. You would of thought, we too would learn from these instances. But now in the 21st century people are still putting their trust and focus in religious leaders, instead of the Almighty God. And it never ends well, or will not end well! There are many false teaching around in today's world, whose messages are not what the Bible actually teaches and many people are led astray, because they do not study the Word of God for themselves with the aid of the Holy Spirit, nor do they know Jesus Christ personally as their Saviour. But God will bring everything into judgement; and the works of these Christian leaders whom God has appointed to build up His church will be judged, to see if they have been building on the solid foundation of Christ. Let us study to show ourselves approved unto God and to keep our focus on Christ, the solid Rock, the foundation of our lives, rather than man. Let us seek to be partakers of the spiritual Rock of Christ. Remember our wisdom is futile and worthless without Christ. We need the wisdom of God from above, as we co-labour with Christ.
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'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33). The Lord is our Provider and knows all that we are in need of before we even ask. We do not need to worry or fret ourselves about what we shall eat or drink. Our Father in heaven will take care of these things we need. We are told by Jesus, 'To seek first the kingdom of God.' What does that mean? It means we should lean on, and trust in the grace of Jesus Christ. We should repent of our sins and have a desire to turn away from it. We should seek to put God first in our praise to Him, in our worship of Him, to put our total trust in Him and to rely on Him rather than ourselves or others. We need to seek Him first in our reassurance and acknowledging who He is and what He can do. We also need to seek God's righteousness by loving our neighbors and feeding the poor and destitute, seek justice for the vulnerable. We should put God's plan and...
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