Unmovable Foundation

 

it doesn’t matter how good something looks if it’s built on a weak foundation.

Life on Mission: Come and see, follow me, free to follow.

• Building our life mission on an unmovable Foundation.

Matthew 7:21–27 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Followers do the will of God.

 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

3 keys to be a wise man

• You have to be listening,
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• You have to put into practice
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• Keep building.
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• Everyone is building Something.
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But Jesus says

• The Main point is not so much what you build, but what you build it on.
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• You must build your life on Jesus the Rock.
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Why is this important?

• The Foundation secures the Future
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1 Corinthians 3:9-15 – 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

John 14:6  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.

• You can’t build a strong life on shifting sand.
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Illustration: the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

• How do we know if we are building on the foundation of God?
• We live our lives according to His word
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John 17:17 Your word is truth.

2 tim 3: 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God p may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Being good at building a life of faith, requires studying the manual of life.  Read and learn from the instructions.  The Holy Spirit was given to illuminate your life so you could see how God want you to apply his word.

Eph 1: 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,

God wants you established and built up in Him to know him better and to know the hope he has for you and the inheritance.  Why?

• Life happens

Matt 7:25, 27

• The Storm Reveals our foundation
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• Faith in Jesus doesn’t prevent the storm—it prepares you for it.
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John 16:33 – “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

James 1:2–7 – 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Your present storm is designed to grow you more.  If your foundation is Jesus, he is teahing you something in the middle of the mess.  If you feel like your are missing the lesson do what comes next.  Pray, connect with God.

 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

Trust in Jesus.  He is with you.  Open the eyes of your heart and feel, him and see him.  He has not let you down.

Quote: “Christians are like tea bags—you don’t know what’s in them until they’re in hot water.” – Billy Graham ☕️

• “Storms don’t destroy faith—they reveal where it was built.”
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Storms don’t break the strong—they expose the shallow.

Matt 7:24 everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice

• Hearing Is Easy, Doing Is The real challenge
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Jesus said both builders heard His words—but only one did them.

• Doing requires Discipline
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James 1:22 – 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

 

Luke 6:46 – “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?”

“Obedience is the key that unlocks God’s best for your life.” – Rick Warren

Application: There are some next steps that you could take immediately if you just ask yourself some honest questions and then laid out what it would take to put into practice these things that you want to change.

It requires time and effort and as important accountability.  (Oasis groups next step) GROWTH TRACK

Ask: What part of Jesus’ teaching am I still hearing but not living?

• WE BUILD WITH ETERNITY IN MIND
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Disciples Live for the Long Game

• Matthew 16:18 – “On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
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• Isaiah 28:16 – “Behold, I lay in Zion a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation.”
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Quote: “If your foundation is the Word of God, then you can stand when the world shakes.” – Charles Stanley

Disciples aren’t built for comfort—they’re built for endurance.

Psalm 127:1 – “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.”