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According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:10-11
What is your faith built upon? When you build a building the first thing that needs to be done is to have a proper foundation laid. One you don’t go and build a wall here, place furnishings, or set up the roof until the foundation is laid. That is because the foundation is what everything else rests on. Without a foundation it is like the man who built a house on the sand where it is not able to stand up to the elements. The same can be said about a faulty foundation, if the proper foundation is not set for the environment and type of house that is being built again the building will eventually fall due to structural problems.
Our faith works much in the same way. We need to be careful on what we base our faith off of. It needs to be firmly placed in Christ and rooted in Biblical truth. There are many teachings out there where we can hear it doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you are sincere. Then there is also the thought that all religions ultimately lead to God, or that since God is love He won’t send anyone to hell. The problem is that these teachings build a faith that is on an inadequate foundation, much like having a mansion built on a fault line, an earthquake comes and that house will eventually fall. When Christ returns if our faith is not right, if we aren’t rooted in Christ and Christ alone then what we have our faith placed in will eventually fall as well. So what type of foundation is your faith built on?
