No other foundation can be laid except that of Jesus Christ. So we need to ask ourselves with what are we building our life?
For we are God’s temple in which He dwells. We are His house.
And the first thing we need is to have a solid foundation and we call that salvation receiving God’s grace through faith.
But for most Christians they receive a solid foundation but then start thinking after that they can build on it with their own hands but what they’re really building with is sand. But you see your life was already paid for at full price and so you can build with nothing save for faith in the finished work of Christ. If we receive salvation by grace then it only makes sense we also receive sanctification through grace and that the only way to build the kingdom is through His grace of course all by faith.
Because what we build on is going to be tried by the fire and what is going to be left? Will we build with wood or straw or hay the very things that will be burned away? Or with gold, silver and costly stones the very things that are founded on Christ alone and that are truly worthy of His throne.
So are you building in faith, on the grace of the cross? or are you building on flesh trying to save face to your loss? Things like man’s philosophy, religiosity, sociology, psychology, or churchology?
Things like just focus on the relationship but don’t let your light shine bright don’t say anything about your faith in Christ cuz if you’re just nice that’s the very things going to bring their soul that is in strife from death into eternal life! If we’re like that, we’re getting a bit whack not evangelizing the way that the bible says in fact we’re on the line of acting like a cult so we got people coming to church thinking their good but they’re false converts.
Because if your building on mans wisdom, you’re doing no work your probably doing more hurt. Though it seems like your training converts but deep inside the person’s spirit is still trapped in sin and hasn’t been cleansed within because the Holy Spirit’s work hasn’t been done for where the Spirit of the Lord is there is true freedom.
So we need to start getting on our knees and crying out Father please because we know that the only way that souls can be cracked and be brought back to the Father, The only way the Kingdom is gonna come in someone’s life is nothing short of a miracle like the one that resurrected Jesus Christ.
Not with all these concepts of talk that turn the soul sour but of a demonstration of the Spirit’s power because the Kingdom of God is not about talk but of power. See the true workers of Christ don’t need all these books created by the wisdom of man like Purpose Driven church or how to win fast converts, how to teach Sunday school to entertain by watering down the truth of Jesus’ Name, worshiping God with style but where all the book that teach on self denial?
Cuz if we’re using these things as tools to work for God we’re actually being used as a tool by the devil and we need go back to looking like fools for the wisdom of man is foolishness to God and the wisdom of God is foolishness to the world.
Because the bible is the only book that’s reliable and you don’t need any other book to help you exposit the truth because you have a deposit of the Holy Spirit within which teaches and guides you into all truth if you really seek to know the truth. He’s the line that sends the truth of scripture thats in your mind to your heart and then translates it to your spirit cuz its something that you have inherited by faith.
We need to kick it old school like the holy saints of the past who we’re brutally harassed because the Word of God and its the only thing that will last and has lasted throughout the ages despite all the misinterpretations of the pages. Cuz culture will change and is constantly being rearranged so being relevant or eloquent is like fumbling like an elephant when it comes down to God’s eloquence.
We don’t use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. But by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience and in God’s sight.
So if you think you got it right with a lot of fancy theology and epistemologies, these things that please men. Then maybe you need to resolve to know nothing but Christ crucified, because pharisaic knowledge is the biggest form of idolatry within the church. Knowledge that puffs up not build up and zeal without knowledge is dangerous but useless knowledge is contagious and strangles, mangles, entangles the work of God.
and setting forth the truth plainly may seem a bit insanely contradictory to what we’ve been taught in church lately. But let’s not do what makes sense in the eyes of the world but start to realize that we can’t compromise. Instead we need to trust in God like the Israelites who marched around the walls of Jericho 6 days and their faith was a little fazed on the way but in end they trusted and obeyed and so God made their path straight the huge stone wall came crashing down down down right to the ground all in the city died except Rahab who’s faith in God was what got her saved.
Only proper faith is going build the Kingdom up everything else is a waste it’s going to turn to chafe blown away and He that does not gather scatters so don’t be a detriment to the Kingdom cuz many want to be teachers of the faith but they play it safe and know don’t what they’re talking about its the very thing that 1+2 Timothy warns us about that’s why you need to read the bible for yourself.
So let’s build our lives on the promises of God who is faithful and true.
And let me just say I say these things out of love because my joy would be to see that on that day you won’t be one that’s just barely saved barely escaping through the flames but that you built your life on the truth of Jesus Name.