THE FOUNDATION
The spiritual foundation of which the Word of God speaks:
IS BASED ON GOD'S WORD:
God's word stands firm like a rock [foundation]; nothing can shake it.
(II Timothy 2:19) The Living Bible
IS A GOOD FOUNDATION:
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation. (I Timothy 6:19)
IS BASED ON RIGHTEOUSNESS:
The uncompromisingly righteous has an everlasting foundation. (Proverbs 10:25) The Amplified Bible
IS ETERNAL:
...Laying up for themselves the riches that endure forever, a good foundation for the future... (I Timothy 6:19) The Amplified Bible
RESTS ON TWO BASIC PRINCIPLES:
But the firm foundation laid by God stands sure and unshaken, bearing this seal and inscription: The Lord knows those who are His and let everyone who names and stand aloof from it. (II Timothy 2:19) The Amplified Bible
The two principles upon which the foundation stands are:
1. Redeemed men: The Lord knows those who are His.
2. Living redeemed lives: Let everyone who names himself by the name of the
Lord give up all iniquity and stand aloof from it.
IS BUILT UPON A ROCK WHICH IS IMMOVABLE:
He is like a man which built a house and digged deep and laid the foundation on a rock and when the flood arose and beat vehemently on the house it could not shake it for it was founded on a rock. (Luke 6:48)
THAT ROCK IS JESUS CHRIST:
There is no other rock; I know not any. (Isaiah 44:8) The Amplified Bible
Jesus Christ is the only foundation for spiritual life:
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (I Corinthians 3:11)
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