Theme; Foundation; 11th Aug 2013
Sermon delivered inKitengela ; kajiado County: Wonders of faith ministry
By Kevin Kainos
IF THE FOUNDATIONS ARE SHAKEN, WHAT WILL THE RIGHTEOUS DO? The house ABOVElooks nice but what will happen when its foundations are shaken and its not strong enough? You see the Tragedy?
If you don’t know where you are going, then any road will take you there.
It’s not always in the seen but in the unseen where the cookie crumbles.
Beyond and beneath, we find Christ as our only foundation. Christ is the foundation and the power that runs our lives.
Word; 1st Cor 3:9-11 for we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. 10 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. 11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
What is the foundation of our lives? Why do we believe what we do believe in? Do we believe stuffs because others have set the precedence for us? Do you believe things because others have merely believed on your behalf?
Why are you a Christian? Are you a Christian because one day you prayed a sinner’s prayer? Are you a Christian because you can pray well in the morning? Is it because of what you did and are able to do, or you are who you are because God makes you?
Do you believe that you are unconditionally accepted by God apart from your performance?
The tragedy of the church is to engage in self help Christianity. Its to be denied the rights of being in Christ and many people are thrown into self help mechanisms of getting themselves to be accepted by God.
We have been marauded by forces of demand. Life seems to demand from us from every corner. Life has a way of trying to pull us from the position of rest that we think that because we are used to getting things the hard way, that’s the way it should be between us and God.
However
· We are Gods fellow workers. He is the worker and we are his work. You are not on our own. God our maker is our creator and the worker. He is the one who works in us and through us both to will and to act according to his good purpose.
· No other foundation can be laid other than the one that has been laid. Our foundation is Christ. He is the source of our lives. We should subscribe to Christ in our going out in our coming in. No other principle Holds water if it doesn’t find its end in Christ.
· Deut 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, Destroy.(ESV)
The ancient God is home on a foundation of everlasting arms. He drove out the enemy before you and commanded, "Destroy!"(The message)
· We are who we are by Grace; which means Gods ability and genius works beneath who we are. Our lives are hidden with Christ in God. We are no longer helping ourselves so that God will help us, rather our lives are hidden with Christ in God.
· Nobody should deny us our rights which are in Christ Jesus. We have been bought by a price. Christ is the price that guarantees our redemption that raises us up from death to life. Everything holds together in Him. Everything we know in life must pass the test of Christ.
David co crucified Kimtai says
Isaiah 51:1"Listen to me, all you who are serious about right living and committed to seeking God. Ponder the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were dug. (The Message)
In order to understand foundation, we must go back to the beginning. If the foundation is strong, then the whole building
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Christ is the rock of ages. God our father is the rock of all times and we have been created in his image and likeness. Its in order to say that we have proceeded from God. If we are cut from the rock then we are of the rock. We are rocks and God is the rock of ages. Of Him(Christ ) we are. He is our wisdom, redemption and Holiness.
We are established on Christ the solid ground. In him we stand. He is the guarantee and the guarantor of our blessings.
We are no longer orphans, weaklings tossed by every wave of doctrine. W are fearless and so we declare that as he is so are we in this world. 1st John 4:16-18.
We look back to the cross we see the rock of ages and we see ourselves established in him, unmovable and secured in his love , grace, truth, righteousness and everything that comes from our father, Halleluiah.
