Choosing your foundation wisely

If you know that you're doing something wrong, if you know that you're operating outside of God's will, outside of what his word says, then please correct it. God is faithful and will forgive. There is no concern there. But not keeping his commands shouldn't be an option for us. We need to build on the teachings of the apostles, of the prophets, and having Jesus as our cornerstone. [00:20:46] (32 seconds)  #BuildOnJesusCornerstone

And I think sometimes as followers of Jesus, we wanna be in, we wanna be in the family, we wanna be saved, but we don't wanna follow what he tells us to do. And that isn't optional. We don't believe, and I wanna be really clear, that we don't believe that you have to work your way into heaven. This is elsewhere in scripture, John, it records that Jesus said, if you love me, you will keep my commands. [00:17:41] (33 seconds)  #LoveMeansObedience

the building was going well and the foundations were in and it was all built and the Ealing Bigwigs came down to open it officially and they stood on the top. It had like a nice kind of panoramic thing on the roof and they stood there and they were, oh, this is great, fantastic. Launch this building. The next week it fell down, collapsed in on itself. Somewhere along the line between the architects and the builders, It couldn't support what they what they built, and it collapsed. [00:09:05] (39 seconds)  #WeakFoundationCollapse

But you don't wanna see that in a building, do you? You don't wanna see that. And when we don't get our foundations right, when we put our trust and our and we treat our foundations as being family, of being jobs, of being finances, We have to realize actually, they're not the best and the strongest foundation. You you can have the best family in the world and I'm not and the most supportive. the truth is, at times, they're gonna let you down. [00:10:18] (31 seconds)  #FoundationsBeyondFamilyMoney

And then if you believe in him, following his teachings isn't optional. I think and this is where I'm gonna spend a good few minutes of our time together this morning. But when it says build on the foundations of the apostles and prophets and the cornerstone of Jesus, what does that mean? That's meaning we build on the foundations of his teaching, of his life. [00:17:11] (31 seconds)  #ObedienceIsNotOptional

Every decision we make, you know, I I know they're tacky. We've still got them around, and I I actually quite like them, but I've sometimes they rub a little bit. But what would Jesus do? Wristbands. If ever I was gonna have a tattoo, I'm not that brave. I might have w w what would I'll make sure I get the initials right. W w j d. Tattooed. What would Jesus do? That is what we build upon. [00:21:18] (35 seconds)  #WWJDFaithChoice

And if we think back as to to, you know, I said that some people put their trust in money as their foundation. Here in Hebrews, the writer is saying actually, hey, don't do that. But trust in God because he says, he never will I leave you, never will I forsake you. [00:14:16] (31 seconds)  #TrustGodNotMoney

If you put all your foundation, your trust in in your income, in your finances, but hey, how many people were being wiped out in .com busts and financial crashes? Lost everything. What they thought was a secure foundation proved to not be. So we need to know. We need to build on the right thing. [00:10:55] (26 seconds)  #FinancialFoundationsFail