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Firm Foundations. Temple , 1 K.5:17 Common sense (6:37) Spiritual sense Earth , Job 38:4 (6) Hb.1:10 Ps.11:3. I Salvation. Is.28:16 Ro.9:33; 10:11 Those who build hopes on Him will not be put to shame Lk.6:48-49 Judgment will sweep away buildings of man’s invention.
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Firm Foundations • Temple, 1 K.5:17 • Common sense (6:37) • Spiritual sense • Earth, Job 38:4 (6) • Hb.1:10 Ps.11:3
I Salvation • Is.28:16 • Ro.9:33; 10:11 • Those who build hopes on Him will not be put to shame • Lk.6:48-49 • Judgment will sweep away buildings of man’s invention
Ep.1:4, chose…in Christ… before foundation of world • Abraham: God’s chosen, Neh.9:7 • Christ = God’s chosen, Mt.12:18 • Condition: in Him • Means: Ga.3:26-27 • Realization: Ep.5:25-26 • Not unconditional election (Mk.16:15-16; Rv.22:17)
II Church • Mt.16:18, who is the “rock”? • Ac.15; Ga.2 • Ac.4:11 • 1 Pt.2:4, 7-8 (stone), 8 (rock) • 1 Pt.5:1 • Universal Bishop, Primate of the Apostolical College, Supreme and Infallible Head of the Church?
1 Co.3:9-11 • God’s building • 10, master builder laid found. • Superstructure must match foundation. Ac.2:38, 41, 42 • 11, no other foundation • One foundation laid once for all. (Jn.15:5)
Inconsistent Denominationalism • Church not built on “pope” • Encourage people to join church built on other men? • Why is superstructure trivial? • Mt.21:42 • Why are Mormons a “cult”? • Concordance
Henry VIII • Requested permission of pope to divorce, remarry • Pope refused • Henry married anyway… • Renounced Roman Catholicism • Took England out of Rome’s control • Made himself head of State and Church • Printed Bible
III Life • Lk.14:28-30 • Unable to finish • Storms always come • 1 Tim.6:17-18, rich . . . rich • Hasmuch . . . givesmuch • Uncertain . . . bedrock • Hb.6:1
Ezra 3:11-13 • Shouted in excitement (536 BC) • Silenced in defeat, Ezra 4:4-5, 24… • Secured own luxurious houses • Hag.1:4 • Temple lay in ruins 16 years(520 BC)
A.D. 70: Jerusalem’s Western Wall “…was spared, in order to afford a camp for such as were to lie in garrison, as were the towers also spared, in order to demonstrate to posterity what kind of city it was, and how well forti-fied, which the Roman valor had sub-dued; but for all the rest of the wall, it was so thoroughly laid even with the ground by those that dug it up to the foundation, that there was left nothing to make those that came there believe it[Jerusalem]had ever been inhabited”