Text: Matt. 7:24-27
Intro: This passage reveals a “solid and a sinking” foundation
    A. You can build your life on “sinking sand” or you can build on the Solid Rock (the Lord Jesus Christ).
    B. The scripture mentions a “Sure” foundation 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having
        this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
        1. The Psalmist describes this foundation Psalms 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
            Psalms 18:1-2  “I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. ~ The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
            deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.”
    C. There yet remains a “shaking” which this world has never experienced (Haggai 2:6)
        “For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea,
        and the dry land; ~ And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with
        glory, saith the LORD of hosts.”
         1. All foundations will be shaken Heb. 12:26-27  “Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised,
            saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. ~ And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the
            removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may
            remain.”
I. Some wrong Foundations being built Upon Today.
    A. One’s own goodness is a wrong foundation.
        1. Many think like the rich man which came to Jesus (Matt.19: 16-22).
            a. (Rom.3:12) “There is none that doeth good, no, not one.”   Rom. 3:23
                (Isaiah 53:6) “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath
                laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
    B. One’s own thinking is a wrong foundation (Prov.14:12).
        1. Eve’s downfall (Genesis 3:6). “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to
            the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
            husband with her; and he did eat.”
            a. Sounded right.
            b. Looked right.
            c. Felt right.
        2. Satan got her to think for herself.
        3. Must listen to God (Prov. 3:5) “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
            (Jer. 10:23)
    C. One’s own sufficiency is a wrong foundation (Romans 12:3). “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man
        that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God
        hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”
        1. (1 Corinthians 10:12).  “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
        2. (Jeremiah 17:7). “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.”
        3. Paul’s testimony 2 Corinthians 3:5). “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our
            sufficiency is of God;”
            a. (1 Cor. 15:10; Phil. 4:13)
    D. One’s own religious activity is a wrong foundation (Psa.51:16-17).
        1. (Titus 3:5). “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the
            washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”
        2. Some things not for sale.
            a. Happiness.
            b. Health.
            c. Love.
            d. Peace of heart.
            e. Salvation from sin “Psa. 49:6-8).
II. The Right Foundations.
    A. The Word of god (Matt. 24:35).
        1. Those who build their hope and life on God’s Word are as the one who built on the “Rock” that withstood the storms
            of life.
            a. In this dark sinful world there is light (Psa. 119:105).
    B. The Lord of the Word is the right Foundation
        1. He is our Righteousness (2 Cor.5:21).
        2. He is our peace (Rom.5:1).
        3. He is our rock (Psa. 28:1). “Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my Rock; be not silent  to me.”
        4. He’s our redeemer (Job 19:25).  “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall   stand at the latter day upon
            the earth:”
    C. The grace of God is a right foundation (Titus 2:11; Eph. 2:8).
    D. Faith in the Lord is a right foundation (Heb. 11:6).
        1. By faith we can walk with our lord as Enoch (Gen. 5:22-24; Heb. 11:5).
        2. By faith we can build as Noah (Hebrews 11:7). “By faith Noah, being warned of God  of things not seen as yet,
            moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir
            of the righteousness which is by faith.”
Conclusion:  By faith we can look up at the time of crossing over Jordan
    A. Paul (2 Tim.4:6-8).
    B. Stephen (Acts 7:54-60).
    C. Through faith in Christ you can have eternal life right now (Rom. 10:9-10).