Christ The Foundation
By Lindsey Baker, Jr.
July 20, 2003

We find a remarkable prophecy in Psalms 118:22.

“The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner”

The Jews were the builders. Jesus Christ was the stone who was rejected by the Jews, and Jesus became the Head of the corner. Jesus being rejected and crucified by the Jews became an atonement for the sin of the world. Jesus was raised from the dead, a proof of his conquest over death and sin, and a pledge of everlasting life to those who are baptized in the blood of the lamb. Jesus was constituted the foundation on which the salvation of mankind rest, and the corner stone which unites Jews and Gentiles and complete the whole building.

Jesus Christ the sure foundation of everything pertaining to salvation. No man can lay any other foundation (1 Cor. 3:11). At the time Paul wrote those words, Jesus had completed the scheme of redemption, had commissioned the apostles to teach and baptize all nations, had ascended on high, and been crowned Lord of all. Paul had planted a church in Corinth, across the Mediterranean, hundreds of miles from Jerusalem. Some of the Corinthians were threatening to divide the true faith. So Paul exhorts them to build upon the sure foundation which he had already firmly established, Jesus Christ.

A good foundation is absolutely necessary. A costly super structure would be of no value upon a weak foundation. Jesus distinguished the wise man from the foolish man by the foundation upon which each built. (Matt. 7:24-27) Upon what sort of a spiritual foundation are you building?

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