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INTRODUCTION:
*Open your Bibles to Romans 15:
While you are finding your place, let me ask you a question: What foundation are you building your life on?
In our world today, there are many examples of those who try to build on another’s foundation
Look at the last two coaches of my Florida Gators
Both men won division titles one year before getting fired
Neither man could keep that consistency
Both were fired because they couldn’t run the kingdom built by Spurrier and Meyer
Tim Cook has done a lot of significant work at Apple as their CEO
But his successes are swallowed in the success of Steve Jobs, who built the empire
All that will be remembered in the end are the ways that he wasn’t Jobs
Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella together have more years as CEO of Microsoft than Bill Gates
Gates’ last day at Microsoft was 14 years ago
But when Microsoft is in the news, you think of Gates
Nick Saban has won more national titles than any other coach
He has raised up many other coaches who have gone out to have some level of success
But none have reached the one who lay the foundation-Georgia may be getting close, we’ll see
When he retires, pitty the man who follows
Any success will be Sabans
Any failure will be all his own
As it turns out, it is really hard to build on another man’s foundation!
Over the last few chapters in Romans, Paul has been leading us on a road toward growing in Christ
We’ve been dealing with foundational issues
not judging one another
not being a stumbling block to others
learning how to die to ourselves for the sake of others
All of these things are leading up to building on the foundation of Christ in our lives
And it is in this vein that we turn back to Romans 15, beginning in verse 13:
PRAY, Invite the church to sit
*Listening Guides Out
What kind of foundation are you building your life on?
Are you building on your own foundation?
Maybe you are building on the foundation of another man
You saw his success or something in his life you wanted, and your life is built on that
Well, today, I want you to understand that Jesus Christ wants to lay a sure foundation in your life
If you are a follower of Jesus, that foundation was lain on the day that you decided to follow Him!
You were dead in your sins and trespasses on a wreck of a foundation you laid yourself
By the power of God in the blood of Jesus death, you were cleansed of your sins, forgiven and blameless
By the power of God in the resurrection of Jesus, you were given new life and a hope of eternity with Him in heaven
If you are saved, Jesus already lay this foundation in you.
If you have not followed Christ yet, He is ready to lay this foundation today
But what both of you need to understand is that the foundation is just the beginning.
God wants to build something incredible upon the foundation of salvation in your life.
You may remember this from last year’s VBS:
God is ready to build something incredible in your life
Let me ask you friend, what foundation are you building on?
What are you building towards?
When it is built, how long will it endure?
When it is built, will it be your completion?
When it is built, who will be glorified?
This morning, we are going to see three reasons in this passage to make Jesus the foundation of our life’s building.
Let’s look at them together:
The first reason that we have in this passage for building on the foundation of Jesus is:
You can build your life on a lot of different foundations
You can keep building on the foundation that you made (And it will continue to lead you to sin and death)
You can build on someone else’s foundation
Maybe you’ll have some moderate success
More than likely, you’ll encounter problems you are unprepared for (you don’t know the foundation)
Ultimately, you will find a collapse
But only the foundation that Jesus builds promises that you will have what you need for what lies ahead
When your life is built on Jesus, you will have JOY
Joy for the forgiveness of your sins
Joy for the new life that only He can give
Joy for His love in your life through His Word
Joy for His love in the body of Christ
You will have the JOY of JESUS!
And the joy of His love will bring you His peace
Peace in the storm, knowing you are secure
For what can be taken from you that is greater than Christ
What in all of creation can take you from the love of God?
And as you persevere in His joy and peace through the trials of life, you will find in Him the hope that will drive you onward
The hope that the God who didn’t spare His Son will also give us all things
The hope that the glory of His eternal rein is worth this present suffering
And His hope is the hope you need to continue through this present darkness in perseverence
What foundation are you building on?
Isn’t it interesting that Paul writes that He is convinced they are full of these things
Isn’t it interesting he says they can admonish one another
They can keep each other from stumbling
They can help each other to walk on the right path, why?
They are building on the right foundation!
You see joy, peace, and love are of the character of Christ
As the character of Christ grows more and more in you, you begin to look more and more like Him
And as you look more and more like Him, and your neighbor looks more and more like Him, you will recognize in yourselves and each other those things that are not like Jesus
And as you help each other to be more like Jesus, you are able to lean on each other so that no one falls
And this leads us towards the next point.
Look at verse 15
The second reason we have in this passage for building on the foundation of Jesus is this:
Living life in belief, God will give you the grace of knowing Him and making Him known
The book of Romans is considered to be “strong meat of Scripture”
There are many things that are radical calls to obedience
There are many things that are not easy to understand
And yet, Paul is able to teach the Romans these things with boldness...
Because his purpose was not his own, but God’s, who sent him!
When Paul came to Christ, he was given a purpose…so were you!
God equipped Paul in Christ to do the things He was calling Paul to do
He has also equipped you!
And the more Paul grew in Christ, the more effective He became in God’s purpose for him.
For Paul, it was for reaching the Gentiles
For you, it may be...
Reaching people on your street
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