131 Our Foundation-Jesus Christ

Episode 131 Our Foundation—Jesus Christ

When writing to the Corinthian church Paul said that he had laid a foundation as a wise master builder. What was the foundation that Paul laid? If we are going to build properly we need to have a clear revelation of that foundation. We are continuing today on the subject of “Building in God” and are using the account of the beginning and growth of the Ephesian assembly as our outline. We have in the first three chapters of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians the foundation of the gospel he preached and the revelation truth of the church as the structure within which God is building today. The foundation is Jesus Christ, but what does that mean? We want to try to answer that question in some degree.

• Jesus Christ as the foundation
  • Jesus is God revealed in a human body (Col. 1:15, 2:9)
  • Christ is the eternal Son of God (John 1:1-3)
  • God is uniting all things in Christ (Eph. 1:10)
• Jesus Christ is our life (John 5:26, Col. 3:4, I John 5:12)
• Jesus Christ is the Head of the church (Acts. 2:36, Eph. 1:22, Col. 1:18)
• The Foundation of our salvation is the work of Christ at Calvary
  • Our deliverance from sin (Rom. 6:5-11)
  • The basis of the indwelling God by the Spirit (John 16:7)
  • The basis of our walk of victory over sin, death, and the devil (I Cor. 15:56)
• Every further aspect of building must always be related to Christ and Calvary
• The reality is experienced as we abide in Christ (union) (Eph. 1:1-14)

 

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