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Power of the WordBuilding On A Firm Foundation
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
Three and a half weeks ago, a
sinkhole in Seffner, Florida opened up
and claimed the life of 36 year old Jeff Bush as he slept in
his bedroom.
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
Jeff’s brother Jeremy said, “I jumped in the hole and tried to get him out. I couldn’t get him out. I thought I could hear him screaming, hollering for me to
help. I was yelling and screaming for him, yelling and
screaming, telling him I’m trying to get to him, I swear I
heard him yelling my name and I couldn’t get to him.”
(Reported By: Stef DiPietrantonio, FOX 13 Mar.1, 2013)
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
A sinkhole is a place of unstable ground that erodes over
time until it can no longer support the soil above it and then it collapses.
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
Across our land today millions are building their life on foundations
that will ultimately collapse.
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
What kind of ground or
foundation are you building your life
upon?
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
The Word of God is a gift from God Himself that reveals, convicts, instructs, edifies and point us to Christ, the
ultimate source of foundational meaning
and life!
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
The Word of God holds and communicates the very words that give life to all who trust in its message and the
one to whom it points, Jesus Christ!
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
“Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” But Simon
Peter answered Him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of
the living God.’” John 6:67-69
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
God’s Word
A Foundation Greater Than Ourselves!
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
God’s Word
Tells Us of theWork of God!
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
God’s Word
To Get Us Connected to
Christ!
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
28 “Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the
works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to
them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
John 6:28-29
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
God’s Word
Tells Us of thePerson of Christ
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
God’s Word
The Image of One Who Gives Himself
Away!
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
48 “I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate
the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which comes
down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the…
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…living bread which came down from
heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My
flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”
John 6:48-51
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
God’s Word
Tells Us of theSource of Life
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
God’s Word
The Reality ofLife-Giving Spirit!
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
53 “Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son
of Man and drink His blood, you have no life
in you. 54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My
blood…
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…has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the
last day. 55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My
blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in
him.
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live
because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
58 This is the bread which came down from
heaven—not as your fathers ate the…
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…manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.” 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and
they are life.” John 6:53-58, 63
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
Jesus told a story about
foundations…
Building On a Firm Foundation!
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
Jesus told a story about
foundations…
…one built upon a rock!
…another built upon sand!
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be
like a foolish man who built his house on the sand and the rain descended, the
floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that
house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” Matthew 7:26-27
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
So…
What will you build your life
upon?
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
What will you build your life
upon?
The shifting sands of our day?
POWER OF THE WORDBuilding On A Firm Foundation
What will you build your life
upon?
…or the firm bedrock of God’s
Eternal Word?
