1 Corinthians 4:10-11
“By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Samuel John Stone was affectionately known as the poor man’s pastor. His time was spent in ministering to the poor and underprivileged people in the dark places of sin in the East End of London. Much like the world of our day, it was a time when God’s Word was under attack.
Samuel Stone held true to the faith and refused to compromise the fundamentals of the faith. He composed the words of this week’s hymn. Samuel Wesley composed the music for the hymn. He was the grandson of the great hymn writer, Charles Wesley.
It is a sad commentary that the liberal thinking of our time has invaded the church of Jesus Christ. The fundamental of the faith have been replaced with man-made philosophies that stray from the truth. There is only one foundation of God’s church and that is Jesus Christ our Lord.
“THE CHURCH’S ONE FOUNDATION”
The Church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord.
She is His new creation by water and the Word:
From heav’n He came and sought her to be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her, and for her life He died.
She is from ev’ry nation, yet one o’er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation one Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy Name she blesses, partakes one holy food.
And to one hope she presses, with ev’ry grace endued.
‘Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation of peace for evermore;
Till with the vision glorious her longing eyes are blest,
And the great church victorious shall be the church at rest.
O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we,
Like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with thee.
There, past the border mountains, where in sweet vales the Bride
With Thee by living fountains forever shall abide!
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
—Pastor Cecil