The Term “Foundation” has been borrowed from the language of building and architecture. It refers to the very first thing we do in building. We prepare a solid and stable support for the superstructure. Since the foundation bears the weight of the entire structure, it must be done well. More than one building has later sagged or even fallen because of a faulty foundation. The taller the building is to be, the deeper the foundation must be.
Spiritually speaking, the foundation is the basis of Christian doctrine and experience (and these two are never separated) upon which all later development depends. It is instruction in the ABC’s without which reading and writing would not be possible. Other words meaning the same thing as “foundational’ include: “basic, elementary, beginning, first.” Paul put it in terms of first principles.
1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3And this will we do, if God permit.
This one passage of Scripture summarizes the entire content of Understanding the Foundation Stones of Christian Life”
2Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3And this will we do, if God permit.
This one passage of Scripture summarizes the entire content of Understanding the Foundation Stones of Christian Life”
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