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A
Perilous Slant!
In
the 1990's the "Leaning Tower of Pisa"
was finally reopened to the public, after
having been closed for several years. During that
time, engineers completed a $25 million renovation
project designed to stabilize the tower. They removed
110 tons of dirt, and reduced its famous lean by about
sixteen inches. Why was this necessary? Because the
tower has been tilting further and further away from
vertical for hundreds of years, to the point that the
top of the 185-foot tower was seventeen feet further
south than the bottom, and Italian authorities were
concerned that if nothing was done, it would soon
collapse....
What
was the problem? Bad design? Poor workmanship? An
inferior grade of marble? No. The problem was what was
underneath. The tower was built on the shifting sands
of a former estuary. The soil was not stable enough to
support a monument of this size. The tower had no firm
foundation.
Spiritually
speaking, I am reminded of the words of Jesus: "Therefore
whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and DOES them, I
will liken him to a wise man who built
his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the
floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that
house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the
rock. 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
7:24-27).
All
of us are "leaning" and on the verge of
destruction due to our SIN as worldly forces
continue to pull us down! (Romans 6:23)
Yet, because of Christ, we can be
forgiven of our sin and placed upon Solid Ground.
"For no other foundation can anyone lay
than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians
3:11).
In the words of Edward Mote:
"On
Christ, the Solid Rock, I stand; ALL other ground is
sinking sand."
Because
Jesus is the Son of God AND because He died for us on
the cross, IF
we will respond to him in faith
(Acts 16:31), turn from sin in repentance
(Acts 3:19), confess
Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized
(immersed) for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38), THEN
God will place US on a firm foundation.
To be sure that we remain on the Solid Rock, we
must continue to HEAR and DO the commands of Christ
(Matthew 7:24-27).
A
life without Christ is on a perilous slant. STOP!
Lean NO further!
Build
YOUR life on the firm
foundation of JESUS...
God bless you!
David
A. Sargent /
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
Tom Moore,
North
Main
Church
of Christ,
823 N. Main Street
,
Malvern
,
AR
72104
. See www.seekyefirst.us
God
bless you!
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