BBD 03.25.10 Living on the Rock (New)
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03.25.10
Living on the Rock
He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on
the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that
house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. - Luke 6:48.
As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of
offense, and whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." - Romans
9:33.
Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers
were under the cloud, all passed through the sea.and all drank the same
spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ. - 1 Corinthians 10:1; 4.
Vicki Luhrs appeared on Fox News yesterday and told about her battle to
protect her dream home on Puget Sound in Washington State. Her dream home
was built next to and overlooking Puget Sound. Over the years, one third of
her property has been eroded threatening the destruction of the home if the
erosion is allowed to continue. Vicki knows what is needed to protect the
home and what is needed is a rock revetment. However, Whatcom County
officials have blocked her from building that revetment and will only allow
the planting of vegetation to slow the erosion which would be completely
ineffective. Vicki found help through Pacific Legal Foundation and has
succeeded in forcing a new trial, where unlike the first trial, she will be
allowed to present evidence of the need for that rock revetment.
The apostle John makes it clear that worldliness is a spiritual enemy of
Christians when he writes, "Do not love the world or the things in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For
all that is in the world - the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life - is not of the Father but is of the world (1 John
2:15-16)." The world continually attempts to draw us away from our Lord, to
erode our faith, and fervor.
The apostle Paul tells us of another enemy. As Christians we do have a new
nature as we are told in 2 Corinthians 5:17; however, we are still clothed
in human flesh and Paul says in Romans 8:5-6, "For those who live according
to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live
according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded
is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." The flesh wars
with our spiritual nature (1 Peter 2:11) to draw us away from our Lord, to
erode our faith, and our fervor.
The apostle Peter advises that we have one additional spiritual enemy when
he writes, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks
about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8)." That
old devil seeks to draw us away from our Lord, to erode our faith, and our
fervor. The devil wants to destroy you, to "devour" your spiritual life.
How can we as Christians stand up against the constant spiritual pressure,
constant spiritual erosion of the world, the flesh, and the devil? We need
to do in the spiritual what Vicki Luhrs wants to do physically to protect
her home. We need a spiritual rock revetment. Jesus is that rock and the
more of Jesus we have in our lives the greater our resistance will be to the
spiritual erosion. You can counter the big three spiritual enemies with the
big three spiritual resources of the Bible, prayer, and the church. The more
input of Scripture, the more you pray, and the more you are faithful in
attending church the larger your spiritual rock revetment will become. Begin
now; determine now that your spiritual shoreline will be eroded no more.
Live your life on the Rock!
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