Faulty Spiritual Foundation!

The episode emphasizes the importance of building one's faith on a solid foundation rooted in Jesus, rather than on unstable elements like emotions, knowledge without obedience, people, or performance. It stresses that a genuine spiritual foundation is essential for enduring life's storms and growing in holiness. The episode encourages listeners to examine and rebuild their faith on the truth of God's word and cultivate a personal relationship with Him.

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Introduction: The Cracks in Our Faith!

 Welcome to the Ministering Angel Podcast, where you'll deepen your connection with Jesus Christ. Whether new or returning this podcast is your guide to unlocking potential and overcoming challenges. Ronald, along with various hosts, shares divine messages that inspire strength, wisdom, and resilience.

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 When what you built your faith on starts to crack, not every structure that looks solid can survive a storm. And the same is true spiritually. Many profess faith, but not all are standing on something that can actually hold them. We live in a time when the appearance of strength is often confused with true stability.

People can look spiritually mature, serving, preaching, prophesying, posting scripture, but when life hits hard, many of them fall apart. Why? Because their foundation wasn't Jesus. It was something else. Culture, tradition, emotions, ego, or performance. It looked like faith, but it wasn't rooted in truth. 

The Deceptive Nature of a Faulty Foundation

A faulty spiritual foundation is dangerous because it's deceptive.

It allows you to think you're secure when you're actually vulnerable. It builds confidence on feelings instead of facts on charisma instead of character on outward signs rather than inward surrender. But scripture is clear. If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? Psalm 11, three.

Jesus taught about foundations in Matthew 7 24 to 27 where he compared two men, one wise, one foolish. Both built houses. Both heard the word, but only one acted on it. Only one built on the rock. The other built on sand, and when the storm came and it always does, only the house on the rock stood. The other collapsed completely.

Building on the Wrong Things

The problem today is not that people aren't building, it's that they're building on the wrong things. Some build their faith on emotional experiences. Worship songs make them cry. Conferences make them shout, and church events keep them busy, but when they're alone and trouble hits, their faith can't carry them.

Why? Because emotions can't sustain you in a war. You need truth. Others build on knowledge. They know the Greek, the Hebrew, the commentaries, and the church history, but they don't obey what they know. They can quote scripture but don't live it, and Jesus made it clear. 

The Importance of Obedience and True Faith

Knowledge without obedience is deception.

Be doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving yourselves. James 1 22. 

The Dangers of Building on People and Works

Some build on people, pastors, mentors, prophets, and spiritual leaders. They lean so heavily on others that they never develop their own relationship with God. So when that person falls, fails, or changes direction, their entire walk collapses.

It was never rooted in Christ. It was rooted in man. Then there are those who build on works. They're busy doing for God, but never being with God. They equate performance with holiness. They serve but never rest. They give but never trust. They run on spiritual fumes and confuse exhaustion with faithfulness.

But activity is not the same as intimacy. A faulty foundation will always expose itself under pressure when trials come and they will. It will show you where you really stand. God allows storms not to destroy us, but to reveal us. He wants us to see what we've really built. Are we anchored in his truth or just attached to his blessings?

Testing Your Foundation

If you want to test your foundation, ask yourself, do I know God's word or just rely on someone else to tell me what it says? I. Do I obey what I know or make excuses when it's inconvenient? Is my faith alive when I'm alone, or do I only feel close to God around others? Am I growing in holiness and surrender, or just coasting on gifts and talents?

A faulty foundation doesn't just lead to instability. It opens the door to spiritual confusion and deception. You start questioning God's character when life gets hard, you get easily offended. You chase after prophetic voices, but ignore the voice of God in scripture. You pick and choose what to obey, and slowly your heart hardens while your hands stay busy.

The truth is, many want the benefits of the kingdom without submitting to the king. They want miracles, blessings, and open doors, but not correction, discipline or surrender. They want Jesus as savior, but not as Lord. But here's the reality. You can't walk in spiritual authority if your foundation is fractured.

You can't be fruitful if your roots are shallow. You can't endure to the end if you're not anchored in Christ. 

The Call to Rebuild on the Truth

That's why God is calling his people to examine what they're really standing on, to tear down every false foundation and rebuild on the truth of his word, to stop chasing emotional highs and start building spiritual depth to move from performance to presence, from religion to relationship, from compromise to consecration.

The world is shaking, false teachings are multiplying, pressure is increasing, and only those who are rooted and grounded in Jesus Christ will stand. Everything else will collapse. That's not fear, it's truth. 

Conclusion: Anchoring in Christ

Jesus must be the cornerstone. The word must be your anchor. Obedience must be your habit, and holiness must be your pursuit.

You don't have to live with a cracked foundation. God's grace is available to rebuild what religion, pride or ignorance has failed to establish. But it starts with humility, admitting where we've gone wrong and returning to the rock that.

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