1. Lessons from Isaiah Foundation Matters
I would rather have a mere shanty of deal boards, if it was safe on rock, than I would have the most pretentious building if it only rested on quicksand.
John Wesley
August 13, 2017

3. Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!

4. James 3:1
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

5. Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;

6. Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;

7. Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.

8. Sin Will Be Judged
Ecclesiastes 12:14 - For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
1 Timothy 5:24 - The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.
Hebrews 9:27 - And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

9. Isaiah 28:16
therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the One who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

10. The Cornerstone - Jesus
Matthew 21:41-45 (Mark 12, Luke 20)
Acts 4:8-12
Romans 9:30-33
Romans 10:8-13
1 Corinthians 3:10-15
Ephesians 2:19-22
1 Peter 2:1-10

11. Isaiah 28:16
therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the One who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

12. For Our Consideration
Are you in a situation where God wants you to return to Him?
Have we trusted in lies or the truth of God’s Word?
We are all leaders to someone – what are our followers observing?

13. For Our Consideration
How is our alignment with the Cornerstone Jesus?
Why do you think is this passage from Isaiah quoted so many times in the NT?
Are we ready to have our works evaluated by God? (We need to be!)

14. Prayer Focus
Thank You Lord for saving grace
Thank You for empowerment to walk in a way that is pleasing to You
Thank You for Your word to instruct us
Thank You for today