The Bedrock of Belief, Or Not

I Know Whom I Have Believed 

2 Tim.1:12

For this reason I also suffer these things; 

nevertheless I am not ashamed,

 for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able 

to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

Matt.7:21 NIV

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,

but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Heb.3:18-19

And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest?

Was it not to those who disobeyed?

19So we see that it was because of their unbelief 

that they were unable to enter.

John 3:18

Whoever believes in Him is not condemned,

but whoever does not believe has already been condemned,

because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

Romans 12:3

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: 

Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, 

but rather think of yourself with sober judgment,

 in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

Trouble Believing in God- Charles Stanley 

Matt 7:7

Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you.

The bedrock of Belief, or not

Is the chief Cornerstone of thought

Belief is more than a mere nod

To accede existence of God

Where voice of choice cannot long hide

God either adored or denied

The bedrock of belief or not

Is confirmed by response to Ought

Rebellion or obedience

Prove who we serve and reverence

Either the Name above all names

Or Shame’s shameless and brazen claims

The bedrock of belief or not

Is more than a set of truths taught

These truths become love’s vow fulfilled

Proven by where and how we build

With treasure here or gathered up

Where moth and rust cannot corrupt

The bedrock of belief or not

Is either shifting sand or Rock

Graver than anything can be

For it impacts eternity

And is sacred above all else

For soul outlives this Splash of Self

We ought to give most earnest heed

To I AM’s righteousness decreed

Before Reckoning and Reward

When all confess that He is Lord

As we receive what we begot

On Bedrock of Belief, or not

© Janet Martin

Isaiah 28:16

So this is what the Lord GOD says:

 "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, 

a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;

 the one who believes will never be shaken.

Mark 16:16

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

 but he that believeth not shall be damned.

John 3:36

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:

 and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; 

but the wrath of God abideth on him.