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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 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). "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! David A. Sargent / Minister Church of Christ at Creekwood *
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