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THE FOUNDATION, THE CORNER-STONE
AND THE HEAD-STONE
A. McBride
1 Corinthians 3: 10–15; Ephesians 2: 18–22; Zechariah 4: 1–
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I want to say a word, beloved brethren, about the foundation,
which is very much related to the corner-stone, and also about
the head-stone. It says here in Zechariah, “He shall bring forth
the head-stone with shoutings”. We are in a great time, the
time of the head-stone being brought forth. That is, we are
almost at the close of the dispensation, reaching the crown of
the Spirit’s ministry, the blessed One here on behalf of the
Godhead, forming the assembly, furthering the work of God
and bringing things to completion.
It would be important to begin with the idea of the foundation.
Corinthians, of course, is the local foundation; there are other
foundations, the personal foundation, for instance, and I trust
every one here has some foundation in that way, a personal
foundation, something solid in your soul as to Christ, some
experience with that blessed Man. I think you reach this
foundation through Romans. You get a touch from the Lord,
something in your heart in affection for Christ when you give
your heart to Jesus. How precious that is! Sometimes it is after
a preaching. A young person gives his or her heart to Jesus.
Beautiful! It is a beginning, then as you go on you grow, and
learn, and through experience reach some kind of foundation.
I think Romans is the book of the personal foundation. In those
great chapters of instruction we learn what we are, learn what
the world is, learn too the righteousness and power of God in
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