“And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ” (Matthew 1:16).

“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia” (1 Peter 1:1).

“Hereby know we that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He hath given us of His Spirit” (I John 4:13).

“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil” (II Thessalonians 3:3).

“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (I Corinthians 3:11).

The only sure and lasting foundation, for either a Christian institution or an individual Christian life, is the Lord Jesus Christ. Any other foundation will not endure in that coming day when “the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is” (I Corinthians 3:13).