The Church's ONE Foundation

If you are familiar with good old fashioned church Hymns then you have heard that line in a song by the same name. Belief in the Word Incarnate is the foundation. To understand the importance of that statement we have to dig further into what is said about the foundation of the church.
For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3: 6-17
I need to reiterate this right away. The church is not a building, it is the people. Even that definition gets misused sometimes. Thereby expanding His Kingdom every time the Word is shared. We destroy the temple through our actions, thoughts, and words that are done by and come from our bodies.
The passage above tells us that the people are the church and the foundation is the Word, the teachings of Jesus. He is the foundation and the cornerstone of which our faith stands and solidifies our adoption into His Chosen People and the Covenant of Abraham.
What is Paul saying here? As we grow because of the Great Commission and develop Christians who grow other Disciples and it continues to grow, then the first who spoke will be rewarded in Heaven. On the other hand, teaching what is known but the church is lukewarm, those who make it through will be saved but will not enter the banquet.
One thing remains on this. The foundation of the faith was not and is not a mortal person. Peter the person is not the foundational rock on which the church is built, it is the truth that was spoken by Peter that the church is built on. Peter was the most outspoken advocate for The Way and was the main person who all looked up to but the foundation is always The Word of God. 
“Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16: 17-19
The Word of God will prevail against all things not of God. Jesus gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom (authority to teach) as His representative, not a replacement, not a Pope, but one who is knowledgeable of God. This extends to all in the church as we are all commissioned to teach the Gospel to others. The Word is the final authority and we are guided to expand the Kingdom by proclaiming the Word and the work that Jesus has done in our lives that bring us closer to a relationship with God. 
Brothers and Sisters, truths are being revealed and misinterpretations are slowly being corrected.  There are many parts of Scripture that have been changed over the years partially due to a lack of understanding meaning and misinterpretations of words. While other parts are intentionally manipulated by man to make excuses for their own sin. Please ask God for the gift of Discernment and guidance when reading so that the truth can be revealed.
God’s Love and Blessings to all,
Rob, Servant of God