This may seem like a silly question but why do we build a foundation? Growing up in Sunday school I use to sing that song "a wise man built his house on the rock..." but what does that mean and how can we do that?
Matthew 7:24-27
(24) "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. (25) "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. (26) "Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. (27) "The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall."
You have two people here that hear the word (logos - image of Jesus). Person one Jesus compares as a wise man because he built his house on the rock. His house was founded on the rock. How did he do this? He heard the WORD and ACTED on it. If you read the Bible and do not do what Jesus says, Jesus calls them foolish.
So what are we to ACT on? What is the WORD? - God will not leave you hanging...
Hebrews 6:1-2
(1) Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, (2) of instruction about baptisms and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.
In the Greek the word teaching is the word LOGOS, the same word in Matthew 7:24 "word". And its interesting that this word is elementary which is the word arche in the Greek, meaning chief, beginning, corner, first. Its like school, you start with elementary school before high school. Jesus tells us to ACT on these elementary principles.
1. Repentance away from dead works
2. Faith on God
3-5. Doctrine of baptism(s)
6. Laying on of hands
7. Resurrection of the dead
8. Eternal Judgment
These are the foundations we are to build our house on. If we fail to do this, our house (life) will perish. But praise God that He made this easy. First thing we must DO is just change our mind and start seeking the LORD!