Foundation

Foundation

FOUNDA'TION, noun [Latin fundatio, fundo.]
1. The basis of an edifice; that part of a building which lies on the ground; usually a wall of stone which supports the edifice.
2. The act of fixing the basis.
3. The basis or ground work, or any thing; that on which any thing stands, and by which it is supported. A free government has its foundation in the choice and consent of the people to be governed. Christ is the foundation of the church.
Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone - a precious cornerstone. Isaiah 28:16.
Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:10.
4. Original; rise; as the foundation of the world.
5. Endowment; a donation or legacy appropriated to support an institution, and constituting a permanent fund, usually for a charitable purpose.
6. Establishment; settlement.

 SCRIPTURES:

Revelation 21:19

• New Testament

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 

Isaiah 28:16

• Old Testament

¶Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 

Psalms 87:1

• Old Testament

His foundation is in the holy mountains. 

JST, Psalms 11:2

• Joseph Smith Translation

For the wicked bend their bow; lo, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart, to destroy their foundation. 

Helaman 5:12 
 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.

1 Nephi 20:13

• Book of Mormon

Mine hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens. I call unto them and they stand up together. 

Ephesians 1:4

• New Testament

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 

Matthew 25:34

• New Testament

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 

Psalms 102:25

• Old Testament

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 

Hebrews 1:10

• New Testament

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 

2 Chronicles 8:16

• Old Testament

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was perfected. 

Luke 6:48

• New Testament

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. 

Job 4:19

• Old Testament

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? 

Proverbs 10:25

• Old Testament

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. 

QUOTES:

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

David Brinkley

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

James E. Faust

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

Zig Ziglar

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Nicholas M. Butler

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

Anne Frank

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

Confucius

 The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Diogenes

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Henry David Thoreau

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

Saint Augustine

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Tony Robbins

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

Eckhart Tolle

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Edmund Burke

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

John Adams

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

Barbara Smith

There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.

Charles Stanley

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

John D. Rockefeller

The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.Jane Fonda

I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.

Brian Greene

It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality may best, and perhaps only, be obtained by a union of interests and cooperation in labor.

Frances Wright

Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.

David O. McKay

Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.

Yo-Yo Ma

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

Charlotte Bronte

Testimony is the beginning of and a prerequisite to continuing conversion. Testimony is a point of departure; it is not an ultimate destination. Strong testimony is the foundation upon which conversion is established. Testimony alone is not and will not be enough to protect us in the latter-day storm of darkness and evil in which we are living.

David A. Bednar

Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.

Ving Rhames

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

Christine Gregoire

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

E. M. Forster

PERSONAL DEFINITION:

I believe a Foundation is a base, a fundamental grounding, or a start.

Our personal foundation should be built on Christ. He is the strongest most trustworthy being, for He has gone through everything you have and more! He will never let you down and His way is the surest way to eternal life and happiness.
Applied principles expand our testimony of Christ and build our foundation. Everyday we can make our foundation a little stronger by doing the Lord's will and accepting His atonement.

transgression TRANSGRES'SION, n. The act of passing over or beyond any law or rule of moral duty; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command. He mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. Ezra 10. Forgive thy people all their transgressions. 1 Kings 8. 1. Fault; offense; crime.

SCRIPTURES and QUOTES:
Moses 5:

 10 And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began toprophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying: Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God.
 11 And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.

1. Partaking of the forbidden fruit was not a sin

To help explain that Adam and Eve did not sin when they partook of the forbidden fruit, read the following statement from Elder Dallin H. Oaks:

“It was Eve who first transgressed the limits of Eden in order to initiate the conditions of mortality. Her act, whatever its nature, was formally a transgression but eternally a glorious necessity to open the doorway toward eternal life. Adam showed his wisdom by doing the same. …

“… We celebrate Eve’s act and honor her wisdom and courage in the great episode called the Fall. … Elder Joseph Fielding Smith said: ‘I never speak of the part Eve took in this fall as a sin, nor do I accuse Adam of a sin. … This was a transgression of the law, but not a sin.’ …

“This suggested contrast between a sin and a transgression reminds us of the careful wording in the second article of faith: “We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression” (italics added). It also echoes a familiar distinction in the law. Some acts, like murder, are crimes because they are inherently wrong. Other acts, like operating without a license, are crimes only because they are legally prohibited. Under these distinctions, the act that produced the Fall was not a sin—inherently wrong—but a transgression—wrong because it was formally prohibited. These words are not always used to denote something different, but this distinction seems meaningful in the circumstances of the Fall” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1993, 98; orEnsign, Nov. 1993, 73).

PERSONAL DEFINITION:

Transgressing is merely acting contrary to a said law. Transgressing only is related to sin when someone acts contrary to what is morally right. Adam and Eve did not act against God's will when they partook of the fruit, for it was His will that they should do so. They only acted against the said law. They did not do something wrong, because before they transgressed, there was no good or evil.
I think Transgression is also possible in ignorance, because sinning in ignorance isn't really sinning, if you have no knowledge of what is right or wrong.
Mistakes happen, and are part of our growth here on earth, and so are sins, but we are accountable for our sins.
The more truth we learn, the less mistakes we are apt to make, and the less sins we will want to make. :)

perception PERCEP'TION, n. [L. perceptio. See Perceive.] 1. The act of perceiving or of receiving impressions by the senses; or that act or process of the mind which makes known an external object. In other words, the notice which the mind takes of external objects. We gain a knowledge of the coldness and smoothness of marble by perception. 2. In philosophy, the faculty of perceiving; the faculty or peculiar part of man's constitution, by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs. 3. Notion; idea. 4. The state of being affected or capable of being affected by something external. This experiment discovers perception in plants.

SCRIPTURES/QUOTES:

HERE is an awesome article about perception

I pray that this will be the desire of your hearts: always to have the correct perception of life, always to keep the commandments, “for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee” (Prov. 3:2)....

Evidently, then, proper perception of the gospel message is critical. And of course, the earlier in life that you can develop a correct perception, the better for you, because it will give you a true course to follow.

-Charles Didier

Alma 5:

 34 Yea, he saith: Come unto me and ye shall partake of the fruit of the tree of life; yea, ye shall eat and drink of the bread and the waters of life freely;

 35 Yea, come unto me and bring forth works of righteousness, and ye shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire—

(Perfect perception) Through Holy Ghost.

 45 And this is not all. Do ye not suppose that I know of these things myself? Behold, I testify unto you that I do know that these things whereof I have spoken are true. And how do ye suppose that I know of their surety?

 46 Behold, I say unto you they are made known unto me by the Holy Spirit of God. Behold, I have fasted and prayed many days that I might know these things of myself. And now I do know of myself that they are true; for the Lord God hath made them manifest unto me by his Holy Spirit; and this is the spirit of revelation which is in me.

Two people looking at the same picture can see totally different things. But when looking at life’s big picture, it’s important to try to align your perception with that of Heavenly Father.

PERSONAL DEFINITION:

I think perception is a very interesting word... It's sort of a shape-shifting word, for it varies between different people. No-one has exactly the same perception as somebody else.

It is an opinion gained through observation and experience.
I think Faith is a form of perception. If you have perfect faith, your reality becomes perfect, and the truth you know is absolute. When we align our focus to correlate with God's focus, we see perfectly.

When we know we our doing what He would have us do, we can have pure confidence in our actions- and the closer our perception will come to truth.
Gaining a perfect perception comes with acting in faith.