Every builder knows that the foundation is critical to the stability and longevity of the structure.  If the foundation is faulty or compromised in some way, the result will be disaster. If you’re going to base your entire life on something, you want to know that it is solid. If you’re going to stake your 

eternity on that same thing, you really

 want to be sure that it is the truth. It would be utterly tragic to spend your life on a path that you thought led to heaven, only to find out too late that you were wrong!

For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.