He has borne the burdens cast upon Him by every repenting sinner. In Christ the guilty heart has found relief. He is the sure foundation. All who make Him their dependence rest in perfect security. The man whose faith is Christ is whole-hearted, can and will build on that faith an edifice of Christian character, which will weather the storms of misunderstanding and disappointment, of cynicism and doubt, of suffering and persecution, when they threaten to overwhelm him.
Time is all that is required to test anything.
So some reputations are short-lived. Some sudden temptation may reveal to others, and even to a man himself, that his most rooted motives are not what his conduct indicates. But the evil day is only delayed. Under the eye of Christ all disguises must drop off, and we shall be known for what we really are. The catastrophe of which we are forewarned can be averted by spending pains on the foundation.