THE ROADS CHURCH - NORRIS CITY & MT. CARMEL
Sunday Sept 8, 2019 - Part 5
Matthew 16:13-19 NKJV
3 Parts of building the “church”
“IN You” - ABILITY
“WITH You” - AVAILABILITY
“BEYOND You” - SUSTAINABILITY
Build - oikodomeo - To make or construct by combining materials or parts, to build up, strengthen or establish.
Romans 12:4-5 NKJV
Are you part of the CROWD or part of the CREW?
John F. Kennedy - “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”
God doesn't just exist for us but we exist for Him!
Building the “church” starts by building “IN” YOU!
Ability - Build & strengthen your function
First born - We all have innate natural abilities that have to be developed
- Cognitive (mental) abilities
- Physical abilities
Born again - New you that has never existed before is born
II Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
Creation - ktisis - Original formation; something created that has not existed before.
Passed - parerchomai - To cease to exist, pass away
Abilities are built and strengthened not in the absence of resistance but by overcoming it.
What we think is trying to destroy us could actually be building abilities IN US!
Matthew 16:18 NKJV
Gates - pule - A movable barrier or door in a fence or a wall
Hades - hades - The realm of the dead, world below, grave, place for departed souls
Prevail - katischuo - To overcome by superior force, overpower, defeat because of greater strength
Two spiritual kingdoms at work trying to build abilities IN YOU:
Gates of Hades - Power of Death - Kingdom of darkness
Kingdom of Heaven - God’s way of doing things
Build - oikodomeo - To make or construct by combining materials or parts, to build up, strengthen or establish.
Matthew 16:18-19 NKJV
Keys - kleis - Device used to lock or unlock a locking mechanism
- Symbol of power and authority permitting or preventing access.
Bind - deo - To tie, imprison; to exercise authority over something on the basis that it is not legitimate; prohibit, not allow
Loose - luo - To untie, unfasten, set free or release; to exercise authority over something on the basis that it is legitimate; to permit or allow
“will have been bound….will have been loosed”
John 8:31-32 NKJV
II Corinthians 10:3-5 NKJV
Are you AVAILABLE for God’s use? Are you on the building crew? CREW UP!
APPLICATION:
Do you know the value of your individual function? Are you building it?
Do you know that who you are is more important that what you do?
Are you building your spiritual abilities by overcoming resistance?
What truths from God do you need to believe about your life to unlock your freedom?
Are you a part of the CREW or are you a part of the CROWD?