Mosaic Mansfield
I will build my church, you go and make disciples...
Making disciples... it is Jesus' to build the church, it is ours to be the church. as the church, within the church, being the church, we are commanded to go and make...
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Mosaic Mansfield
296 Park Ave W, Mansfield, OH 44906, USA
Saturday 7:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:50 AM
Pétros (a masculine noun) – properly, a stone (pebble), such as a small rock found along a pathway.
Pétros ("small stone") then stands in contrast to pétra ("cliff, boulder," Abbott-Smith).
(Pétros) is an isolated rock and 4073 (pétra) is a cliff".
(Pétros) always means a stone . . . such as a man may throw, . . . versus (pétra), a projecting rock, cliff"
● Petra - Peter, little stone, one a man can throw
○ Foundation of the apostles (Ephesians 2:19-20a)
● Rock - Jesus, and the proclaimed testimony (that Peter voiced)
○ the Chief Cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20a-22)
● [1] and it will prevail (luke 22:31-32 church and foundation)
● Church will be built - believers, us, me and you
○ And like stones are being built into a spiritual (1Peter 2:1-10)
3037 lithos - building stone
● 2:4 Peter begins the metaphor
○ Jesus as a building stone
○ We, as a building stone
● 2:5 Peter begins to play out the metaphor with a series of word pictures and plays on words
Jesus is differentiated as the metaphor continues as
● 2:6
○ Stone - building stone
○ Cornerstone - corner of the building (is what this word means literally)
● 2:7
○ Stone - building stone
○ Cornerstone - a cornerstone, uniting two walls; head, ruler, lord, commander. (is the word, lit and fig, or metaphoric1-10ally)
Preschoolers through 3rd graders will be learning about... STORY - Deborah and Barak VERSE - Isaiah 33:22 The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our King; it is HE who will save us. In Judges 4-5, we find the Isrealites have once again turned away from God and are under the rule of Canaan. God uses Deborah (the current judge over Isreal) and Barak to defeat the Canaanites and usher in 40 years of peace. DISCUSSION POINT - God uses people for His glory and for our good. He did so throughout the stories in scripture and continues to do so today. What are some ways God may use our children?
● Invites us into the building - with the command to Go
○ Go - military command, from our commander
● that Jesus is building His Church, and uses us in the process…
○ To Go, get the stones
○ And teach, build up the stones - as the word build has in it, not just to construct, but also
■ To build into: character, to edify, encourage, etc.
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● they devoted themselves to...
○ The apostle’s teaching - building me to be a better we
○ To the fellowship - we
○ The breaking of bread -
○ To prayer -
● and the Lord added daily those saved...
Integrating this beauty into our daily lives… as we look at Acts 2:42-47 (see doc “Act 2:42-47: this was ideal, but was not to be the norm”
Check out all available classes online or in the Hub! Spring Semester will begin Wednesday February 15th.
● who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good
● Be prepared to give a reason for your hope
with whom do you live and work and play... with whom will you share...
...with gentleness and respect?
Our next Third Wednesday Breakfast and Food Pantry is on January 18th!