THE ROADS CHURCH - NORRIS CITY & MT. CARMEL
Sunday Aug 18, 2019 - Part 3
Matthew 16:13-19 NKJV
3 applications of the “church”
Individually - “IN you” - ABILITY from God (His Goods)
Locally - “WITH you” - AVAILABILITY of His ability to serve others
Corporately - “BIGGER than you” - SUSTAINABILITY of our energy and efforts; The more we pour out the more gets poured in.
BUILDING HINDERANCES:
1) SELF-PROMOTION
Genesis 11:1-8 NKJV
One - ehad - Single, United, altogether
Language - saphah - Means of communicating using words or sounds
Speech - dabar - A word; unit of language that native speakers can identify with.
Build - banah - To make something by combining materials and parts
Ourselves - lo - preposition - To, for, towards, in regard to us
Make - asah - To manufacture or cause to become; advance
- Manufacture - Webster - To produce a product suitable for use according to an organized plan and with division of labor
Name - shem - Recognition, position, reputation, renown, fame
Philippians 2:3 NKJV
Selfish ambition - eritheia - Jealousy, rivalry; strive for personal success or advantage at any cost.
BUILDING HINDERANCES:
1) SELF-PROMOTION
2) SELF-PRESERVATION
Genesis 11:4 NKJV
Scattered - puwts - To break or dash in pieces; be dispersed apart
Genesis 11:5-6 NKJV
One - ehad - Single, United, altogether
Propose - zamam - To plan, consider, devise, imagine, plot, purpose, think
Withheld - batsar - To make inaccessible, impossible, incapable of occurring
Genesis 11:7-8 NKJV
Confuse - balal - To be mixed with, to pour upon, overflow
Understand - shama - To hear and give attention to attentively; obey
Scattered - puwts - To break or dash in pieces; be dispersed apart
Ceased - chadai - To be flabby, discontinue, lacking, idle, an end of activity
Acts 4:32-34 NKJV
BUILDING HINDERANCES:
1) SELF-PROMOTION
2) SELF-PRESERVATION
3) SELF-SATISFACTION
Haggai 1:2 NKJV
Built - banah - To be restored; To be returned to a usable and functioning condition.
- Function - Webster - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or for which a thing exists
Time - eth - A suitable moment; proper time or opportunity
Haggai 1:3-4 NKJV
Ruins - chareb - Desolate, decay, lay waste
Haggai 1:5 NKJV
Consider - lebab - heart, mind, soul, spirit, self
Ways - derek - A road; a course of life or mode of action
Haggai 1:6 NKJV
Proverbs 11:24-25 NKJV
Haggai 1:7-14 NKJV
Stirred up - uwr - To cause to be agitate, awakened, excited
Are you AVAILABLE for God’s use? Are you on the building crew? CREW UP!
APPLICATION:
What are you using the abilities God gave you to build?
Are you building to make a name for yourself or for God?
Are you trying to hold your life together by focusing on yourself?
How can you get involved to help build the house of God?
Will you allow the Spirit to stir up the gifts that are inside you again?
It’s time for the LORD’s house to be built in you, with you and bigger than you!
Could the areas of SELF-PROMOTION, SELF PRESERVATION OR SELF-SATISFACTION be hindering what God is trying to build in your life?
Are you a part of the CREW or are you a part of the CROWD?