BUILDING A SPIRITUAL HOUSE
OBSERVATION: BELIEVERS WORK WITH THE LORD AND FELLOW BELIEVERS TO BUILD A SPIRITUAL HOUSE.
INTERPRETATION: 1 CORINTHIANS 3: 9 (NKJV) FOR WE ARE GOD’S FELLOW WORKERS, YOU ARE GOD’S FIELD, YOU ARE GOD’S BUILDING. 1 CORINTHIANS 3: 9 (AMPLIFIED BIBLE) FOR WE ARE FELLOW WORKMEN-JOINT PROMOTERS, LABORERS TOGETHER-WITH AND FOR GOD, YOU ARE GOD’S GARDEN AND VINEYARD AND FIELD UNDER CULTIVATION (YOU ARE) GOD’S BUILDING.
POINTS TO PONDER:
THREE PROMINENT ISSUES:
ISSUE NUMBER ONE: EVERY BELIEVER MUST BE PROACTIVE IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.
EVERY BELIEVER MUST HAVE A “GO YE” MENTALITY (MATTHEW 28:18-20).
THE “GO YE” MANDATE AFFECTS ALL BELIEVERS: NO EXEMPTIONS ALLOWED!
GOD GRACIOUSLY TAKES YOU INTO HIS CONFIDENCE; HE COLLABORATES WITH YOU AND GIVES YOU STRENGTH FOR THE TASK.
ISSUE NUMBER TWO: BELIEVERS MUST ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST EACH OTHER.
ISSUES ARISE WITHIN CHURCH FAMILIES. THIS PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO REACH ACROSS TO OTHERS MEMBERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN THEIR WALK.
ISSUE NUMBER 3: FRAGMENTATION
FRAGMENTATION PRODUCES A SPIRIT OF DIVISION. THE LORD GIVES YOU STRENGTH AND WISDOM TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT ISSUES AND PEOPLE.
APPLICATION: YOUR SPIRITUAL HOUSE BELONGS TO THE LORD. LET HIM BUILD IT HIS WAY!
