Take Heed How Ye Build

TEXT1 Cor. 3:10

INTRODUCTION:

A.      1 Pet. 2:5;  1 Cor. 3:16.  GOD'S BUILDING è THE CHURCH.

B.      vs. 11.  THE FOUNDATION è JESUS.

C.      FOUNDATION LAID BY GOSPEL PREACHING( 1 Cor. 1:21-23;  2:2 ).

D.      WE, AS WORKERS WITH PAUL, MUST BE CAREFUL IN BUILDING.

I.      WILL WE PAY THE COST?( Luke 14:27-30 ).

A.      SOMETIMES IT COSTS OUR FAMILY TIES( Matt. 10:34-37 ).

B.      DEMANDS SACRIFICE( Rom. 12:1;  Gal. 2:20 ).

C.      WE WON'T LET COST STAND IN OUR WAY( Matt. 13:44-46 ).

D.      EVEN IF THAT COST IS OUR LIVES( Luke 14:26 ).

II.     WISE BUILDING MEANS BUILDING ON JESUS( 1 Cor. 3:10 ).

A.      WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BUILD ON JESUS?( Matt. 7:24-27;  1 Cor. 2:2 ).

B.      SUCH A GOAL DEMANDS COMMITMENT( 2 Tim. 1:12 ).

III.    FOLLOW THE BLUE-PRINT.

A.      THE COMPLETE BLUE-PRINT IS IN THE BIBLE( 2 Tim. 3:16-17 ).

B.      WE MUST BUILD BY THE PATTERN( Heb. 8:5;  Col. 3:17 ).

C.      THERE IS A PENALTY FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE PLAN( 2 John 9 ).

IV.   WE MUST USE THE PROPER MATERIALS.

A.      GOD'S BUILDING IS NOT FOR THE SATISFYING OF FLESHLY APPETITES( Rom. 14:17 ).

B.      FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT ENTER( 1 Cor. 15:50 ).  WHY?( John 18:36 ).

C.      FLESHLY MATERIALS MUST NOT BE PUT IN( 1 John 2:15;  Gal. 5:16-21 ).

D.      GOD'S BUILDING IS A SPIRITUAL HOUSE( 1 Pet. 2:5 ).

E.      A SPIRITUAL BUILDING WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY A SPIRITUAL

          PEOPLE, SPIRITUAL GOALS( Gal.5:22-24;  2 Cor.4:16-18; Matt.6:33 ).

CONCLUSION:

A.      WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE EFFECT THE CHURCH!

B.      ARE YOU BUILDING ON THE ROCK?

C.      WHAT MATERIAL ARE WE PUTTING IN THE BUILDING?