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*Title – Isaiah 44:6-8; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15*
· Images of the *Church* in the NT
o *bride*, *body*, *household*, */building/*
· 2 points from the image of buildings
o building on *the right foundation*
o building with *skill* and *good materials*
· Foundations are *specific* to the planned building
o the right dimensions, strength, depth
· You couldn’t build a /skyscraper/ on the foundations for a /shed/...
o the foundation wouldn’t support the structure...
· Building the Church on anything other than *Jesus* doesn’t work
o Jesus is God’s ‘rock’, hinted in /Isaiah/
o the building won’t be able to perform its *purpose*
§ the worship of God
§ Jesus the Way to the Father
· “on this rock...” *(Matthew 16:18)*
· Building with skill and using the right tools
o quality of a building is *tested* over time by severe conditions
§ fire, flood, wind, earthquake
o with the foundations right, what is */our/* job?
§ how will we be tested?
· Building up the Church
o building a *temple*
§ *a worshipping community* – ‘living stones’ (1 Peter 2:4-5)
· loving God with heart, soul, mind and strength
· loving our neighbour as ourselves
§ a community that helps one another to do these things
§ a community that does them together
o skills and materials
§ love of God
§ love of one another
§ humility
§ forgiveness
§ mercy
§ justice
§ etc.
· Might be able to make it */look/* right...
o makeover programmes!
· Testing – strange sounding verse *(15)*
o only perfect, *holy* things (characteristics) will be found in the new heaven and new earth
§ the refiner’s fire will test us at the resurrection
· removing all that is not holy
· giving us our resurrected selves
§ “Store up treasures in heaven...” *(Matthew 6:20)*
· asking God to grow our love and our character
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