Message 3: Christ is building and we are building

Jesus declared to the disciples “I will build my church.” This is God’s great design. We must see that we can be a part of God’s building by building ourselves. That is why Paul describes the body as building itself up in love (Ephesians 4:16). We have to realize that we have building work to do. We each must take heed how we build. We can build with wood, hay, straw or with gold, silver, precious stones. This is a life of imparting eternal, spiritual experiences into other people. We must learn to do this on campus with our friends. This will continue in the church throughout our whole life. Eventually, we will age out of college meetings. However, we will never age out of building with gold, silver and precious stones. We have to learn how important it is to sit down with someone and open their experiences to God so that real building can be done. We should know about a ‘pathway,’ like baptism, the Bible, prayer, gospel, service, consecration. Don’t be limited to this but have an idea of a pathway.

 

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Matthew 16:18 - "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

Ephesians 4:16 - "From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part."

1 Corinthians 3:10-15 - "By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds. For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames."