Building the Wall

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,  you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 

1 Peter 2:4-5

We indeed are as Living Stones being built into a wall as the Body of Christ. But how does that happen?

It all begins with the Cornerstone as we are built upon the Foundations using the Line and the Plumb Line bonded together with the mortar. Let’s explore this together.

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Our Identity In Christ

For by Grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.  

Romans 12:3

This is a study concerning who we are in the Body of Christ, our identity.

An accurate understanding of our identity enables us to more effectively interact with God, with one another, and with the environment or atmosphere around us.

The identity is what God has to say about us. 

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Trinity

And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;  and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Matthew 3:16-17 ESV

Father, Son, Holy Spirit

Their Individual Personalities

Their Unique Roles, In Unity

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Final Destination

Hell

Is it real? Why was it created? Who was it created for?

Heaven

Our final destination? A stop over? What is our final destination?

Security

Overcome the doubts and insecurity of salvation and the potential loss of it.

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Kingdom of Heaven

The What, Where, When, Who, of the Kingdom of Heaven.

01 – Of Heaven and Of God

02 – The Kingdom at Hand

03 – Infectious Carriers

04 – Kingdom Come

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God’s Love Story

The Brides, The Love, and the Story of the Two – God and His Creation.

01 – Before the Beginning

02 – The Peaceful Garden

03 – The Brides

04 – The Body

05 – The Dwelling Place

06 – The Sons, The Adams

07 – The Sacred Union

08 – Joyfully Ever After

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Speaking in Parables

He who has ears, let him hear.

Matthew 13:9

Jesus is referring to spiritual hearing as one seeks truth of God and the Kingdom.

Jesus uses parables to communicate lessons concerning the Kingdom of Heaven to His disciples; those who have discernment.

Understanding breeds more understanding through intimacy with God as one is taught by Holy Spirit.

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The Seven Spirits of God

^{From the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God,}

Revelation 4:5 ESV

Who or what are the seven spirits of God and why should we be interested in them?

We will explore how these seven spirits of God are intertwined through scripture and what they represent.

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The Five-fold Ministry

^{And He gave the Apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers}

Ephesians 4:11 ESV

What do these offices look like going forward?

The who, what, where, why, when and how?

We will explore these offices and what they ought to look like in the Body of Christ.

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