We began today by mentioning Mercy Oloo, one of our frontrunnerz who went to be with the lord. there is a page dedicated to her on your right. Please visit it. May her soul rest in erernal peace with the Lord.
1 peter 2:4-5 (NIV)
4As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him— 5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Pastor Chip was categorical in mentioning that expansion is not just putting bricks together to put up a church, but clearly mentioned that we have to be the ones to expand.
We have to be made of living stone. The spiritual house is more important than the physical house in Gods view. We need to build ICC to a spiritual house, the land, property, buildings are not important if the attendants are not made of living stone.
The body is a living organism, the body of Christ is aslo a living organism and we have to strive to live in the body of Christ so that we can be one family with the potential to grow and bear fruit that is in the living body of Christ.
Living specifications of life can be shaped, useful, grow and be of great value if they are living stones in the body of christ.
The living God provided us with living bread and living water so that we could be a living stone.
John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
1 Peter 2:4
[ The Living Stone and a Chosen People ] As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—
1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
God is calling us to be living stones
Jesus is building us to build his house that we may multiply. One stone is not adequate. So we must chizel to neatness many stones then the one will fit in and add great value. Each living stone chizeled and moulded in Jesus Christlikeness, is of great value and multiplies to the maximum.
If we dont understand that God is building us as a spiritual house then this expansion is just brick and mortar and has no value at all. We must all play a role in the living Expansion of ICC.
A security guard from NASA was asked by a visitor what role he plays in the organisation… He replied… “I help put people on the Moon” (Nice one Chip)
Clearly you can see, this guard knows the core objective of his organisation., He can see the big picture.
We need to see the big picture here at ICC, The big picture being building and expanding the kingdom of God by being living stones. We are building for His entire plan and vision.
Ephesians 2:14
14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
The church is not just the Mombasa road chapel we are known for but YOU AND I FOR GOD’S GLORY.
We have to provide opportunities to step into the unknown and see what we cant even imagine, we ave an opportunity to be what God wants us to be.
Pastor Chip is looking towards a minimum of 500 people in the new church, I pray for a multitude.
Friends, I hope this will keep you reminded of the sermon, I found it quite turr to put down but I did my best. Please add comments and help us all understand it better and keep the Sunday message alive.
Truely yours,
Kathukya.
