 In our "I AM" series we heard Jesus say...
I AM Coming... I AM Aware... I AM Able... I AM Here... How do you go on from there? I AM Here should pretty much be time to roll the credits... But as I thought about the church and how many of us feel like church is the only place of peace and happiness and hope in our lives I began to ask the question… "What is the difference between the church and every other area of our lives?"… I have a list for you to compare "the church" and the rest of "your life"… The church is:
Is it possible that the church is our only place of peace and refuge because the rest of our lives are prioritized and built so much differently than the church is?… Our first word from God in 2017 is this… You need to realize that “you are the church”... and your life should be built like the church... “i AM the church!”... 2 Corinthians 3:18 we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” You are being changed from a pawn of the devil to a clone of the King... Ephesians 2:1-5 1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) We have been pulled out of the devils army of pawns and we are being transformed into sons and daughters of God with His DNA because His blood is running through our veins… When someone grows up and becomes an actress and their mother was an actress or an NFL player and their father played in the NFL people say… “It was in their GENES… BLOOD… DNA… John 14:12-18 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. This morning when you say “i AM the Church”… We are saying there is something in us that allows us to be and do things that are only explainable if we are sons and daughters of God… This is the “age” we are living in and I pray that we don’t miss it because we think we are living in some prequel before the Spirit of God was indwelling all men and women who would put their faith in Jesus… 1 Corinthians 3:16-19 16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. You are the temple & dwelling place of God… Say it with me… “i AM the Church”!!!
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