Name: Is The Church Really Not A Building - 1 Peter 2 : 4-8 by Kharis Church in 1 Peter Series
Duration: 51 min 18 s
Description: God’s main aim is to build a house full of believers. The church is not a building, the church is us; God’s house built by stones. Christ is the living Stone, the chief cornerstone. The more you grow in your salvation, the more you realise and discover Christ as a living stone in you.

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1 Peter Series

The Bible is filled with marriage. This is not just marriage between man and woman, but between the eternal, triune God, and His corporate people whom He has chosen. You can’t separate God from the Church. This is the love affair.

The Love Affair

As a believer, it may come to a time that others around you are beginning to give themselves to things that are not of God. Some will give themselves to the teachings and infiltration of Jezebel. However, amongst these will also be the ones who will overcome. Some will enjoy Jesus in a way that others haven’t, because they overcame. You must be determined that you will be an overcoming believer.

The Church of Thyatira - The Overcoming Believer

We must look for the God factor in every area of our lives, this means that God must be the builder, maker and foundation; of the important areas of our lives. In everything we encounter, from relationships to any personal pursuits, there must be a God factor within it. 
To do this, we must make a shift from focusing on how we feel, to walking by faith and see what God is impressing on us. Building our lives on a Godly foundation is an essential part of this. We must make the choice to walk by faith. When we do this, we put our confidence in God and move away from fear

The God Factor

An apostle is someone who says exactly what the person who sent them has said in the same manner. Peter was an apostle to the Jews. Peter was the first pastor, not because of his training, education or clothes but because of his love for God. There is no way you can live the Christian life without love, faith and hope.

From Simon To Peter The Apostle - 1 Peter 1:1

By virtue of being a Christian, you’re a pilgrim. You’re aware of the fact that this is not your home. As a believer, God chose you from the beginning, before you even heard the gospel. Your best life cannot be here.

Elected Aliens - 1 Peter 1:2

When you come to Christ, it’s not about the things you have done in the past, it’s about what He has done for you. When you become born again, you have already been chosen; now, it’s time to walk in obedience. The Holy Spirit sanctifies us unto obedience. He gives us a new inclination and desire to please God.

Sanctified For Obedience - 1 Peter 1:2

God is the instrumental cause of our salvation. He is the mastermind behind us being born-again. If you are born again, grace was allocated to you before the world began. When Jesus comes, grace comes. Anyone who has Jesus in their life receives grace. You can only do the things of God by grace.

Thank God I'm Born Again - 1 Peter 1:2

As believers, our hope is a living hope. When you become born again, there’s an automatic hope that is generated in you; it’s called the hope of glory.  There is hope for your future because we have been born again into a living hope. Don’t lose hope, don’t give up because the days ahead are glorious.

Our Hope Is A Living Hope - 1 Peter 1:3-4

Faith sees what is invisible, when we look at scripture we see past the natural. We must trust what we see in scriptures, and hold on to it. Trusting God starts with prayer, calling on Gods name. God encourages us to call on him, because he has committed himself to being there for us. When we call on his name, God has a way of navigating us supernaturally. Therefore, we must pray without ceasing, and continually.

Call On The Name Of The Lord- Part 2

When the law of God was broken, it means we would have come under a curse for sin. But Jesus came to take the burden of the curse, and free us by dying on the cross. Jesus’ death on the cross, transferred our curse onto him for him to abolish Sin completely. Now we know can come boldly before the throne of Grace and have dominion over sin.

The Cross

God’s main aim is to build a house full of believers. The church is not a building, the church is us; God’s house built by stones. Christ is the living Stone, the chief cornerstone. The more you grow in your salvation, the more you realise and discover Christ as a living stone in you.

Is The Church Really Not A Building - 1 Peter 2 : 4-8

Anybody who is not born again is spiritually speaking damaged merchandise. Once you become born-again, you are God’s masterpiece. Only God can take you from damaged merchandise to a masterpiece. As you expose yourself to the Word daily, something is happening to you. You may not feel it, but you are being transformed into an appropriate material for the building of God’s house.

Masterpiece From Damaged Merchandise

The priesthood of all believers means once you are born again, you are a spiritual priest in the sight of God. Redemption is a recovery programme by God to bring us back on track of the original purpose of our creation; to reflect God as priests and have dominion as kings

The Priesthood Of All Believers

When we begin to walk with God, we have been enlisted into an army, and as part of an army, we must not relax when there is an enemy on our territory. Any negative situation that has stayed in your life persistently is the enemy in your territory, the sign of a curse. One way to suspend such a curse is to serve God diligently. We must engage ourselves in Kingdom service, both humbly and diligently, to procure the blessing of God over our lives. You can’t be serving God and be a victim.

Serving God Suspends Curses

As a believer, there is always more working for you than against you. This holds true even when things don’t look like they are going your way - it is an unseen reality. Therefore, you must start looking at what is unseen with the eyes of the Spirit. The eye of the Spirit can see beyond what is natural, beyond your physical circumstances because these things are only temporal. You must learn to focus your attention on the reality that all things are working together for your good.

Unseen Realities

There may be some forces of darkness that are eating away at the destinies of your life. The whole world lies under the sway of the evil one, designed not to allow you to succeed, or to see the glory of God in your life. Your destiny is supposed to blossom because of who we are in Christ. There are things you need to do to free you from these powers and principalities that have taken hold of your destiny in God. You must take dominion and deal with the adversaries of your destiny.

Dealing With Adversaries Of Destiny

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Is The Church Really Not A Building - 1 Peter 2 : 4-8

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