Before We Build, Remember | I Corinthians 3:10-13

But the re the reason the refrigerator opened was not because the door was broken. Instead, it was because our 2nd Floor apartment was on such a slant that it literally would open up. If you put a marble in one corner of our kitchen, it would roll down to the other end of the kitchen, and it's not because that's what marbles do. It's because the foundation of this place that we lived in was crooked. Like, it it was not safe. I don't think it would pass inspection. We had a faulty foundation. We had a foundation problem. [00:35:24] (42 seconds)  #FaultyFoundation

If a church has a foundation problem, then a church has a really big problem. The foundation of any church is Jesus. Right? Jesus is the foundation of the church. That is not religious church speak. The gospel is our foundation. The good news about Jesus. If a church drifts from the good news of the gospel, then, the church is in danger of experiencing the fallout of a faulty foundation. If a personality, if a pastor, if an influential group of people become ultimate in any church, there is a foundation problem. [00:36:07] (49 seconds)  #JesusIsOurFoundation

Jesus builds his church. There is no other way. There's no other way. Psalm one twenty seven verse one, unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. I don't know about you, but that to me, over the years in ministry has been incredibly freeing because it's so easy for us. Like, we're we're we're driven people. It's so easy to want to take the reins from the Lord and pretend that, hey, if it's meant to be, it's up to me. Like, we've we've got to figure this thing out. [00:43:31] (35 seconds)  #JesusBuilds

And so, hey, if you want things to get a little messy, like, start a project that requires all hands on deck. Have you ever done a project around your house before? If you're here this morning and you're married, have you ever stood in your living room, your kitchen and gone, what color do you think we should paint the walls? It is a just a blood bought miracle if you're not arguing five minutes after the question is asked. Because everyone has opinions. If we have 300 ish people who call Christ Point home, and I believe that we do, if everyone shows up on the same Sunday and the Panthers aren't playing, roughly 300 people, like, you get that many people in the same room, there's gonna be some opinions. [00:56:55] (44 seconds)  #AllHandsProject

But it's because the person sitting next to you is a handful or the problem. You wanna know why it is? It is because there is an enemy who seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. And you, you're in his crosshairs. You're in his cross you you think we think we just kinda skate through life and go, hey, let's let's talk about Jesus and and grow to know Jesus and love Jesus and tell our friends about Jesus. Let let's build a building where people will come and hear about Jesus. You you think that you're just gonna be able to slide under the radar? We're not gonna slide under the radar. [00:57:46] (45 seconds)  #SpiritualBattle

We are building a building that is temporary while longing for something that is eternal. And even after the building is built, even after the doors open, we will still have a longing for home. There'll be a time when you will sit in that sanctuary and you'll go, man, this is cool. And then next week, you'll go, why did they put the bathroom there? Like, I don't I don't think I would have put the bathroom there. And I wish there was a light switch here, but instead it's over there. And you'll go, it's just like human nature. [01:00:25] (46 seconds)  #LongingForEternity

The bird didn't make it. So listen, this isn't a perfect place, but it has been home, for some five years, and yet, every place we have been in has been a temporary place. It has just been, like, a a point to stop and to worship and to rest and to move and to dream about what is next. We have felt over the years like we have been, exiles. Like, we've we've been longing for a place to call our own. Like, that that has been our heart's desire, not because we're about a building, [00:31:44] (39 seconds)  #ExilesLongingHome

but because we see a building as a tool to advance the gospel in our community and around the world. Now, I I should tell you in case you haven't figured this out yet, I am not a professional builder. I'm not a professional builder. I think for the first time last week, I had to sign a document about, like, a test on the soil, and it gave me four options that I needed to check, and I felt like I was in first semester Hebrew all over again. I had to call someone. I'm like, I don't even know what this means. I'm not a builder, but I have learned a few things over the years about how God builds his church. [00:32:23] (46 seconds)  #NotAProfessionalBuilder