• Building A Church From The Ground Up

Part 1 - Creating a New Church From The Ground Up. Small Group Bible Study. Now let’s step back a little and explain why starting with a Small Bible Study group helps. Small group bibles studies and fellowship groups not only contribute to your members' spiritual growth, they contribute to church growth as well. Whether your plans are to add-on to an existing sanctuary, build a new one or construct an activity center for your church, building projects can be challenging. Morton Buildings has constructed over 1000 church facilities, so when you choose us you can be certain it will meet your needs, style and budget.

ESV / 68 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulThen all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the Lord's contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord. ESV / 51 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulIn the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.” Then the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. ESV / 45 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulAnd they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary.

They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning, so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing, and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do.” So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing. ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulA Song of Ascents.

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!

He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulAnd they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common.

And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts. ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulThere is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulA Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.

He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulI am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulWhen Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel. ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulAs for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?

It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulFor I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’.

ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulThe revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood. ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulJames, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulBut I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh.

For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human? What then is Apollos?

What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulTo the choirmaster: according to The Gittith.

A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulLong ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

Building A Church From The Ground Up

For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”? ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulIn the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter.

Daniel declared, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. The first was like a lion and had eagles' wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it. And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear.

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It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’. ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulIn the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.

And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid. I said to the king, “Let the king live forever!

Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed to the God of heaven. And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it.”.

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BUILDING UP THE CHURCHBUILDING UP THE CHURCHINTRODUCTION: One of my wife's favorite television channels is the Homeand Garden Channel. On it are several shows that take old houses and rebuildthem. A group of trained professionals come in with all the right toolsand turn a house 'inside out!' When they are through it is a completelydifferent house!All Christians are 'house builders.' We are worker together with Godto build up the kingdom. We work with our Lord to make the church whatit should be.BODYI. THE LORD WORKED AS A WISE MASTER BUILDER, CONSTRUCTING THE CHURCH.A.

Our Lord promised to build his church.1. Matthew 16:18B. He is the foundation upon which the church is built.1. 1 Corinthians 3:10, 11 - According to the grace of God whichwas given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, andanother builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.

11- For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, whichis Jesus Christ.2. Matthew 21:42 - Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the Scriptures:'The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.This was the Lord's doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes'?II. THE LORD HAS COMMISSIONED CHRISTIANS TO DO THE WORK OF BUILDING UPTHE CHURCH.A. The church is a living organism, a living and continuallybeing built up building.1. Ephesians 2:21, 22 - in whom the whole building, being joinedtogether, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 - in whom you also arebeing built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.2.

1 Peter 2:5 - you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritualhouse, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable toGod through Jesus Christ.3. Ephesians 4:15, 16 - but, speaking the truth in love, may grow upin all things into Him who is the head; Christ; 16 - from whom the wholebody, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, accordingto the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growthof the body for the edifying of itself in love.4. 1 Timothy 3:15 - but if I am delayed, I write so that you may knowhow you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the churchof the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.B. But just as we are living 'bricks' in the house of God, we are alsoworkers together for the up building of the kingdom of God.1. 2 Corinthians 6:1 - We then, as workers together with Himalso plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.2.

Ephesians 2:10 - For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesusfor good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.C. As any builders, we are responsible for our work.1. 1 Corinthians 4:1, 2 - Let a man so consider us, as servantsof Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 - Moreover it is requiredin stewards that one be found faithful.2. 1 Peter 4:10 - As each one has received a gift, minister it to oneanother, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.3.

Just as a building is responsible for the strength of the house hebuilds, the building of God is only as strong as the work and labor weput into it.III. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PRACTICAL THINGS WE CAN DO TO BUILD UP THE CHURCH.A. Attend all meetings of the church.1. Acts 2:42 - And they continued steadfastly in the apostles'doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and inprayers.2. Hebrews 10:25 - not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the moreas you see the Day approaching.B. Invite others to come hear the Bible taught (Rev.

Revelation 22:17 - And the Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' And let him who hears say, 'Come!' And let him who thirsts come.

Whoeverdesires, let him take the water of life freely.C. Pray without ceasing1. Luke 18:1 - Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always oughtto pray and not lose heart,D. Study the Bible regularly.1. Colossians 1:10 - that you may walk worthy of the Lord,fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing inthe knowledge of God;E. Cooperate with the elders.1.

Hebrews 13:17 - Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive,for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Letthem do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitablefor you.F.

Give Liberally and Cheerfully.1. 2 Corinthians 9:6, 7 - But this I say: He who sows sparinglywill also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.7 - So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly orof necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.G.

Have more sincere love for the Lord and others.1. Romans 12:9, 10 - Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor whatis evil. Cling to what is good. 10 - Be kindly affectionate to one anotherwith brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;CONCLUSION: Each worker on the 'church building' is important! Remember:'I AM SIGNIFICANT! Matthew 5:13,14 I am the salt and light of the earth.John 15:1,5 I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life.

John15:16 I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit. 1 Corinthians 3:16I am God's temple.

2 Corinthians 5:17 I am a minister of reconciliationfor God. 2 Corinthians 6:1 I am God's co-worker (I Corinthians 3:9) Ephesians2:6 I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realm Ephesians 2:10 I am God'sworkmanship Ephesians 3:12 I may approach God with freedom and confidence.Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' Copyright 2000 by GradyScott may be reproducted for non-commercial purposes at no cost to others.