Building a Beautifull Roof (2)

Prelude:

This message that I am about to preach tonight will be hard to perceive and not think that I am judging the hearts of every one in this room. This is not true. If this message applies to you it applies to you ,and if it does not it does not ,but I will tell you ,Christian, that if you listen and have your hearts open than you will receive something.

King James Version (Psalm 118)

22  The stone which the builders refused Is become the head stone of the corner.

23  This is the LORD’s doing; It is marvellous in our eyes.

24  This is the day which the LORD hath made;We will rejoice and be glad in it.

25  Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD:O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

26  Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD:We have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

Jesus actually quotes this verse to the pharisees in Matthew 21:42. The Pharisees Represent us more than they do anyone else around us. I specifically like Jesus’ quotation of this passage in Luke. If you would turn there with me...

King James Version (Luke Chapter 20)

17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

The parable of the context is not talking about unsaved people ,because God did not send his son for something in return. I believe that this is talking about Christians.

A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others.

The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Lk 20:9–16.

God needs men who choose to use Christ as the cornerstone of their lives. He doesn’t need religious people. People who are focusing on building the byproducts of their lives instead of the foundation and letting God take care of the rest. He needs men who are truly broken in the way they should be. The word broken there is a much stronger use of the word of which is only used two times in scripture. It is only used when quoting psalms 118:22-23

Word Studies in the New Testament (Chapter 20)

18. Shall be broken (συνθλασθήσεται). Rev., rightly, broken to pieces. See on Matt. 21:44.Grind him to powder (λικμήσει). See on Matt. 21:44.

Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.

- C S Lewis

I. Prayer

It has been said that the spiritual thermometer of the Christian life is prayer.

Fresh from Talking with God

Ezekiel 3:17

Preaching Themes: Evangelism, Prayer, Worship

Facts vividly brought before the mind greatly influence a speaker. A sinner seen as lost touches the heart. Jesus seen as crucified affects the speech.

If I were to stand up in the council of a certain town to urge them to look to their fire escapes, I would do it with tremendous vehemence if I had just come out of the midst of that shuddering crowd that saw a poor woman hanging out of the window in the midst of the flames for lack of proper apparatus to reach her. Any man fresh from such a sight would plead with energy. His whole soul would burn as he thought of the poor perishing fellow creature in the midst of the fire. Would not yours?

It is just so when you come fresh from talking with God. The truth is vividly realized, an awe is upon you, holy zeal and sacred ardor inflame your breast. If you dwell away from God you do not feel the value of the gospel message, nor the weight of men’s souls. The grandest of all truths lose force when they cease to be realized facts, but their power returns when we come again under their actual influence.

Charles Spurgeon, 300 Sermon Illustrations from Charles Spurgeon, ed. Elliot Ritzema and Lynnea Smoyer (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2017).A. Repentance

A. Repentance

B. Worship

II. The Word of God

A. Its power

B. Its connection to us

III. The Great Commission

A. Its benefit for others

B. Its benefit for us