Hiring Right

Remodel Week 6 – Hiring Right

God is the ultimate General Contractor,

Jesus the Amazing Project Manager,

and the Holy Spirit the Field Foreman 

  We have spent the first weeks doing some inspections and analysis.  

BUT IT IS IN THE WORK THAT WE WORSHIP

Now it is time to HIRE - to go from Realization to RESTORATION -- To be Restored. To be REMODELED

Worldly Contractors

Application

Welcome to Horizon Church {VISION REMINDER]

We exist to Glorify God by Growing Others in Christ

We believe that we cannot be Sunday Christians

We believe that knowing Jesus is the solution for all the world problems

We believe that we must know that Jesus did so we can answer WWJD

We believe you must commit to Jesus and LORD AND SAVIOR

We believe that you come to move closer to Him

– Sunday is the teaching, Monday- Friday you do the Pondering

We teach for you to PAUSE, PRAY, PONDER, and then PROCEED

We believe that knowing the LOVE, MERCY, and COMMANDS of CHRIST will CHANGE YOU.

- REMODEL YOU

Illustration:

Here is a reality that occurs way to often in New Mexico

Contractors that aren’t licensed

Contractors that Deceive

Contractors that divide

Contractors that distract —- the good contractors suffer

in the last week, i have monitored a website called NEXT DOOR

frankly it appears to be a place for people to VENT

BUT they have a great point

Evil people exist in this world

Contractors that exist to DECEIVE

2. Introduction to Text

Quote

It is time to go from Realization to RESTORATION— To be RESTORED – To be Remodeled.

3. Realization

Jesus is the only one that will do the job RIGHT

no amount of work on your part with out him will prosper

no one knows YOU, but Jesus DOES

“I know the plans that i have for you...”

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Do you really want to alter that in your LIFE?

Of course NOT

yet we do it..…

We read and hear things that we like

for example you want to get your bath room remodel

you get two quotes from licensed remodelers and the price is 150000

and you find a guy on Craigslist that will do it for 6500.00 cash

Will he do it RIGHT? maybe —-IF SO you got a win

BUT

I met a guy in the last month that had a bath room installed totally wrong

wall pan put in the floor instead of a actual pan

he hired another guy for half the price

You are NOT going to PAY the PRICE —- Jesus already DID

you get REIMBURSED by GOD

the REASON to HIRE the BEST REMODELER

and the HIDDEN SECRET is the PRICE Is already PAID

we discussed the COST —- and it is real

YET

your whole remodel is PAID in FULL because of the CROSS, because of the RESURRECTION

you can go through the steps that we outlined

The reason

The need

your abilities

and the cost to your earthly life

and we started working on the PLAN

to prioritize what ROOMS WE work on First

to explore WHAT we need to REMODEL

Application

I would like to introduce you to my FIRST CHOICE

The company is called HEAVEN BOUND CONTRACTING

Qualifications

Creator of the Universe – Genesis 1, Romans 1:19-20

Has the experience to Remodel —- the Holy Spirit has been doing this for centuries

Abraham, Moses, David — The Big Three in the OT – Hebrews 11

Has the Plans already designed

GOD wants to be the only one for you to HIRE —- He alone is WORTHY

He is available and Promises to SHOW UP – IN PERFECT TIME

Romans 10:13 – “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

He already started the work before you knew you needed it.

If you have CALLED on HIM the work is already in process – Phil 1:6

Illustration

Do you want to be a FAN or a FOLLOWER

Do you want to BECOME

Most of us don’t mind Jesus making some minor change in our lives

but Jesus wants to turn our lives upside down.

Fans don’t mind him doing a little touch up work, but Jesus wants complete renovation.

Fans come to Jesus thinking tune up, but Jesus is thinking overhaul.

Fans think a little makeup is fine, but Jesus is thinking makeover.

Fans think a little decorating is required, but Jesus wants a complete remodel.

Fans want Jesus to inspire them, but Jesus wants to interfere with their lives.

Kyle Idleman, “Not a Fan” (p. 31)

Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV)

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

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Application

So before I make my final point

lets review

we need to REMODEL

we have the ability to HIRE the creator of the Universe

we have the ability of a LIFETIME GUARANTEE

but something in you wants to check out the other available OPTIONS

We get short sighted

this is an issue in the Church today

Too many Christians

want to have their ears tickled

they want PROGRAMS and PRESENTATION

They want to say a PRAYER, take a BATH

and they attend a concert every Sunday with a message that makes them FEEL GOOD

FRANKLY —— we need to REALIZE that CHANGE is MESSY —- DEMO is DIRT

But it is CHRIST that washes us CLEAN

5. The Competition

Bible Verse

Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)

12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Bible Verse

1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)

8Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

New International Version (NIV)

Application

many times I am NOT sure why we QUESTION GOD

OTHER CONTRACTOR – #1

We know that Satan wants to BATTLE – Create Chaos – DENY us LIFE to the fullest

We know that Satan “prowls” to DESTROY

We know that Satan is the OPPOSITE of JESUS

totally evil versus TOTAL GOODNESS

HATE VERSUS LOVE

Satan - the UNLICENSED, UNINTERESTED, UNQUALIFIED CONTRACTOR

ARE YOU GOING TO HIRE THE RIGHT REMODELER?

Satan desire is to

Deceive

Destroy

Divide

Distract

We need to focus on HIRING the ONE AND ONLY

Jesus is the WAY —— The only way

yes

there is a COST

i want to know that I HIRED RIGHT

I want to here those WORDS

Matthew 25:21 ESV

21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Joshua 24:15 ESV

15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

WORK is OUR WORSHIP

Godly Work REQUIRES GOD’s Presence

Let us SEEK HIS PEACE and HIS JOY

Lets take communion together