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NEED: My hammer, TV, Chisel Skit video
Stage Two: Demolition
BIG IDEA: Demolition is a destructive, but necessary first step in the process of renovation.
Demolition is intentional and permanent.
God will do, and wants us involved in, the process of demolition in the renovation of our lives.
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OPENING:
Display & talk about the hammer
Discuss how room used to look, the day of demolition, and how the room looked afterwards – show pictures.
God is no stranger to demolition.
He commanded Israel to completely destroy those living in the promised land before them.
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God wants to do a work of demolition in our lives.
However, He calls us to be a part of the process as well.
God wants to do a work of demolition in your life.
However, He calls you to be a part of the process.
Teaching
POINT 1: Demolition is destructive.
Discuss demoing the room – pounding, hitting, kicking, pulling.
Demolition destroys things.
We all have things in our lives that are not what God wants for us.
Jesus spoke about that:
Jesus was speaking figuratively.
He was meaning if there is something, anything, in your life that causes you to sin, you need to demolish it.
· Jesus was speaking figuratively.
He was meaning if there is something, anything, in your life that causes you to sin, you need to demolish it.
These things must not be left – they must be completely wiped out.
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POINT 2: Demolition is intentional.
POINT 2: Demolition is intentional.
Demolition is ON PURPOSE.
It would have made no sense for me to get carried away with demolition and demolish everything.
Remember from last week: where did we start?
A plan.
I had a plan.
That plan used the framework that already existed: the walls, the floor, the roof.
God also has a plan to continue to use what he has already created: us.
But because of the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, a renovated us.
But He’s given us a choice as to being a part of the renovation of us.
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· “Throwing off” is on purpose – by choice.
It is selective.
“Laying aside” is on purpose – by choice.
It is selective.
God’s demolition of our lives is very intentional, even surgical.
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· The tools that God gives us to be a part of this work are the right tools for a specific job.
The tools that God gives us to be a part of this work are the right tools for a specific job.
POINT 3: Demolition is permanent.
The cabinets in my room were DEMOLISHED: broken into pieces; smashed; done away with; RAZED: destroyed to the ground.
I smashed them into small pieces.
I tore the hinges off.
I didn’t care how they looked.
They were useless for anything but building a fire out of when I was done.
It’s not truly demolition if it isn’t permanent.
If we had just given the cabinets away, it would have been relocation.
If I would have saved them, then they weren’t demolished—they would have been preserved.
Jesus spoke to this fact in the same way later on in Matthew as well:
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· Our attitude must be the same as that of the psalmist concerning the permanence of doing God’s will:
He said it twice as recorded by Matthew… think He was making a point?
Our attitude must be the same as that of the psalmist concerning the permanence of doing God’s will:
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POINT 4: Demolition is necessary.
POINT 4: Demolition is necessary.
Demolition is not just intentional: ON PURPOSE.
It’s necessary: FOR PURPOSE.
Without demolition, the cabinets and countertop would still be in the room, and now they would be in the way.
The other work could not have happened.
It had to happen first.
The first thing that God demolished is the barrier between us and Him: sin.
romans 8:3-5
We’ve got to stop looking at our lives as that: OURS.
We belong to Christ.
· We’ve got to stop looking at our lives as that: OURS.
We’ve got to see the destroying of our sin the way the psalmist did.
Pslam 119:71
We must submit completely to God.
· We must submit completely to God.
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Side note: a caution
The problem comes when we think that in having these things demolished, we somehow get “more saved” or get “more grace.”
No, this isn’t about asceticism (as I quoted in my morning sermon last week):
It might seem like asceticism is the ultimate act of demolition.
But Scripture is clear that simply treating your body harshly doesn’t actually help us.
We need to be changed by the power of God at work in our lives by His Spirit.
Closing
CLOSING:
Things that must be WIPED OUT: pride, envy, greed, selfishness, lust, hate, gossip, idolatry, wrath.
They must demolished: completely destroyed if we are going to move forward in God’s renovation of our lives.
We must submit these things to Him for demolition in the power of His Spirit.
Give each other permission to point things out in love.
Get with God.
Ask Him what is in the way.
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