Christ Alone, Cornerstone

Cornerstone

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The person becoming a dwelling place, getting a good foundation, articles, degree, the architect gains all the blocks and experience in place in their life,

For God to inhabit us, we need to have the right foundations in place

Sent to learn

2 parallels

Building up the building - building on the wrong foundation? Building on the right foundation

Building up the person -

What does this look like in life?

Sense of worth

Success

Fortune

Career

Children

Money

Holidays - living only for a holiday

Popularity

Recognition

If you don't get the cornerstone right, everything else is slightly off

"Jesus ensures the stability of the whole system of our salvation"

Essential elements

We are living stones and we have

We are the essential elements built from the cornerstone

Doesn't matter what we look like!

And what are the tools for this?

Rule of life

What is a Christian

When you watch a chimney block, when the foundation is blown out

We often find out that when we've built our life on the wrong thing sometimes this can happen ... Flats falling down

Ephesians 3:1–7 NIV

1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— 2 Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. 4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5 which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. 6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. 7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power.

Ephesians 2:17–22 NIV

17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

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