Christ Will Build His Church: A Message on God's Sovereignty
"Christ Will Build His Church: A
Message on God's Sovereignty"
Christian Fellowship Club Meeting # 476
Thursday March 27, 2008
9:00pm Kirby Salon Room
"No event in the
universe which Christ produces or permits is outside His purpose to build His
church."
-Pastor John Piper This idea of Christ producing and permitting every single
event in our world in order to build His Church is essential in being rooted in
good soil! MTH13:3-13
Where this idea comes
from:
"I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not
prevail against it" -Mathew 16: 18 What we think is
always good
- Live
Long
- Be
healthy
- Make
money
- Be
awesome in worldly things like sports and music
God doesn't think like this!
He knows what is perfect for Him being most glorified, and us being most
joyful in Him alone.
This doesn't mean that God doesn't want us to be blessed, it
means that God knows what we need to be closest to Him, the most joy we can
have.
What do we do with
this understanding?? - Meditate
on God's sovereignty in your life!
- Pray
for God's will to be done whole heartedly
"If we are thrown into the blazing
furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us
from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to
know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you
have set up." Daniel 3: 17:18
If you don't leave
with anything tonight, remember this: "And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and
high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses
knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:17-19
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