Slides:
Slide: Two indicators of spiritual maturity:
Presence of division (1 Cor. 1:10-13)
Relationship to God’s Word (1 Cor. 2:14-3:3)
Slide: Acts 18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; 26 and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 27 And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brethren encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. Acts 19:1 It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.
Slide: The marks of the mature: grace, humility, instruction, and FRUIT!
Slide: The only hero we should worship is our Heavenly Father.
Slide: Eph. 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Slide: The Foundation:
1 Cor. 1:22 For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,
1 Cor. 2:2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
Slide: 1 Chron. 29:1 Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the LORD God. 2 "Now with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver, and the bronze for the [things of] bronze, the iron for the [things of] iron, and wood for the [things of] wood, onyx stones and inlaid [stones,] stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.
Slide: Those in ministry are called to:
Act as servants, not celebrities.
Build upon the foundation, not lay a new one.
Use quality building materials, no matter the cost or difficulty.
Slide: Some Chapel ministry philosophy
The materials we choose to build with: Word, Worship, Withness, Witness
We depend on God to produce the growth.
We do our best to practice righteousness before God, not man. (Matt. 6:1-3)
Slide: There are degrees of reward in heaven.
Slide: 2 Cor. 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Slide: You are not mere men and women!
