Good Morning Family!
I'm so grateful to have you all here today!!
Heavenly Father,
We have gathered here today in the spirit of Your caring love. Make each of us instruments of that love. Help us to help those who cannot help themselves, especially the lost. Each of your children is a heritage from you. So guide our lives and the lives of others, to a life of service that will make a difference in the lives of others, in our society, and ultimately Your Kingdom!
Lord, we ask and pray these things in Your precious name.
Amen
The world was framed by God and everything put in order by him, the earth and the fullness thereof belongs to him. He designed the world to his on pleasing and he has set in order the things which pertain to his glory.
His word needs no interpretation it just needs to be followed by those who will enter into the Kingdom of God.
Mankind tries to build without the blueprints, they build houses that will not stand. They try to build Kingdoms of their own will and not Gods.
The Ark in Noah’s day had a specific blueprint, it was built exactly like Noah heard from God, it was built out of a certain kind of wood, Gopher wood, it was so long, so high, had one door, one window and it was filled with everything God told Noah to fill it with and it was salvation to Noah and his family.
The tabernacle in the wilderness was built on the very plan of God, nothing in any way was altered by Moses.
Every color, every post, every fabric, every kind of metal used was specific blueprints of God.
They showed the future, the past and the things in between life, it was Israel's salvation and protection.
Today, men choose to disobey the Lord, they build on foundations that crumble and fall apart, they have families that die, churches that are empty or close to being empty, why?
Without the blueprints of God, we cannot build the kingdom of the Lord, for he has set in order by his word and the foundation has been laid.
The book of Genesis is the beginning of a perfect world designed by a perfect God to his on satisfaction.
Genesis 1:1-6
"In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth."
Did anyone catch the part?
Where did He need our help?
HE DIDN'T!
"And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
God took nothing and made something!
"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."
His word alone is Powerful!
"And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
God is a Kingdom builder everything he touches and creates is to his satisfaction."
John 1:1-5
"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made."
If we try to build this church without Him, it will fail.
"In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shined in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
Here's the bottom line:
Light and darkness cannot mix.
In the end, God will separate the light, which is the Glory of God from the darkness, which is the sin that is of the devil.
The first book of the Bible, God built a perfect place, he created a perfect man and gave him dominion over all his creation, he made man in His likeness and He made him perfect.
God gave man a perfect woman, taken from the side of man to become a help mate. He told them to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.
God’s intention was that mankind would live in a perfect world designed by a perfect God who wanted a world full of His Perfection.
God is the Master Builder, the Grand Architect of all creation:
The Bible, is a love letter from God filled with instructions to man on how to live a perfect life before the Lord.
And He lets us see the consequences to what happens when we try to design our own ways and wills over His ways and will.
Adam had it made in a perfect place free from any corruption, he had just one commandment to keep and life would be good and God would visit him every day to commune with him, like a loving Father checking on the one He loved.
It delighted God to make sure Adam was happy and that all his needs were met.
Paradise was just that a place of perfect love in the will of our perfect Creator.
God has blueprints!
Say that with me,
God Has Blueprints!
So what is a Blueprint?
A Blueprint is; A detailed plan of action. It is the divine instructions of God to humanity on how to live the perfect life before God.
You can’t just hand a blueprint to just anyone, the blueprint has to be understood by the builder, it is the layout of a structure and altering from the blueprints and trying to build around it will make the structure weak and it could fall apart.
The Apostle Paul told his young associate Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:15-17
"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort."
Those who try to build on something other than the gospel!
Suppose those who build great ships and aircrafts and other mechanical things, what would happen if they changed the blueprint, what if they decided to replace something not knowing themselves, if it would make it safe for a person to use.
Church, the Bible is the same way, you can’t just read a page and say well this is all I need to build my life on! I'm going to build a church..
The Bible is the blueprint on building a relationship with God, altering His plans only brings destruction;
When God called me and placed within my hands, a blueprint, His Blueprint, to build up the Kingdom of God on earth. The Holy Bible!
When you go to a job site you will find many men but not everyone there is the boss or the foreman, the work site is built up of many different type of people.
There are Architects, that design the building, they lay out all the plans and they put capable people in charge of carrying out the plan.
There are contractors that bid on the job and they hire people to do the building, they hire people that know the business.
There are crew leaders that make sure the job is done and he reports to his Supervisor the progress being made.
There are those that can weld, carpenters, Masons that are skilled in constructions.
They each have their own skill set.
Not everyone are electricians, you can’t take a brick layer and have him to wire up a million dollar building.
Nor can you take an electrician and have him lay the blocks for the building unless he is gifted in many areas of constructions.
Usually they bid out the jobs the, plumber does the plumbing, the electrician does the electric, the mason lays blocks the concrete and the workers pour the concrete. Everyone to his own profession.
The same way works in the church: Ephesians 4:10-13
"He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ."
Not everyone is called to be an Apostle, or a prophet, or an Evangelist or a Pastor, or a teacher.
You cannot lead if you can’t follow:
You can’t teach if you’re not teachable.
You can’t Pastor if you can’t be pastored.
You can’t preach without the calling of God.
No one just jumps into something and says I think I can do this and never done it before, the results usually ends up a disaster.
God has the blueprints for the church: He has called different ones to do specific jobs appointed by the leader of the church.
If a person has a position and can follow instructions and make a difference, they can become more aware of the things that each calling has.
1 Timothy chapter three gives us the blueprint for the different callings in the church.
Let's look at verses 1-10:
"This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Qualifications of Deacons Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless."
In closing....
God has a proving ground for all that are called to be leaders in the Kingdom of God.
Abraham had men that were faithful and proved to be just that. When Abraham sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac, he told him where to go and what to look for.
The most important thing about this commission is that the wife must not be a Canaanite, but must come from Abraham’s own kin. They were never to marry the foreign women either of Canaan or of Egypt.
Abraham wants the servant to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven that the servant will not try to find a wife for Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites. He even makes his servant place his hand under his thigh in confirmation of this.
God has his reasons for this and it is Gods blueprint of things to come. When men and women are converted we become of the household of God and his blue print for this is recorded in: Acts 2:38
"Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
If we alter the blueprints, the house is not built according to the Master architect/builder and it will not stand!
There are many writers of the bible but only One Author and His name is Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
People are particular about the way they build their own houses, rule their homes, their children and their lives but when it comes to the blueprints of God, we somehow think we can alter them, at will and it should be okay.
You may be able to fill in a crack with calk or mud and you may not use as many nails as required and you can get by with a lot of mistakes you cover up when you are building a natural house but it is altogether different when you are building a house that is to be filled by the Lord of glory.
"For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:18-19
It is my belief, that Scripture is pretty clear!
God's blueprint, is laid out for to follow not alter!
A Warning
"For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
I Am Coming Quickly He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.”
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
Revelation 22:18-21
And now may the Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.
Now and forever, in Jesus' name
Amen
Brian Monzon Ministries