A Movement vs A Monument
September 4, 2022

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

PASTOR ED CARLSON

“A MOVEMENT VS A MONUMENT”

1 Peter 2:1-10 (ESV)

It’s Time To Build A

Not A Monument

Movements make a difference because there is movement toward a specific

or .

Momentum=The Church X (multiplied by) the power of the
Holy Spirit

Ministry is a special word within the Church. It comes from the
Greek word “

”, which means “one who serves”.

The Church with the Power of the Holy Spirit fulfilling the mandate to reach others with the

, and of Jesus Christ through ministry to those that God has called us to.

1 Peter 2:4, 5, 9&10 (ESV)
4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

  1. LIVING
  2. HOUSE
  3. HOLY
  4. CHOSEN
  5. A ROYAL
  6. NATION
  7. A PEOPLE FOR HIS OWN

Our agenda doesn’t mean

…it’s His agenda because He us.

AV First: Different

with different using different at different in different places to meet different .

God wants us to be

not !