THE ROADS CHURCH - NORRIS CITY & MT. CARMEL

3 Parts of building the “church”

“IN You” - ABILITY
“WITH You” - AVAILABILITY
“BEYOND You” - SUSTAINABILITY

Build - oikodomeo - To make or construct by combining materials or parts, to build up, strengthen or establish.

John F. Kennedy - “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”

God doesn't just exist for us but we exist for Him!

Building the “church” starts by building “IN” YOU!

Ability - Build & strengthen your function

First born - We all have innate natural abilities that have to be developed
- Cognitive (mental) abilities
- Physical abilities

Born again - New you that has never existed before is born

Creation - ktisis - Original formation; something created that has not existed before.

Passed - parerchomai - To cease to exist, pass away

Gates - pule - A movable barrier or door in a fence or a wall

Hades - hades - The realm of the dead, world below, grave, place for departed souls

Prevail - katischuo - To overcome by superior force, overpower, defeat because of greater strength

Two spiritual kingdoms at work trying to build abilities IN YOU:

Gates of Hades - Power of Death - Kingdom of darkness
Kingdom of Heaven - God’s way of doing things

Build - oikodomeo - To make or construct by combining materials or parts, to build up, strengthen or establish.

Keys - kleis - Device used to lock or unlock a locking mechanism
- Symbol of power and authority permitting or preventing access.

Bind - deo - To tie, imprison; to exercise authority over something on the basis that it is not legitimate; prohibit, not allow

Loose - luo - To untie, unfasten, set free or release; to exercise authority over something on the basis that it is legitimate; to permit or allow
“will have been bound….will have been loosed”