LET US BUILD

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• 2 Chronicles 147 - Therefore he said to Judah,
  "Let us build these cities and make walls around
  them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land
  is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD
  our God we have sought Him, and He has given us
  rest on every side." So they built and prospered.

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• Nehemiah 217-18 - Then I said to them, "You see
  the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies
  waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come
  and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we
  may no longer be a reproach." So they said, "Let
  us rise up and build." Then they set their hands
  to this good work.

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• Genesis 114-5 - And they said, "Come, let us
  build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is
  in the heavens let us make a name for
  ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the
  face of the whole earth." But the LORD came down
  to see the city and the tower which the sons of
  men had built.

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• Ezra 42-3 - they came to Zerub-babel and the
  heads of the fathers' houses, and said to them,
  "Let us build with you, for we seek your God as
  you do and we have sacrificed to Him since the
  days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought
  us here. Israel said to them, "You may do
  nothing with us to build a house for our God

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• These Scriptures Teach That
• Building Is Something That Is Required Of The
  Lords People
• Building Based On Mens Desires, Rather Than
  Gods, Is Condemned
• Not Everyone Is Permitted To Participate During
  The Building

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• Christians Living Under The New Testament
  Teachings Are To Be Actively Involved In
  Building!
• Not Physical Structures, Though Church Buildings
  Serve To Fulfill The Command And Example To
  Assemble (Heb.1025 Acts 207)

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• Rather The Building In Which We Participate Is
  Spiritual In Nature Having To Do With The Church
  Which Jesus Built, And He Is The Foundation And
  Corner Stone (Matthew 1618 1 Peter 24-8)
• What Does This Mean?

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• Christians Are Required To Be Builders By
  Teaching Others (Matthew 2818-20 1 Cor.39-15)
• Must Build According To The Pattern, Not Mens
  Arrangements (Hebrews 85-6 1 Timothy 315)
• Not All Can Participate (Excludes Denominations
  Ecumenical Movement Preacher Alliances)