Church On The Rock-Abilene
Sunday Morning Service - 3/1/2026
  • Graves Into Gardens
  • My Feet Are On The Rock
  • When Wind Meets Fire
  • Thank You Jesus For The Blood
  • NOTHING ELSE
  • GREAT ARE YOU LORD
  • Matthew 16:18–19 NKJV
    18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

    The Church is about Jesus—

    1 Corinthians 3:11 NKJV
    11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
    Colossians 1:18 NKJV
    18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

    The Church is made up of People.

    1 Peter 2:5 NKJV
    5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
    Ephesians 2:20–21 NKJV
    20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

    Most of what God is going to do is going to be through His People—

    2 Corinthians 5:20 NKJV
    20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

    (That means you and I)

    2 Corinthians 4:7 NKJV
    7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

    We all have a part of the ministry.

    1 Corinthians 12:27 NKJV
    27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

    The word ministry means service.

    Mark 10:45 NKJV
    45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

    The Lord uses the language of family to describe the church.

    The Apostle Paul Called the Church the Bride of Christ.

    Ephesians 5:25–27 NKJV
    25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

    The Apostle Paul tells Pastor Timothy to exhort older men as fathers and younger men as sons.

    1 Timothy 5:1–2 NKJV
    1 Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

    The Book of Hebrews call us brothers and sisters of Christ.

    Hebrews 2:10–11 NKJV
    10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

    Again, The Apostle Paul calls us a household.

    Ephesians 2:19 NKJV
    19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
    1 Timothy 3:15 NKJV
    15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

    The head of the family is the Father.

    Again lets look at Colossians 1:18.
    Colossians 1:18 NKJV
    18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

    The Apostle Paul tells the Church that he is their father.

    1 Corinthians 4:15 NKJV
    15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

    The Apostle Paul calls Timothy and Titus his sons.

    1 Timothy 1:2 NKJV
    2 To Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
    2 Timothy 2:1 NKJV
    1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
    1 Corinthians 4:17 NKJV
    17 For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
    Philippians 2:19–24 NKJV
    19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state. 20 For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus. 22 But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel. 23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it goes with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly.
    Titus 1:4 NKJV
    4 To Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

    There is a structure in the family.

    Ephesians 4:11–12 NKJV
    11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
    1 Timothy 3:1 NKJV
    1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.

    I am called to build elders. (Help men and women who are called into ministry to become skilled and mature.)

    Skilled and Mature are two different things one has to do with the tools we use to walk and work through life- (skills)
    The other has to do with the wisdom we operate in as we navigate things.
    For all of these things there is a process. I am finishing one of mine. On October 25th 2026 I am becoming consecrated a bishop.

      • Matthew 16:18–19NKJV

      • 1 Corinthians 3:11NKJV

      • Colossians 1:18NKJV

      • 1 Peter 2:5NKJV

      • Ephesians 2:20–21NKJV

      • 2 Corinthians 5:20NKJV

      • 2 Corinthians 4:7NKJV

      • 1 Corinthians 12:27NKJV

      • Mark 10:45NKJV

      • Ephesians 5:25–27NKJV

      • 1 Timothy 5:1–2NKJV

      • Hebrews 2:10–11NKJV

      • Ephesians 2:19NKJV

      • 1 Timothy 3:15NKJV

      • Colossians 1:18NKJV

      • 1 Corinthians 4:15NKJV

      • 1 Timothy 1:2NKJV

      • 2 Timothy 2:1NKJV

      • 1 Corinthians 4:17NKJV

      • Philippians 2:19–24NKJV

      • Titus 1:4NKJV

      • Ephesians 4:11–12NKJV

      • 1 Timothy 3:1NKJV

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