BuildAccording To The
Pattern
What Is A Pattern?
• To a builder --- a blueprint
• To a seamstress --- a pattern
• To a manufacturer --- the spec’s
What happens when a pattern is changed?
What if everyone involved decided to make changes on their own?
What if only one person made a change to the pattern?
What Is A Divine Pattern?
• Same as the others: It is a blueprint, pattern, guideline, rulebook, example,etc…
• It cannot be changed or altered in any way without consequences.
• The result of following the pattern will give us what the Creator willed for us to do.
THE DIVINE PATTERN
• Comes from God• 2 Corinthians 2:11-12• Jeremiah 10:23• Proverbs 16:25
• God Showed Moses the pattern and Moses built it according to the pattern
• Exodus 25:8-9,40• Hebrews 8:5
The Divine Pattern
• David gave Solomon the plans for the Temple.
• 1 Chronicles 28:11-12, 19
• DOCTRINE• Acts 2:42• Mark those who do
not follow the apostles doctrine;
• Romans 16:17-18• 2 Thessalonians 3:6
Seed Of The Divine Pattern
• God’s law: Seed bearing after its kind• Gen 1:11-12• Seed is the word of God in Matthew 13• Plant the same seed (doctrine) from the
beginning of the church, and you get the same church.
• Paul talked of planting the seed of the church and God gives the increase. 1 Corinthians 3:6
Build Church According To The Pattern
• Name: Acts 11:26; Romans 16:16
• Foundation: 1 Corinthians 3:11, Matthew 16:18;
• Law: 1 Corinthians 14:37; 2 Timothy 3:16-17
• Membership: Acts 2:38,47; Galatians 3:26-27
Build Church According To The Pattern
• Organization: Acts 14:23; Philippians 1:1;Ephesians 4:11
• Worship: Acts 2:42; Ephesians 5:19;Acts 20:7
• Discipline: Matthew 18:17; 1 Corinthians 5:4-5, Revelation 2:14-16
• Love of Brethren: 1 Peter 1:22; Hebrews 13:1; John 13:34-35
According To The Pattern
• We could talk a long time about what is not following the pattern given to us in God’s word.
• 2 Timothy 1:13• We must be faithful to follow the pattern
given to us.• Psalm 127:1• Are you part of a group that has followed
the pattern?
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