How to Build on the Rock (Jesus)

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Consider whether you will place your confidence in the Rock of Ages.

   "Confide in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the Rock of Ages." (Isaiah 26:4)The name of Jesus means "Yahweh-saves" which is the same as "Yehoshua," "Jehovah-saves." wikipedia:
   Jehoshua Name Jesus is the Lord, the Savior and the "Word made Flesh"
   
   ie:
   Jehovah lives...: "The Lord lives; and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be God
   -- the rock of my salvation!" (2 Samuel 22:47)Jesus Christ is "...the spiritual rock that rock was Christ." (1 Corinthians 10:4)
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   Step 2: Do not act religious -- meaning this: avoid pride in name-brand or branch of Christianity that has developed in about 2000 years

   Some answer: "I'm a ____________..." (name a denomination or church).
   
   That is not the question.
   
   Going to the garage or barn doesn't make you a car or a horse.
   
   Just going to church can not make you Christian...
   
   Symbols and gestures cannot make you a Christian.
   
   Self-righteousness is about judging, doing, acting and going to their kind of Christian church and doing their traditions, but not crediting it all to God, and His grace and forgiveness which is available to all who are penitent/repentant. , Anger turning to hate against wrong doers may be understandable, but God's grace can save the worst.
   
   Pray for help and confess hate and anger that lingers for days... "Don't let the sun go down on your anger."
   -- try to make it right (be penitent yourself), and forgive the repentant. ,, Jesus said: "The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock." (Matthew 7:25) ,, For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you." (Luke 6:38),, "By this you all know that you are my disciples: if you love one another." (John 13:35) , If the grace and the love of God is your boast then you will not be judging or boasting about your goodness... "But I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
   
   By his cross my relationship to the world and its relationship to me have been crucified ." (Galatians 6:14) , (1 Corinthians 3:11) , You can improve your plans and your building as needed after inspections, according to your faith:
   Jesus said, "For John came to you to call you to righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax-collectors and the harlots had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, neither regretted your sins, nor believed him." (Matthew 21:32) , Be penitent.
   
   Repent
   - means be willing to change, and try if you need to change your ways (and perhaps pay back people you had wronged then do so as you can...)
   -- then God's Spirit will help you by the Word and will direct your pathway by the "Bible" with guidance of God's Holy Spirit and by His people (church). "I say to you, 'Except you repent (change), you shall all likewise perish'." (Luke 13:5)Be penitent as that is needed, but know that you can not barter for or pay for your soul's salvation or for His grace.
   
   Both are free, but then you do the work for others but not to impress anyone including yourself.
   
   Be contrite. , "Study to show yourself to God as an approved workman that need not be ashamed, and who rightly handles the word of Truth." (2 Timothy 2:15),, Be humble in dealing with others. , 'One thing you lack: go your way, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me (the Rock)'" (Mark 10:21),, ""Jesus (the rock) said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life.
   
   No one comes to the Father except through me'..."" (John 14:6), (Proverbs 11:30), Here is a metaphor or a simile: "I (The Rock) am the vine and you are the branches.
   
   Remain in me (The Rock), and I will remain in you.
   
   Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself
   -- that is, if it does not continue in the vine
   -- so neither can you if you do not continue in me (The Rock)..." (John 15:4)I chose you to bear fruit (in the cleft of the Rock; I am in you and you're in the Rock of Ages.): "You did not choose me, but I chose you and you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last... " (John 5:16),, I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full." (Matthew 6:5), I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but wait in the city of Jerusalem, until you are endued with power from on high." (Luke 24:49), "Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means..." (2 Corinthians 8:11 ), "LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us." (Isaiah 26:12), Hang around with people who are into following God's will, but not being controlling; not judging everyone harshly. "Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange doctrines, but gaining inner strength from God's kindness is good for us..." (Hebrews 13:9), Invest in your friends, your spouse, in children and in your charity in the community to help the less fortunate to find their way
   -- ,, (Luke 6:48)
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   Step 3: as being better for as long as salvation is by grace through faith not of yourself it is the gift of God

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   Step 4: then it matters little: "Are you a Christian?"

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   Step 5: Accept The Good News

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   Step 6: and give it to others; pass it on

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   Step 7: so for as He is so are we (we must rely on Truth) when we are founded upon the rock: Ask for and thank God for His kind of change and love: a new life in Christ.

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   Step 8: Accept God's discipline and correction to go higher on the Rock: Accept help for change desiring a fresh start

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   Step 9: repenting and receiving it.

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    Step 10: Consider your base being Jesus Christ in the hurricanes of life.

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    Step 11: Receive the desires of your heart by aligning your desires in Christ with God's will: what is right

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    Step 12: honest and is not self-righteous (Luke 6:37): "Judge not

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    Step 13: and ye shall not be judged: condemn not

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    Step 14: and ye shall not be condemned: forgive

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    Step 15: and ye shall be forgiven..."

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    Step 16: Be generous and you will receive and so give expecting no return at all... "Give

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    Step 17: and it will be given to you: good measure

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    Step 18: pressed down

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    Step 19: shaken together

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    Step 20: and running over

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    Step 21: will be given to you.

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    Step 22: Plan for now (short term goals)

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    Step 23: and later (long term goals) for your individual way to act upon your faith

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    Step 24: your own hopes

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    Step 25: dreams and visions for your individual life.

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    Step 26: Consider life on the rock is: about relationships.

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    Step 27: Boast in the unmerited grace and in the love of God.

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    Step 28: Get onto the foundation so your life in Christ is started and is inspected by the "Master Builder" -- Jesus Christ

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    Step 29: ie: listen to the Holy Spirit and to your conscience

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    Step 30: but that must agree with the "Bible": "For no one can lay any other foundation than the one already laid

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    Step 31: which is Jesus Christ."

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    Step 32: Change.

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    Step 33: Repent.

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    Step 34: Study the plans to accept grace and for options that describe building regulations in your life according to the Bible.

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    Step 35: Discuss the Bible in Adult Classes

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    Step 36: Youth Sunday School and in fellowship with more experienced Christians like your youth leader

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    Step 37: your pastor

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    Step 38: parents

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    Step 39: deacons

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    Step 40: or others...

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    Step 41: Consider finding a mentor (someone to learn from) -- someone to help you study the Bible and live for the good of others doing good to others for God.

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    Step 42: Follow Jesus daily without letting things stop you: "Jesus looked at him and loved him.

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    Step 43: Take your opportunity to invite someone to church and mentor them in Christ (be a good friend

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    Step 44: as a Christian)... if you know what you believe

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    Step 45: and so you are serving Jesus

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    Step 46: God and the Spirit.

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    Step 47: See the plat of the development and use it

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    Step 48: ie: the map is Jesus and the "Bible.

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    Step 49: Show an increase (profit) in building after you receive your appointment (salvation) and are building your life (on The Rock) -- then add buildings (win souls) to "grow" in God's way (vine/tree)

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    Step 50: in God's will: "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life

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    Step 51: and he who wins souls is wise."

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    Step 52: Continue in building the vine -- add branches...

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    Step 53: Avoid building on a weak foundation: flaky

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    Step 54: crackling layers of confused purposes

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    Step 55: rubble of ruins in failures and poor efforts

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    Step 56: loose gravel of defeat from fussing or even hating

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    Step 57: slippery style of fear of agreeing with others who are serving God...

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    Step 58: Be in prayer

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    Step 59: for planning your life on your and God's purposes: "And when you pray

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    Step 60: do not be like the hypocrites

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    Step 61: for they love to pray standing in the congregation and on the street corners to be seen by men.

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    Step 62: Get the engineering

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    Step 63: ie: receive the Holy Spirit given guidance

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    Step 64: comfort

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    Step 65: joy while learning

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    Step 66: relearning

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    Step 67: if that is needed for your goals to be met. "

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    Step 68: Smile and finish your work with help from many resources: Pursue training and an education

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    Step 69: which will be useful and helpful

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    Step 70: which makes it possible to get your foot inside the door in various places and stations in life.

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    Step 71: Give God the credit for peace when you trim

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    Step 72: do finishing

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    Step 73: and remodel your life when needed.

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    Step 74: Find strength in weakness

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    Step 75: ie: choose your close friends well

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    Step 76: think of dating as possibly leading to marriage so don't choose really silly

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    Step 77: wild and crazy people.

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    Step 78: Stay invested and keep your eye on the goal during life's experiences

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    Step 79: making investments and accounting for the costs

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    Step 80: in the good or hard times.

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    Step 81: Lean and press forward toward the future: "Strain toward what is ahead... press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called you heavenward in Christ Jesus..." (Philippians 3:14)

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    Step 82: Dig deep to find the solid rock

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    Step 83: in God's Truth

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    Step 84: Life and the Way:...He is like a man building a house

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    Step 85: who 'dug down deep and laid the foundation upon solid rock'.

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