Rooted

Rooted in Christ

Sunday September 27th, 2020 - Pastor Wungreiso Valui

Genesis 35:11

I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. (Genesis 35:11)

"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. (John 15:5)

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. (Colossians 2:6-7)

God designed our lives to be fruitful, multiply and to bear much fruit. We can be fruitful, multiply and bear much fruit when we are rooted in Jesus.

Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone." So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem (Genesis 35:1-4)

1. START PICKING SIDES AND START PICKING A SITE

• A. Put Away The Foreign Gods
• B. Pick Jesus, He Is The Vine
• C. Walk With Him (Jesus)

Choose The Right Foundation

And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother (Genesis 35:5-6)

2. START DIGGING

• A. Jacob Built An Altar To God
• B. Choose Jesus As Your Site
• C. Be Rooted And Build Upon Jesus

Build On A Strong Foundation

Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him. And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name." So He called his name Israel (Genesis 35:9-10)

3. START PLANTING

• A. God Gave Jacob A New Name
• B. Without Jesus You Can Do Nothing
• C. Be Established In The Faith

Build Strong Roots

Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land" (Genesis 34:11-12)

4. START WATERING

• A. To Be Fruitful And Multiply
• B. To Bear Much Fruit
• C. To Abound In What You Have Been Taught With Thanksgiving

Grow In Understanding And Faith