Yes!

 

I am a child of the 60’s and so I loved the Beatles and I still enjoy their music. I know they were not believers, but I still find truth that God, not the Beatles, put in their music.

 

The Beatles have a song called Hello, Goodbye. The first line of the song says, “You say, Yes, I say No.”

 

That really summarizes life because life is a series of yeses and nos. Each yes and each no carries consequences. Each yes and each no leads in a certain direction.

 

In Matthew 5:37 Jesus says, “Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.”

 

When we make big elaborate declarations about our faith instead of a simple, “Yes, Lord’ we tend to be doing it to impress others and not in obedience to God’s will.

 

James 5:12 says, “But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” no so that you may not fall under condemnation.”

 

It is about simply obeying God and not about big, overdone proclamation.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is saying yes to God’s will and then doing it.

 

Revelation 16:7 says, “And I heard the altar saying, ‘Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!’”

 

We have to say yes to God’s Word.

The Bible is not a book of suggestions.

The Bible is not a book of religion.

The Bible is not a book of theology.

 

The Bible is the very word of God spoken to us. It reveals who God is, His purpose, and His ways. The Bible also reveals to us the truth of who we are and why we need Jesus as Savior and Lord.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is accepting the Bible as God’s Word and obeying it.

 

In 2 Corinthians 1:17 Paul asks a question, “Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make plans according to the flesh, ready to say, “Yes, yes” and “No” at the same time?”

 

When we know God and seek His will, He promises to revel it to us. When we seek to live life without seeking God’s will in God’s Word, we have no direction and go back and forth between yes and no. We have no direction if we are not guided by God and His will and His Word.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is being guided by God and knowing which direction to go by saying yes to God.

 

2 Corinthians 1:20 says, “For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him. That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for His glory.”

 

Jesus is the Yes of God. Everything that God promised is fulfilled in Jesus. God will always fulfill His promises because He is faithful. He has and is and will fulfil them all in Jesus.

 

Jesus is the Amen of God. Jesus is the so be it of God. Jesus did everything the Father told Him to do. Jesus perfectly accomplished the will of the Father.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is trusting that God will fulfill all of His promises in Jesus and then living daily based on that truth.

 

We as God’s people, as the Body of Christ need to be like Jesus and say yes to God’s will and God’s way and to God Word. We need each day to surrender to the Will of God.

 

Do we just sing praise songs to Jesus and declare big elaborate statements about our faith in a safe environment around other Christians or do we live out our commitment to Jesus as Savior and Lord every day no matter the circumstances or our feelings?

 

In Obedience to God’s Will and God’s Word

Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls,

Joe