1. Build Up

2. According to the pattern
The ark was built according to the blueprint or pattern (Genesis 6:14)
The church was built according to the blueprint or pattern (Matthew 16:18)

3. Most builders have a blueprint to follow
A blueprint is a design and measurements to what is being built
How are we to build the spiritual house?
Education

4. “My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6)

5. The Stone of Education

6. A Good Book Our education has one required book
Nehemiah implemented an education program by having Ezra to read from the required text

7. What makes the Bible so good?
It’s the only book that can set free, prepare us for judgement, furnish us with every good work, and save our soul
We cannot trade the Word for the words of others (2 John 9-11)
A good education program begins with the good book

8. A Good Teacher The right teacher can make all the difference
The Son of God is the teacher
He used objects, stories, Q and A, and discussion

9. Ezra 7:10 “had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel”
He prepared himself
He studied the lesson by seeking the Law
He set the right example
He followed the text
A good education program will develop with a good teacher

10. A Good Student The people gathered as one man
Everyone who could understand was there (8:3)
They were there to hear and not be seen

11. They listened patiently (8:2-3)
They listened attentively (8:13)
They listened reverently (8:5, 7)
They listened supportively (8:6)
They listened obediently (8:13-17)
They listened repeatedly (8:18)

12. Biblical education is a crucial stone in the spiritual house