As you can see, the branches or new people and all those who have come to this church must be grafted into this temple. The host tree or church must be mutilated to adjust for the branches. The host tree or now the foundation (leaders) must adjust which can be painful and require loss of time/resources helping the new branches become part of the church.
The new branches, new people, and all those who have become members here must change and be like the host tree. Your old identity is grafted into the host. You receive the nourishments, character, mandate, and history of the host tree.
Your contribution is to bring a shade of diversity to bring forth a different variation of fruit. But it is still an olive with slightly different variation.
As a new member or seasoned member, you need to realize, you need the church. The church will go on without you if you decide to be broken off. But without a host tree, you cannot bear fruit nor find nourishment. You must fully surrender to the host tree to thrive. The host tree is connected to the main Vine which is Jesus! This is Kingdom principle.
Mavericks will eventually be cast away. Do not play church on your own thinking you built this church. You must become one with Jesus as you become one with the main tree fully submitted to the authority of this church and ministry.
Ephesians 2:20-22 TPT “You are rising like the perfectly fitted stones of the temple; and your lives have been built up together upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, and best of all, you are connected to the Head Cornerstone of the building, the Anointed One, Jesus Christ himself!
21 This entire building is under construction and is continually growing under His supervision until it rises up completed as the holy temple of the Lord himself.
22 This means that God is transforming each one of you into the Holy of Holies, His dwelling place, through the power of the Holy Spirit living in you!”
Senior Pastor Steve Kim