HOME SWEET HOME
INTRO: THE REASON FOR CHURCH
1: ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
A) 1 COR 12:26 ONE MEMBER SUFFERS ALL SUFFER
B) ONE MEMBER IS HONOURED ALL REJOICE
POINT: ONE THAT DIED FOR ALL, AND ALL ARE PART OF THE ONE WHO DIED, THIS MAKES IT ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE.
2: 1 COR 12:27
A) THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN TO ALL
B) EVERY BELIEVER IS INDWELT WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WHY? TO PROFIT ALL, EACH BELIEVER’S OWN PERSONAL GIFT IS FOR THE PROFIT AND HONOR OF GOD IT HELPS OTHERS WITHIN THE BODY OF CHRIST AS WELL.
3: HOW DO WE KNOW WHO’S WHO?
A) JOHN 13:35
B) CHRISTIANS ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
C) OUR LOVE SHOULD IMITATE THE LOVE CHRIST HAD FOR US
EXAMPLE: 1 JOHN 3:16 HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR THE BRETHREN
BODY: CHURCH IS
1: HOME SWEET HOME
A) EPH 2:19 SAYS, NOW THERFORE YOU ARE NO MORE STRANGERS AND FORIEGNERS, BUT FELLOWCITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS AND THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD.
B) THE CHURCH IS NOT A BUILDING OR PLACE
C) THE CHURCH IS THE BELEIVERS GATHERED TOGETHER TO WORSHIP GOD
D) THE CHURCH CAN BE ANYWHERE
POINT: WE WORSHIP AT A BUILDING TO HAVE A PLACE TO GATHER TOGETHER BUT THE CHURCH IS THE BELIEVER AND WE GATHER TOGETHER WE ARE A BODY OF BELIEVERS, A CHURCH.
2: WHY SHOULD SOMEONE BE A PART OF A CHURCH?
A) HEBREWS 10:25
B) WE NEED EACH OTHER FOR UPLIFTING, INSTRUCTION AND CORRECTING
C) WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND CAN RELATE TO EACH OTHER EASIER THAN THE WORLD CAN
POINT: PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL ENERGIZED COMING TO CHURCH, THEY SHOULD GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE BODY, AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO APLY IT TO THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.
CLOSING: ATTENDER OR MEMBER
1: ATTENDER
A) COMES ON SUNDAY MORNING
B) THE ATTENDER WILL TO DINNERS AND SOME FUNCTIONS
C) MOST ATTENDERS ARE CHRISTAINS
POINT: ATTENDERS ARE PEOPLE ON THE BUBBLE OF SERVING AND JUST SHOWING UP, THEY BELIEVE BUT DON’T APPLY IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIVES.
2: MEMBER
A) COME FAITHFULLY
B) VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH THINGS AND FUNCTIONS
C) THE HAVE A SENSE OF FULFILLMENT WITH THEIR CHURCH
POINT: MEMBERS SERVE GOD IN THEIR CHURCH, THEY GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT AND THEY GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO IT.
FINAL THOUGHT: JESUS SENT 70 BY TWOS
HE HAD 12 DISCIPLES
OUT OF THE TWELVE HE HAD THREE
70-12-3
IF YOU WERE PART OF THIS EQUATION WHICH PART WOULD YOU BE BASED ON YOUR FAITH AND WORK IN THE BODY OF CHRIST?
