CHURCH: THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD
1 CORINTHIANS 1:1-9
FEBRUARY 17, 2019
WE ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR SERIES ON THE CHURCH AND HOW TO APPLY IT TO OUR CHURCH HERE IN CAMPBELLTON. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CHURCH AS A “FELLOWSHIP” OF BELIEVERS.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT THE CHURCH IS NOT THE BUILDING WE WORSHIP IN. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE AWAY THIS BUILDING WE COULD STILL HAVE A CHURCH IN CAMPBELLTON. THE CHURCH IS NOT MADE UP OF EVERYONE WHO ATTENDS A CHURCH EITHER AS NOT EVERYONE WHO COMES TO CHURCH IS “BORN-AGAIN.”, OR A BELIEVER. MANY PEOPLE WHO ATTEND CHURCH ARE WHAT WE WOULD CALL SEEKERS OR PEOPLE SEEKING ANSWERS.
THE CHURCH IS INDEED A “FELLOWSHIP” OF BELIEVERS, BUT WHAT IS A “FELLOWSHIP”? AND HOW DOES IT APPLY TO THE CHURCH?
ESSENTIALLY, A “FELLOWSHIP” IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE, WHO COME TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS, UNITED BY THE CONVICTION THAT WHY THEY ARE JOINING TOGETHER IS RIGHT, AND THEY WILL DEFEND THEIR POSITION NO MATTER THE CONSEQUENCES.
WHEN WE SAY THAT THE CHURCH IS A “FELLOWSHIP” WE ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD, AND THAT HE AND HE ONLY CAN PROVIDE OUR MEANS OF SALVATION AND HAVE SURRENDERED OUR LIVES TO HIM. IT MEANS THAT WE FOLLOW THE LEADING OF CHRIST AS OUR LORD, REGARDLESS OF OUR PERSONAL FEELINGS, AND ARE WILLING TO LIVE OUR LIVES ACCORDING TO OUR BIBLICAL STANDARDS.
IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE CHURCH THE BODY OF BELIEVERS COMES TOGETHER AND MINISTER TO ONE ANOTHER. THEY HEAR THE WORD OF GOD AND PRAY TOGETHER. THEY EXPERIENCE THE MOVING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS HE TOUCHES HEARTS AND DRAWS THEM CLOSER TO GOD. THEY SEE PEOPLE HEALED AND RELATIONSHIPS MENDED. IT’S LIKE GETTING A FORETASTE OF WHAT HEAVEN WILL BE LIKE.
THE BIBLE DESCRIBES BEING A PART OF THIS FELLOWSHIP IN ROMANS 12:15:
ROMANS 12:15: REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE; MOURN WITH THOSE WHO MOURN.
THE CHURCH AS PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD SHARE A BOND THAT ONLY TRUE BELIEVERS CAN SHARE. WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT NOT ALL PEOPLE WHO ATTEND CHURCH ARE BELIEVERS. SOME PEOPLE ARE SEEKERS, THEY SEEK INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO GO TO HEAVEN. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ATTEND CHURCH BECAUSE IT IS SOCIALLY ACCEPTED TO DO SO. IT IS GOOD P.R. AND CAN HELP YOUR BUSINESS IF PEOPLE SEE YOU IN CHURCH.
DAVID JEREMIAH SAYS THAT TO BE PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE CHURCH IS THE MOST EXCLUSIVE/INCLUSIVE THING YOU CAN EVER DO. IT IS EXCLUSIVE BECAUSE THE STANDARDS ARE HIGH. JESUS SAID:
JOHN 14:6: JESUS ANSWERED, “I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.
THIS MEANS THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BECOME A PART OF THE “FELLOWSHIP” OF THE CHURCH IS BY ACCEPTING CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND LORD. IT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL GET TO HEAVEN. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD TODAY AND THEY ALL WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU FLOLLOW THEM YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS JUST ONE. IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE. IN THIS WAY IT IS VERY EXCLUSIVE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS EXCLUSIVE GROUP IS ALSO THE MOST INCLUSIVE GROUP YOU CAN FIND. IT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE TO BE A PART OF.
ROMANS 10:12-13:
FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JEW AND GENTILE—THE SAME LORD IS LORD OF ALL AND RICHLY BLESSES ALL WHO CALL ON HIM, 13 FOR, “EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.
WE CAN ALL BE A PART OF THIS FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS. WE CAN SHARE THE COMMON BOND OF JESUS LOVE AND GRACE, SAVED BY HIS MERCY AND THE BLOOD THAT COVERED OUR SINS ON CALVARY.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:21: GOD MADE HIM WHO HAD NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, SO THAT IN HIM WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
ONLY BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS CAN SHARE THIS COMMON BOND OF JESUS GREAT GIFT OF SALVATION. AND TODAY IF YOU HAVEN’T BECOME A PART OF THIS FELLOWSHIP, LET ME TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON.
BACKGROUND TO CORINTH:
THE GOSPEL WAS FIRST PREACHED AT CORINTH BY PAUL ON HIS SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY, AROUND A.D. 50. HE LIVED WITH AQUILA AND PRISCILLA AND PREACHED IN THE SYNAGOGUE UNTIL OPPOSITION FORCED HIM TO MOVE TO THE HOUSE OF TITIUS JUSTUS.
PAUL REMAINED IN THE CITY 18 MONTHS.
HE REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THE CHURCH THROUGH A SERIES OF FOUR LETTERS, TWO OF WHICH WE KNOW AS FIRST AND SECOND CORINTHIANS. IN THESE LETTERS HE ADDRESSES MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THE CHURCH WAS FACING. PROBLEMS SUCH AS DIVISION (1:11), IMMORALITY (5; 6:9-20), AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING MARRIAGE, FOOD, WORSHIP AND THE RESURRECTION.
CONTEXT OF THE PASSAGE:
PAUL BEGINS THIS LETTER IN HIS USUAL WAY. HE DEFENDS HIS APOSTLESHIP STATING THAT HE AND SOSTHENES ARE CALLED BY THE WILL OF GOD.
SOSTHENES WAS A FELLOW LOCAL MINISTER BUT NOT AN APOSTLE. HE WAS ONCE A RULER OF THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, BUT BECAME A CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY.
ACTS 18:17: 17 THEN THE CROWD THERE TURNED ON SOSTHENES THE SYNAGOGUE LEADER AND BEAT HIM IN FRONT OF THE PROCONSUL; AND GALLIO SHOWED NO CONCERN WHATEVER.
OUTSIDE OF THIS WE DON’T KNOW ANYMORE ABOUT HIM.
PAUL IS SPECIFIC IN Vvs. 2-3 TO CLEARLY ADDRESS WHO THIS LETTER IS WRITTEN TO. IT IS WRITTEN TO THOSE BORN-AGAIN, THOSE CALLED TO BE HIS SET APART OR HOLY PEOPLE. THE LATTER PART OF V.2 IS ADDED SO THAT THE LETTER CAN HAVE MORE OF A UNIVERSAL SCOPE. WE CAN SAY IT WAS WRITTEN FOR US JUST AS IT WAS FOR THE PEOPLE OF CORINTH.
PAUL’S THANKSGIVING FOR THE CHURCH IS FOUND IN Vvs. 4-8. HERE HE IDENTIFIES THE CHURCH AS GOD’S CHURCH, AND THE REALIZATION THAT ALTHOUGH IT HAS MANY PROBLEMS, IT STILL HAS BEEN BLESSED BY GOD WITH ALL THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
THE CHURCH IS LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN IN THIS REGARD. WE ARE STILL WORKS IN PROCESS, PROGRESSING FORWARD TO THE FINAL GOAL OF BEING PRESENTED PURE AND SPOTLESS AS THE BRIDE TO HER BRIDEGROOM CHRIST.
V. 9 IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE REMAINDER OF OUR TIME. IT STATES THAT GOD HAS CALLED US INTO FELLOWSHIP WITH HIS SON. THE FELLOWSHIP THAT WE SHARE WITH EACH OTHER IS A BYPRODUCT OF THE FELLOWSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE SON. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ARE THE BENEFITS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEING PART OF THIS FELLOWSHIP.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEING IN FELLOWSHIP:
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF A FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS.
1. WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE FRIENDSHIPS WITH NON-BELIEVERS BUT NOT FELLOWSHIP.
HOW WE RELATE TO NON-BELIEVERS CAN BE A DIFFICULT AREA IN A CHRISTIANS LIFE. IT ARISES FROM DETERMINING THE LINE BETWEEN FRIENDSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP.
FRIENDSHIP IS BEING FRIENDLY WITH ANOTHER PERSON. FRIENDLY CONVERSATION, FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES, A FRIENDLY GESTURE CAN BE WELCOMED AND NOT HARM YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK. IT IS SOMETHING THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES CAN BE QUITE CLOSE AND PERSONAL. IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE AND SHOULD BE SHARED WITH NON-BELIEVERS.
FELLOWSHIP CANNOT BE SHARED WITH NON-BELIEVERS. TRUE FELLOWSHIP CAN ONLY BE SHARED WITH BORN-AGAIN BELIEVERS. WE SHARE THE COMMON BOND OF JESUS BLOOD AND ONCE THAT FELLOWSHIP IS ENTERED INTO, TO WALK BACK TO THE WAY YOU WERE BEFORE YOU WERE SAVED, IS A WALK WITH THE WORLD. THIS GOES AGAINST ALL BIBLICAL TEACHING. PAUL SAID:
ROMANS 12:2: DO NOT CONFORM TO THE PATTERN OF THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TEST AND APPROVE WHAT GOD’S WILL IS—HIS GOOD, PLEASING AND PERFECT WILL.
A FRIENDSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A CHRISTIAN CAN ALLOW YOU TO BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF IT. FELLOWSHIP THOUGH INCLUDES, ACCOUNTABILITY, EXHORTATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOUR FAITH WHICH A NON-BELIEVER CANNOT GIVE. IF YOU HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE WORLD, IT NOT ONLY PUTS YOU IN THE WORLD, BUT IT MAKES THE WORLD PART OF YOU. YOU CAN’T HAVE BOTH.
MATTHEW 6:24: “NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS. EITHER YOU WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR YOU WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY
JESUS IS SAYING YOU HAVE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO ONE OR THE OTHER. IF YOU SAY YOU WANT TO LIVE FOR HIM, THEN LIVE FOR HIM. YOU CANNOT HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRISTIANS AND FELLOWSHIP WITH NON-CHRISTIANS. THE NON-CHRISTIANS HAVE SOMETHING MISSING FROM THEIR LIVES WHICH YOU HAVE AND THAT IS CHRIST.
AS A RESULT YOUR MORAL AND ETHICS WILL BE DIFFERENT. YOUR WANTS AND DESIRES WILL BE DIFFERENT. WANTING TO PLEASE CHRIST MAY BE UNDERSTOOD BY YOUR FRIENDS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT SHARED.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO CUT OURSELVES OFF FROM OUR FRIENDS. WE MAY BE THE ONLY AVENUE THEY HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT CHRIST. OUR FELLOWSHIP THOUGH MUST BE RESERVED FOR CHRISTIANS AND THE SHARED BOND OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
2. WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL TO NON-BELIEVERS.
BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LIFE-TRANSFORMING GRACE AND MERCY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN SHOW SOMEONE ELSE HOW TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
JESUS TOLD THE DISCIPLES:
MATTHEW 28:18-20:
THEN JESUS CAME TO THEM AND SAID, “ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME. 19 THEREFORE GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, 20 AND TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. AND SURELY I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, TO THE VERY END OF THE AGE.
CHRISTIANS DURING JESUS TIME WERE SOMETIMES CALLED, “THE PEOPLE OF THE WAY.” THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD TELL OTHERS ABOUT CHRIST, AND COULD SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO BECOME FOLLOWERS.
THIS HASN’T CHANGED SINCE THE TIME OF CHRIST, AND WILL NOT CHANGE IN THE FUTURE UNTIL CHRIST RETURNS. BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS AND ONLY BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOVE, GRACE AND MERCY OF GOD IN THEIR LIVES AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
THERE IS A LITTLE STORE IN FREDERICTON THAT HAS THE BEST CARMELS YOU HAVE EVER TASTED. THEY ARE SO SOFT AND SWEET, AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY WON’T DAMAGE MY FALSE TEETH. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE TO YOU. YOU CAN GET MANY NICE THINGS FOR YOUR HOME THERE AND THEY HAVE A FANTASTIC ASSORTMENT OF KEURIG COFFEES. IT’S CALLED WHEATON’S AND I CAN GIVE YOU CLEAR DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO GET THERE, OR BETTER YET TAKE YOU THERE MYSELF.
THIS IS WHAT WITNESSING IS. TAKING SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER HEARD THE GOOD NEWS, SHARING THE GREAT WAY THAT SALVATION HAS IMPACTED YOUR LIFE, AND OFFERING THAT INDIVIDUAL THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THAT IN THEIR OWN LIVES. THE BIBLE SAYS:
PSALM 34:8: TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD; BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO TAKES REFUGE IN HIM
OUR THIRD RESPONSIBILITY AS PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS IS NOT TO FORSAKE OUR ASSEMBLING TOGETHER.
THE MANDATE OF SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR
HEBREWS 10:25: NOT GIVING UP MEETING TOGETHER, AS SOME ARE IN THE HABIT OF DOING, BUT ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER—AND ALL THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING
THE REASON WE SHOULD BE COMING OUT TO CHURCH IS TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. WE SHOULD BE HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR US, AND HOW WE SHOULD LIVE FOR HIM. WE LEARN THE SCRIPTURE AND HOW TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD AND YET NOT BE A PART OF IT.
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER WE EXPERIENCE THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE BODY, GAINING STRENGTH FROM THEM, BUT ALSO SEEING PEOPLE STRENGTHENED BECAUSE OF US.
WE ARE NOT TO GIVE UP MEETING TOGETHER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS UNBIBLICAL AND AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE SHARE AS PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS. NOW LETS SEE THE BLESSINGS OR REWARDS.
FIRST: THERE IS SECURITY IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE ASSURANCE THAT HE BRINGS TO THE BELIEVERS HEART.
JUDE 24: TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM STUMBLING AND TO PRESENT YOU BEFORE HIS GLORIOUS PRESENCE WITHOUT FAULT AND WITH GREAT JOY—25 TO THE ONLY GOD OUR SAVIOR BE GLORY, MAJESTY, POWER AND AUTHORITY, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, BEFORE ALL AGES, NOW AND FOREVERMORE! AMEN.
THERE IS AN ETERNAL DIMENSION TO THIS FELLOWSHIP THAT ONLY BORN-AGAIN BELIEVERS CAN KNOW AND UNDERSTAND. THE WORD “BLAMELESS” MEANS UNREPROVABLE OR GUILTLESS.
IT IS A BLESSING TO KNOW THAT WHEN I STAND BEFORE THE LORD I KNOW I WILL HEAR HIM SAY, “WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.” I MAY WONDER IN THIS LIFE ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I KNOW I WILL HEAR THAT.
WHEN THE DAY OF THE LORD COMES, THOSE WHO TRULY KNOW JESUS AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR, ARE PRESERVED BY THE BLOOD AND POWER OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
THE SECOND BENEFIT OF BELONGING TO THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS IS UNITY.
DIVISION WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH AT CORINTH, AND IT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH TODAY. IT USUALLY IS CAUSED BY PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEIR EYES OFF OF SERVING CHRIST AND ALLOW THEIR PRIDE TO GET IN THE WAY.
THE PSALMIST SAID:
PSALM 133:1: HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE LIVE TOGETHER IN UNITY!
THIS UNITY IS SOMETHING THAT THIS WORLD CANNOT KNOW. JESUS PRAYED FOR HIS CHURCH TO KNOW IT:
JOHN 17:20-21:
20 “MY PRAYER IS NOT FOR THEM ALONE. I PRAY ALSO FOR THOSE WHO WILL BELIEVE IN ME THROUGH THEIR MESSAGE, 21 THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE, FATHER, JUST AS YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU. MAY THEY ALSO BE IN US SO THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE SENT ME.
THE UNITY OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS CALLED THE CHURCH SHOULD BE LIKE THE UNITY BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON. TRY TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT IF YOU ARE THAT CLOSE. WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT UNITY AS WE MEET FOR OUR BUSINESS MEETING NEXT WEEK.
THE THIRD BENEFIT OF BELONGING TO THIS FELLOWSHIP IS MATURITY
THE LONGER WE ARE PART OF THE CHURCH, THE MORE WE WILL MATURE INTO THE TYPES OF CHRISTIANS JESUS WANTS US TO BE.
EPHESIANS 4:13-16:
UNTIL WE ALL REACH UNITY IN THE FAITH AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD AND BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST. 14 THEN WE WILL NO LONGER BE INFANTS, TOSSED BACK AND FORTH BY THE WAVES, AND BLOWN HERE AND THERE BY EVERY WIND OF TEACHING AND BY THE CUNNING AND CRAFTINESS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR DECEITFUL SCHEMING. 15 INSTEAD, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, WE WILL GROW TO BECOME IN EVERY RESPECT THE MATURE BODY OF HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, THAT IS, CHRIST. 16 FROM HIM THE WHOLE BODY, JOINED AND HELD TOGETHER BY EVERY SUPPORTING LIGAMENT, GROWS AND BUILDS ITSELF UP IN LOVE, AS EACH PART DOES ITS WORK
OUR MATURITY COMES FROM SITTING UNDER ANDE SHARING WITH EACH OTHER THE TRUTHS OF GOD’S WORD. IT OFFERS US THE ABILITY TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS, AND TO UNDERSTAND WHY SOME DECISIONS ARE MADE.
THE FOURTH ASPECT OF BEING A PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS IS THE ETERNAL DIMENSION
ROMANS 8:38-39:
38 FOR I AM CONVINCED THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE, NEITHER ANGELS NOR DEMONS, NEITHER THE PRESENT NOR THE FUTURE, NOR ANY POWERS, 39 NEITHER HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, NOR ANYTHING ELSE IN ALL CREATION, WILL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
THERE IS AN ETERNAL DIMENSION TO OUR FELLOWSHIP AS BELIEVERS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THIS FELLOWSHIP TIME HAS NO BARRIERS. WE MAY FACE A BRIEF INTERRUPTION AS WE PASS FROM THIS WORLD INTO ETERNITY, BUT ONCE THERE WE WILL HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER ETERNALLY. WE WILL BE IN THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST FOREVER, WE WILL BE WORSHIPPING CHRIST AND LOVING EACH OTHER WITH THE LOVE THAT WAS FIRST EXPRESSED TO US THROUGH CHRIST. WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE!
PERHAPS YOU ARE NOT A PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS BUT WOULD LIKE TO BE. I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO STATE YOUR DESIRE TO ACCEPT CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR BY COMING FORWARD AS WE SING OUR FINAL HYMN TODAY. I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BECOME PART OF GOD’S CHURCH AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF BORN-AGAIN BELIEVERS.
