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INTRODUCTION
Introduce Elder Mike Yates and his wife Cindy.
The NT is full of instructions and how-to’s when it comes to church.
The structure, order and even how to settle disputes can be found in the pages of the NT.
There is also at least 2 places that scripture describes goals that a church can strive for and I believe, can reach!
Do you believe that the Bible is the word of God? Say it to your neighbor.
Do you believe that it is perfect and without error?
Say it to your neighbor?
Do you believe the Bible would say that something is possible but is actually not?
Say it to your neighbor.
I believe that when the word of God says that something it possible that it is an achievable goal!
There are 2 places that I have found in God’s Word that do just that.
The first one, you are probably familiar with.
The second one, I read last week and I don’t feel like I was able to get into enough.
What is interesting is that one set seems to point towards outward goals and the other towards inward goals.
You’ll see what I mean So, let’s take a look at two achievable, biblical goals that we can strive for!
Let’s start with the Inward goals.
These are goals of depth in our lives.
INWARD CHURCH GOALS
There is so much in this passage!
Its one of my favorites because it my job description in the Bible.
As a Pastor, I am called to build up the saints for the work of ministry.
To build up the body of Christ.
But check out these achievable, biblical goals for the body of Christ, which is the church.
We talked about them briefly last week.
UNITY OF THE FAITH
These points that we should be unified around are described in Ephesians 4:4-7
That was can be unified around these core beliefs.
These essentials.
This is achievable!
UNITY IN KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
That we can grow together in knowledge about who God is!
To know the heart of Christ.
To know the depths of His love.
To know the depths of His grace and mercy.
That we can not just grow in head knowledge but is experiential knowledge.
That we can have first hand knowledge of who He is because we experienced it together.
Do you think this is achievable if we are sharing life together?
TO MATURITY, THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST
I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t fully grasp the phrase fulness of Christ.
I started down that path some yesterday and honestly, I should have devoted more time to it.
Twice in the book of Ephesians, Paul writes that we can be filled with the fullness of God.
Can I be honest with you?
Though I may not be able to fully understand it, (lean in) I really, really want it.
I may not be able to full grasp the phrase but I can grasp the fact that it has to do with maturity is Christ.
Can we just say it, there are ways that mature Christians act, and there are ways that immature Christians act?
I’m sorry if that hurts your feelings but the word describes the difference right here.
An immature Christian, is like a child that is tossed back and forth by this doctrine or that scheme.
An immature Christian is one that is deceived by those that would rather change doctrine to culture as opposed to change culture to doctrine.
There are any number of false teachers out there talking about different gospels or adding things to gospel.
Many are being deceived and led astray from the truth in God’s word right now.
But a mature Christian is built up and attains unity in the faith and in true knowledge of who God is.
A mature Christian can stand firm on the principle found in the Word of God.
A mature Christian speaks truth in love.
Don’t we normally leave one of those things out?
We speak truth without love or we love without speaking truth?
Maturity can give your self-control to speak truth in love.
A mature Christian is growing up continuously to conform into the image of the head, Christ.
We pursue Christ-likeness with all that we have.
When we strive for these goals, we can become a body that comes together Ephesians 4:16
This is also, an achievable, biblical set of inward goals.
Internally, but also in unity with the body, we CAN accomplish these goals!
Look at somebody and say, “we can do this!”
But thank the Lord, once again there is a “how-to”.
First of all, remember,
WE ARE ALL PRISONERS FOR THE LORD.
We do not belong to ourselves anymore.
We do not belong to this world anymore.
To be in Christ, is to be purchased and to die to self.
Therefore, we must
WALK IN A MANNER WORTHY OF THAT CALLING.
You and I should walk through life remembering and honoring that agreement that we are not our own anymore!
When we surrender to Christ as our Lord and Savior, we surrendered our lives to live for Him and die to self.
We are way to self-centered!
We think that our walk with Christ should revolve around us and our needs, our desires.
But news-flash, IT DOESN’T!
I’m sorry if the Bible is asking you and me to do things that doesn’t fit into our normal routines and schedules.
But honestly, I’m not sorry!
Have you not heard the rewards promised today?
Have you not heard that you have been called into a life dying to self?
Have you not heard that you are not your own?
Its not about you!
And its not about me.
We are prisoners to Christ, we willingly surrendered to Him.
Now, we should be walking in a manner that reflects that.
And how does that look?
Haven’t we just been talking about these things?
Humility.
I am a prisoner.
Gentleness.
Speaking the truth in love.
Patience.
Maturity doesn’t happen overnight.
It is a life pursuing Christlikeness.
Unity of the Spirit will provide a bond of peace.
How do we do it?
We walk by the Spirit and not by the flesh.
We can not do it by our own strength.
In fact, we must die to our supposed strength.
We must be in unity about being Spirit-fill and Spirit-led.
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