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Introduction: What should our church look like?
John 1:14
Introduction: What should our church look like?
Ballet versus Baseball Country Club versus Hospital
1.The greatness of grace
John 1:14
2.The need for grace
2. The need for grace
a.
To receive grace
John 1:16
to be released from a debt
grace instead of grace (special grace not just common grace)
When a missionary came to one of the ancient Scottish kings, the king asked him what he might expect if he became a Christian.
The missionary answered: ‘You will find wonder upon wonder and every one of them true.’
How many photos have you taken with your digital camera?
You walk a bit further and it’s even better.
b.
To give grace
Seasoned with salt
3.Five people who need our grace
Four people who need our grace
1 Thessalonians 5:12
Colossians 1:13
1 Thessalonians
The wayward, the worried, the weak, the wearisome, the wicked.
admonish, encourage, help, be patient, do good
the wayward “unruly”
literally, said of soldiers who will not remain in their ranks,
1. Warn those who are unruly—those who won’t keep in step but insist on disturbing the peace of the church by their irresponsible behavior.
Here the unruly are those who refuse to work.
They are the same as those described in 2 Thessalonians 3:6–12, walking disorderly, not working, but being busybodies.
2. Comfort the fainthearted—those who need constant exhortation to rise above their difficulties and go on steadfastly for the Lord.
Concerning the KJV rendering, Comfort the feeble-minded, Ockenga remarks: “If the word meant feeble-minded we would still comfort them.
They seem to gather when the gospel is preached.”
And isn’t this a tribute to the gospel and to the Christian church?
At least there is one sphere where they find sympathy, love, and consideration.
3. Uphold the weak—that is, help those who are spiritually, morally, or physically weak.
Spiritual and moral support of those who are weak in the faith is probably the main idea, though we should not rule out financial help as well.
4. Be patient with all—show the grace of longsuffering when others tend to irritate and provoke.
The church, by the way, is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians.
It is rather a hospital for the healing of those who are imperfect.
We understand that.
The church is filled with people who fail.
It is filled with sinners.
for the healing of those who are imperfect.
We understand that.
The church is filled with people who fail.
It is filled with sinners.
As Charles Morrison once wrote,
fail.
It is filled with sinners.
As Charles Morrison once wrote,
“The Christian church is a society of sinners.
It is the only society in the world where membership is available only to those who aren’t qualified.”
sinners.
It is the only society in the world where membership is available only to those who aren’t
We are not qualified to name the name of Jesus Christ.
We’re not qualified to be a part of His church, and that qualifies us to be in it, the recognition of that and the dependence upon Him to do for us what we are unable to do for ourselves.
qualified.”
We are not qualified to name the name of Jesus Christ.
We’re not qualified to be a part of
His church, and that qualifies us to be in it, the recognition of that and the dependence upon Him to
do for us what we are unable to do for ourselves.
4.How to live out grace
a. Grace to overcome
Philippians
b.
Grace to forgive
Ephesians 4:32
c. Grace to love
d.
Grace to challenge
Proverbs 27:6
Compassion and mercy
This week I will identify the people in my life that I need to be gracious with and I will choose to do one of the following: admonish, encourage, help, be patient, do good
admonish, encourage, help, be patient, do good
When a missionary came to one of the ancient Scottish kings, the king asked him what he might expect if he became a Christian.
Barclay, W. (2001).
The Gospel of John (Rev.
and updated., Vol. 1, p. 84).
Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press.
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