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Introduction: There are a variety of teams.
Sports teams, chess teams, bands are a type of team, many of you work on teams at work.
There are clubs to join.
Throughout most of our lives we have probably had it hammered in our heads that teamwork is essential to success.
And in many cases those teams become family.
Even to this day, I am still connected to people I played football with in high school.
Teamwork makes the dream work.
Alone we go fast but together we go far.
However, I like the idea that we are better together.
When I lived in Livermore, I was a member of a cycling team…a Christian cycling club.
With that membership came certain expectations.
People took it very seriously.
And on the road, we looked our for each other.
And as we had opportunity we shared the gospel with people on the road.
Many of you are part of organizations, clubs, or even have careers that imply expectations.
The church is a family .
Most of the books written on Church membership that I could find have all been written within the last 25 years.
Why?
Because prior to that, it seems to have been taken for granted.
Some may wrongly believe that church commitment is not biblical.
Some may say that “I am a part of the universal church, why do I need to be a part of the local church”
But we have to look at what the Bible teaches about how Christians are to live and interact with one another.
It shouldn’t take us long to wee clearly that without church membership, certain aspects of the Christian life just don’t make sense.
John Piper state that Church membership is implied in the Bible in 5 specific ways:
By the way a church is instructed to discipline its members.
(Matthew 18)
By the way a church is instructed to submit to and honor its leaders.
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By the way, pastor/elders/leaders are instructed to care for their flock.
(Acts 20:28)
By the metaphor of a body.
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By the way churches are instructed to dis-fellowship with members who, even after discipline and correction, refuse to receive correction leading to repentance.
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Transition: Therefore, if we are to accept that church commitment is God’s design and plan, what then does commitment to the local church look like?
And what is it’s intended purpose?
Let’s read
Hebrews
I feel like Hebrews is in some way a critique on the early church’s lazy view of their church relationships.
People had one foot in and one foot outside.
The author of Hebrews wanted people to commit.
Big Idea: Be Committed to Jesus and One Another
Big Idea: Be Committed to Jesus and Each Other
1. Commitment to Jesus is commitment to each other.
is an assurance that we are accepted by Jesus because of His sacrifice on the cross.
Not because you’re good enough.
Not because of your money.
And not because you just love Jesus so much.
You have access to Jesus by faith in what He did on the cross.
And with that confidence comes expectations…to other Christians.
In the context of a team, commitment almost always implies a commitment to the team.
That only together we can achieve our goals.
And anyone who has ever served on a team knows the devastating effects even one person can have when they aren’t truly committed.
Now I think many of us get this when it comes to a sports team.
A work team.
A club.
But what about the church.
When it comes to church, I think we need to define what exactly we are committing too.
Is it to a building?
An hour and a half on Sunday morning?
A doctrinal statement?
A person?
Not just the pastor but the guy who comes because of the pretty girl.
Children because their parents make them.
Anything short of total and complete commitment to people in this room is not commitment to Jesus.
Why because the church is a family and a community and based on the relationships that are built here.
The accountability that we have with one another.
The bible is filled with talk about relationships in the context of church.
Galatians
Now let’s make this clear, “one another” refers to followers of Jesus.
While there are many in the world who have issues and problems, our priority is the body of Christ.
With the world we give the gospel.
Commitment to one another necessarily means that we learn to depend on one another not just for help in a time of need but accountability in a time of laziness and sin.
So much of the theological error running rampant in the church today would have been averted had a close friend spoken up and rebuked his or her friend for spouting nonsense.
Some of you might be asking, should I be more committed to the church than my own family?
Well that depends on if your biological family is a part of the community of faith.
As followers of Jesus, we should have the
THE HARD TRUTH: I have more in common with an African Christian whom I have never met and whose language I don’t speak than a family member that rejects Jesus and His church.
Are you truly committed to people in this room?
Now some of you are visitors and I don’t expect you to commit to people in this room....yet.
But know that if you should make this church your family, God expects you to be fully committed.
Now, before we go any further, I want to say, that no church is perfect.
North Hills is no exception.
There are areas where we are doing well and areas where we seriously need to work together to get better.
And in order to get better in these areas, it will take everyone committing to doing their part.
2. Commitment to each other helps us all better commit to Jesus.
Teams are by their very definition selfless.
In that the team works for the betterment of everyone involved.
It’s usually a single goal or end.
You get a lot out of it, but in the end it’s not about you.
It’s about the team.
What is the end goal of being a part of the community of faith?
Now the goal of the Christian life is not to be a part of a great church.
It’s not to find a godly spouse.
It’s not to have fun on friday night or even to have friends.
The goal of the Christian life it to become more and more committed to Jesus.
And I’ve never met anyone in my life who could honestly say, they have a thriving relationship with Jesus and did all on their own.
The truth is we need one another.
To stir us up to love and good works.
Reflection: What will you change in your life so that you can better commit to those in this room?
First and foremost, we need to determine if we are truly committed to Jesus.
Have we embraced Jesus?
Have we recognized that it was our sin that separated us from God?
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