SF259 - God's People Exalting Christ Through Fellowship (1 Corinthians 3 9)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF259

@RECORD = 03/17/91 Cornerstone

@TITLE = GOD'S PEOPLE<R>Exalting Christ Through Fellowship

@LEVEL ONE = 1 CORINTHIANS 3:9

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Working Together Is The Biblical Model For The Church

@ILL TITLE = THREE CLASSES OF MEMBERS

@ILL TEXT = Workers ‑ Jerkers ‑ Shirkers

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. GOD'S LABORERS

@LEVEL TWO = Key is functin not status

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. The Role Of The Deacon (ACT 6:1‑7)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Servant

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Minister

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Peace maker

@LEVEL FOUR = Direct result was evangelism

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. The Role Of The Member

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Minister

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Involver

@LEVEL FOUR = Involve others ‑ always reaching out!

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Helper

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@LEVEL ONE = 2A. GOD'S FIELD

@SCRIPTURE = Husbandry = farm

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Becoming Fertile Soil

@SCRIPTURE = LUK 8:15<R>But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Bearing Precious Seed

@SCRIPTURE = PSA 126:6<R>He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

@LEVEL ONE = 3A. GOD'S BUILDING

@LEVEL ONE = CARE AND MAINTAINANCE

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Preventative Maintainance

@SCRIPTURE = HEB 10:23‑25<R>Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Restorative Maintainance

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Principle for restoration

@SCRIPTURE = GAL 6:1‑2<R>Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Procedure for restoration

@SCRIPTURE = MAT 18:15‑17<R>Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.  But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.  And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Radical Maintainance

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Cause for action

@LEVEL FOUR = Immorality

@SCRIPTURE = 1CO 5:4‑5<R>In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

@LEVEL FOUR = Heresy

@SCRIPTURE = TIT 3:10<R>A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject;

@LEVEL FOUR = False Professions

@SCRIPTURE = 1JO 2:19‑20<R>They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.  But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

@LEVEL FOUR = Rebellion against church authority

@SCRIPTURE = MAT 18:17<R>And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

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@LEVEL FOUR = Hypocrisy

@SCRIPTURE = ACT 5

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Course of action

@SCRIPTURE = 2TH 3:6<R>Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

@LEVEL FOUR = The church should refuse to have fellowship with them

@LEVEL FOUR = The church should refuse to support the wrong living of the offender

@LEVEL FOUR = The offending member should be refused any office or place of leadership in the church.

@LEVEL FOUR = They should be dealt with as unbelievers.

@LEVEL FOUR = The church should seek to win them to Christ.

@LEVEL ONE = CONCLUSION

@LEVEL TWO = We all have a part to play.

@LEVEL TWO = We must do our part in order to realize the full blessings of God.