The Church as a Community

THE CHURCH AS A C OMMUNITY

~Introductory Thoughts:

Fellowship and community must be centered on from the Word. - Act 2:41-42

Fellowship and community must center around the . - Philippians 1:3-5

God calls us to be part of His fellowship and community. - 1Corinthians 1:9

Fellowship and community are part of . - 2Corinthians 8:4

Fellowship and community and others up. - 1Thess. 5:11

Fellowship and community are to be extended to our ` family. - Gal. 2:9

“Forsaking” is more than just not being at , - Hebrews 10:24 -25

I. Community thrives when people see church as a real

Galatians 6:10; I Timothy 1:2; 3:15; 5:1-2

II. Community thrives when people see church as a real

Romans 12:3-8; I Corinthians 12:12-27

A. Many , One

B. By God’s

III. Community thrives when people to one another

I Corinthians 15:3

A. Always bring the - John 4:7-26; I Corinthians 1:4-9

~Who God is, what He is like and what He is doing

B. Notice, and what is good - Philippians 4:8; I Thessalonians 5:11

C. Be to how words will affect others - Proverbs 12:18; James 3:1-12

THE CHURCH AS A C OMMUNITY

~Introductory Thoughts:

Fellowship and community must be centered on from the Word. - Act 2:41-42

Fellowship and community must center around the . - Philippians 1:3-5

God calls us to be part of His fellowship and community. - 1Corinthians 1:9

Fellowship and community are part of . - 2Corinthians 8:4

Fellowship and community and others up. - 1Thess. 5:11

Fellowship and community are to be extended to our ` family. - Gal. 2:9

“Forsaking” is more than just not being at , - Hebrews 10:24 -25

I. Community thrives when people see church as a real

Galatians 6:10; I Timothy 1:2; 3:15; 5:1-2

II. Community thrives when people see church as a real

Romans 12:3-8; I Corinthians 12:12-27

A. Many , One

B. By God’s

III. Community thrives when people to one another

I Corinthians 15:3

A. Always bring the - John 4:7-26; I Corinthians 1:4-9

~Who God is, what He is like and what He is doing

B. Notice, and what is good - Philippians 4:8; I Thessalonians 5:11

C. Be to how words will affect others - Proverbs 12:18; James 3:1-12

D. Communicate so clearly you cannot be - Colossians 4:4

E. Offer loving correction ~ + - Proverbs 27:6;

Ephesians 4:15-16

IV. Community thrives when people delight in displaying God’s

to others - Ephesians 4:32

A. Regularly practice & - Acts 2:42-47; I Peter 4:9

B. Comfort those in - Romans 12:15

C. Sacrifice to the needs of others, especially those who

are hard to love - Luke 6:27-26; Acts 4:32-37; Romans 12:20

D. Providing diaconal care for the widowed, elderly, poor and unemployed -

Matthew 25:36-40; James 1:27

~Take Time to Love~

V. Community thrives when people one another as image bearers of the living God

A. Accept one another as accepted us - Romans 15:7; I Peter 5:5

B. Respect one another - Acts 2:11-22; Galatians 3:26-39; James 2:1-9

C. Replace critical judgments with charitable judgments - I Corinthians 13:4,7

D. Preserve peace and others’ reputations

1. Resist - Proverbs 26:20

2. Resist - James 4:11

E. Never give up on a or leave the church without making every effort to your concerns and your differences - Romans 12:18