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Luke 14:25-27, 33
25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to
them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own
father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters,
yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27 Whoever
does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my
disciple… 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce
all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Luke 14:25-27, 33
25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to
them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own
father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters,
yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27 Whoever
does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my
disciple… 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce
all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Definition of a Church
What a church IS:
• A group of believers who organize together to do
what a church does: preach the word, make
disciples, baptize converts, celebrate the Lord’s
Table.
Definition of a Church
What a church is NOT:
• Camp or conference
• Home group or Bible study
• Radio station or podcast
• Building or business
• Entertainment show
• Self-help or personal empowerment club
• Individualistic, consumeristic, private experience
1 Corinthians 12:12-26
• Verse 12 – the church body has many different
and important parts
• Verse 13 – you belong to the church body
• Verse 15 – you cannot say about yourself, “I don’t
belong here”
• Verse 18 – God arranged the body as He chose
1 Corinthians 12:12-26
• Verse 21 – you cannot say about someone else,
“You don’t belong here”
• Verses 24-26 – God composed the body…that
there be no division in the body, but that the
members may have the same care for one
another
Mark 10:45
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to
serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Hebrews 10:24-25
• Command – “let us consider”
• Purpose of the command – “how to stir up one
another to love and good works”
• How NOT to obey – “not neglecting to meet
together”
• How to obey – “but encouraging one another”
• Importance of the command – “all the more”
Ephesians 4:11-16
• Verse 12 – every Christian has a job to do
• Verse 15 – how we are to grow up…into Christ
• Verse 15 – by SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE
Examples
(Marshall)
Bill is chatting to George after church, and shares with
him how encouraged he was by a particular verse in the
Bible that day.
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(Marshall)
Alison is worried about her friend Debbie, who
struggles with anxiety and has been missing church
quite a lot.
Alison writes her a one-page letter, offering
encouragement, quoting a few Bible verses, and
offering to get together to pray.
Examples
(Marshall)
Warren goes to a Bible study group each week at Jim’s
house with six other people.
He makes sure that he has
read and thought about the passage before he goes,
and prays that God would help him to say true and
encouraging things in the group.
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Irene is quite elderly and finds it hard to get out, but
she phones her friend Jean every second day, talks to
her about the Bible passage she has read that morning
and prays with her over the phone.
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Michael meets one to one every fortnight over
breakfast with his mate Steve, who is a new-ish
Christian.
They use a Bible study booklet to work
through some of the basic issues of living the Christian
life.
Can you imagine a church like this?
A people…
• Who understand their true identity and purpose
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