Sunday, May 3, 2015

The Purpose Drive Life: Belonging – May 3, 2015







We are created and formed to the family and counted as community. None of us can operate independently to fulfill God’s purpose.

1 Corinthians 3:16     Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?

Ephesians 2:21     In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.

You must do more than believe; you must belong as well.  Membership is not something to be taken lightly or to be ignored. The church is God’s gift and purpose for the world.

Matthew 16:18     And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Ephesians 5:25     Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Colossians 3:16       Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Being part of a church moves you past self-centeredness and immaturity in faith. Being part of a church helps develop spirituality and marks you as a genuine believer. You are called to a mission.

John 13:35     By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."  
             
1 Corinthians 12:26     If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

1 John 3:16     This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.


1 Corinthians 12:6-8     …There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;…


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