Phil. 4:1-3 When You Love the Church


What is the church?  
  • It is not a buildling
  • It is not an institution
  • Read Acts 2:41-42, 46 and underline these words. 

 

What is the church?  
The Church is a group of baptized believers who join together in a commitment to help each other fulfill the five purposes in their lives. 
  1. Love God with all your heart (worship)
  2. Love your neighbor as yourself (ministry)
  3. Go and make disciples (evangelism)
  4. Baptize them into (fellowship)
  5. Teach them to do all things (discipleship)
Give your first impression, what does this picture mean? 

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Unlikely Reasons why people go to church?
  • Out of habit
  • Tradition
  • Out of duty
  • Guilt
  • Pressured to Go
  • Discussion:   What would you say why you go to church? 
Philippians 4:1-3 When you love the Church...
...you treat it passionately (v.1-2)
...you help it purposefully (v.3) 

You Treat It Passionately (v.1-2) 

  1. Like a family, therefore my brothers
  2. With love, Whom I love
  3. To long for, and long for
  4. with joy, my joy
  5. as a crown

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Three things to do with passion and purpose: 
  1. Stand firm (v.1)
  2. Be of the same mind (v.2)
  3. Help (v.3) 
What in the life of your church requires you to be of the same mind as others?  In what way can you help your family? 

RESOURCES:

Biblica Reasons of Why Go To Church - Pastor Ardnt gives biblical reasons for being a part of a local church.  


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