What is the Church?
Should I Be A Member of A Church
2 Thessalonians 1:3-4
We are bound to thank God always for you , brethren, as it is meet, because that you faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Churches are made up of people! By definition a church is: A visible assembly of called out believers who have been baptized and who have covenanted together to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Every true Christian ought to be a member of a local church!
I. CHURCH MEMBERS SHOULD BE SAVED.
One of the biggest problems with Christianity today is that churches all over America are filled with members who aren't saved!
A) A lot of people don't even know what it means to be born again!
They are like Nicodemus in John 3, "How can a man be born when he is old?"
They think just joining a church makes them saved.
B) Listen at what the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 13:5!
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
II. CHURCH MEMBERS SHOULD BE BAPTIZED BIBLICALLY!
Jesus said in Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
A) Baptism is a picture of Christ's death, burial and resurrection! It identifies you as who you are and who you belong to!
B) Baptism is a picture of the new birth!
C) It shows to others that you are no longer the person you used to be!
God gave only 2 commandments to a sinner: Repent and be baptized. (Acts 2:38)
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III. CHURCH MEMBERS SHOULD ATTEND THEIR CHURCH FAITHFULLY.
Hebrews 10:25 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.
IV. CHURCH MEMBERS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT
There are too many so called Christians who have no consistency in life.
They are in and out, up and down, no consistency in any facet of life.
2 Corinthians 6:14 -18
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Be'-li-al? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temply of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I WILL DWELL IN THEM, AND WALK IN THEM; and I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
17 Wherefore COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, AND BE YE SEPARATE, saith the Lord, AND TOUCH NOT THE UNCLEAN THING; AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU,
18 AND WILL BE A FATHER UNTO YOU, AND YE SHALL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, saith the Lord Almighty.
We should be careful who we hang out with!
We should be careful about the things that we do!
We should be careful about our music, our language, and our appearance!
We are most certainly a reflection of the Body of Christ!
V. CHURCH MEMBERS SHOULD BE GENEROUS WITH THEIR RESOURCES.
2 Corinthians 9:7 God loveth a cheerful giver.
Acts 3:6 but such as I have, give I thee: KJV
*All bible verses are from the King James Version
1. To the cause of Christ
2. To the well-being of the Church
3. To the furtherance of the Gospel
4. I Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
5. To give your all to Christ!
Assistant Pastor: Dale Brewer - Wednesday Evening Bible Study Handout
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