WE ARE FAMILY!
THE CHURCH AS A FAMILY #1
We are family! A true church is a family.
WE ARE BORN AND ADOPTED
John 1:10-13, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Romans 10:9-13
Galatians 4:3-7
Have you been born and adopted into the Family?
WE ARE ESTABLISHED AND COMMANDED
Matthew 16:13-19, 1 Corinthians 3:11, Ephesians 2:19-22, Psalm 118:22 (Universal church and Local Church)
Matthew 28:18-20 (The Family Business)
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE (One way or another)
We need to ask:
- Are we as a church and I as an individual carrying a Stretcher? Matthew 9:1-7
- Or are we as a church and I as an individual carrying a coffin? Luke 7:11-12 (If the local church is not winning people to Christ, it will eventually die!
- There is hope for us, as a church, and me, as an individual. Luke 7:13-16
