SERMON SERIES: LESSONS FROM FIRST CORINTHIANS 1 - 4 SERMON ONE: MAKING UNITY A REALITY SERMON TEXT: 1 CORINTHIAN 1:10-17 SERMON INTRODUCTION A. One of the main reasons cults have such an impact on the world is their unity. B. Many Christian church have split because of serious quarreling (this has been…

Snap shots of a church 4 Philippians 2:1-4 An image of a unity in the church For the church to examine itself and see where it needs to improve Unity Through Humility 7 steps to unity Introduction: Last week unity with disunity coming from the outside This week unity with disunity coming from the inside…

1. God wants us to be united (vs. 32). 2. God wants us to be unselfish (vs. 32b & 34-35). 3. God wants us to be unleashed (vs. 33). 4. God wants us to be uplifting (vs. 36-37).

SERMON SERIES: LESSONS FROM FIRST CORINTHIANS 1 - 4 SERMON FOUR: FAITH IN THE POWER OF GOD SERMON TEXT: 1 CORINTHIAN 2:1-5 SERMON INTRODUCTION A. One of the main reasons cults have such an impact on the world is their unity. B. Many Christian church have split because of serious quarreling (this has…

The Body of Christ Paul wanted the church to know, to be informed, not to be ignorant (1Cor12:1) about the unity of the body that comes from the diversity of gifts within the body. Today we will look at his analogy and take a look at some of the gifts and set up for the bond that holds the gifts together.…

Application Discipleship is not just for knowledge it is for application. This series has been learning or being reminded of being a disciple (follower through application) of Jesus Christ. Today we are looking at a major theological application that promotes unity and calls for protection of the unity…

I have a confession to make. I am not a gardener. I have never been good at it and I do not think I will ever be good at it. If you are going to be a good gardener, I imagine it requires several things. First, it starts with an investment of time. If you are going to have a beautiful garden, it is a…

In Ephesians 4 Paul starts to explain how all the amazing truths he has shared up to now translate into everyday life for the Christian. He starts by showing how the church is both unified and diverse, and how we need humility, love, patience and respect for both one another and the different gifts God gives each of us to grow into mature children of God.

A Christian lives in a spirit of unified fearlessness for the truth of the Gospel

When your government is ungodly: 1. Stick together with God's people (vs. 23-24). 2. Seek God's help (vs. 24-31). 3. Speak the truth about Jesus (vs. 31).

Intro We have a prayer sheet that goes into the bulletin each week. It’s a list of ways that you can be praying for each other. Sharing prayer requests is something many of us are familiar with. Some of us keep our own list of things that we pray for — things that we ask God for. One of the things we’ve…

Accept One Another Romans 15:7 “Accept (welcome) one another as Christ has accepted (welcomed) you, for the glory of God. 1. Our Mandate: “Accept one another” Q: What are some reasons the average person won’t befriend another person? This concept comes after the verses on unity and is key to it. Q: What…

This homily is my last word delivered at Wilmore Anglican Church. I call the congregation to a local and faithful presence to one another and to Wilmore.

Gifts to the Church From spiritual gifts to the church (Eph4:7-10) Paul gets into describing some of the gifts for the church (v.11) and then the reason why (v.12-13) and the results (v.14) when applied (v.15-16). Tonight we are going to briefly look at the gifts for the church to start with. 11 And…

Unity Unity (noun) the state of being united or joined as a whole. Jesus is the One who brings unity, commands unity, tells us to pursue unity, protect unity and then we can proclaim unity. So guess what, It is Christ, the way of unity that we are looking at today. In our series thus far we have looked…

SERMON SERIES: LESSONS FROM FIRST CORINTHIANS 1 - 4 SERMON ONE: MAKING UNITY A REALITY SERMON TEXT: 1 CORINTHIAN 1: 10 -17 SERMON INTRODUCTION A. One of the main reasons cults have such an impact on the world is their unity. B. Many Christian church have split because of serious quarreling (this has…

Message on Unity

One In Christ

Unity...Why the enemy is trying to destroy it. Jesus prayed, "that they will all be one, just as you and I are one— as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me." How do you live out the saying, "in essentials unity, in non-essentials freedom and in all thing love in our offendable world?

When Charles Evans Hughes was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, he moved to Washington and transferred his membership to a Baptist church there. His father had been a Baptist minister, and Hughes had been a lifelong witness to his own faith in Christ. It was the custom…

· Bible Study 16th Sept 2009 Bible Reading Phil 1 - 2:11 · Theme – Unity and the Gospel · Text Phil 1:27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together…

TEXT: Philippians 2:1-4 TOPIC: Pleading Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Church, Center Point, Alabama Sunday morning, January 14, 2007 (Background and portions of the outline come from Lehman Strauss' Devotional Commentary to Philippians, pages 74-104) NOW – If you brought your copy of God’s word please…

Unity in Diversity in Community 4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. “Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,...” “I hate people.” People make things messy. This proverb is an Metaphor We are the Oxen. Irritable, fat headed, & messy…

We are all called to serve God. It is wonderful when we do this as individuals. But it is vastly more powerful when we do it together. We need to know that our service for God has more impact when we serve with one another in unity.