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The Church
Part 2 of 4
Rex Bonar
The Beauty of the Body of Christ
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This morning all over America, over 100,000,000 Americans will do what you are doing right now.
They will go to a church service.
Why?
Guilt, tradition, habit, etc.
What would be your answer?
(last week) Why we exist?
philosophically
(today) practically
(follow the outline)
Underpinnings of the ministry structure that we pursue as a church.
5 benefits of being a part of the Body of Christ
1.
It helps me *magnify* (know and love) God.
Psalm 34:3
"O magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together."
You were made to worship.
It is an inborn instinct.
If you don't worship God, you will worship somehthing.
You worship your car, business, boat, wife or husband, self or something.
Jn.
4:24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth."
The Father is seeking those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth.
These are the only two qualifications for worshiping God in the Bible.
* In spirit*...talking about the human spirit, the inner person; honestly, from the heart,
Contrasting Samaritan worship with the worship of Judaism
Samaritans only accepted the Pentateuch as coming from God.
They lacked knowledge about the fulness of what they were worshiping (4:22).
They were enthusiastic, aggressive, excited, faithful, but didn't have the right content.
They worshiped in spirit but not in truth.
The Jews were the opposite (4:22b).
They had the truth but their hearts were empty.
Paul - For God is my witness , whom I serve (latreuo= worship) with my spirit.
(Rom.
1:9)
David - Psalm 103:1 "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name."
God doesn't care about the style.
He loves diversity.
It is not a matter of being in the right place at the right time, with the right words, the right demeanor, the right clothes, the right formalities, the right activities, the right musical style or the right mood.
It's what's on the inside.
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*2.
It helps me to stay motivated as a member.*
Rom.
12:4,5* *
This is the purpose of membership.
It provides care and support when you get down.
Anybody get down?!
Rom.
12:4,5 "For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another."
NIV "so in Christ we who are many form one body, and *each member belongs to all the others."*
Christianity is a relationship, not only to God but also to every other Christian.
When you became a believer, you not only belonged to God, but you now belong to every believer.
We don't talk about this enough.
The Bible says that belonging demonstrates that I am a true believer.
ill.
complex of churches as "home church" See what is playing.
In the NT, there was no such thing as a floating believer.
Hopping around from church to church.
That would be like Joe Montana saying I want to play football in the national football league but I don't want to be a part of any particular team.
Or, I want to be in the US Army, but not a part of any particular platoon.
Only in America do you have floating believers.
Throughout history, throughout the world, being a Christian means to be a member of a local church.
There was no such thing as a Christian who was not a member of a local church.
ill.
I love Jesus, but I don't want to be a member of any particular local church.
I'm a member of the invisible church.
There are at least 30 commands in the Scripture that you cannot obey if you do not commit yourself to some local body, a church.
You become a Christian by committing your life to Christ.
But, you become a church member by committing yourself to another group of Christians.
Heb.
10:25 "...not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the day drawing near."
One of the purposes of membership is to encourage.
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campfire ill. of coals taken from the fire.
I Cor.
12:13
the church is not a business it is a body
the church is not a building it is a body
it is not a club, it is not an institution.
It is a body.
Baptism is the symbol of belonging in that body.
Don't put off baptism.
"Pastor , when can I get advertised?"
It is an advertisement for Jesus.
How would it be if I said to my wife, "Honey, let's get married but not tell anybody about it!?"
Or, "I'll make vows to you in my heart but not be public about them."
Or "I love you, it's your body (physical existence, not physique) I can't stand."
I Cor.
12:27
There is no such thing as a Christian maverick ("I can just go out into the woods and commune with God") Members of the Body of Christ
v.4
As you grow in your spiritual life, you will begin to discover that you have been entrusted with a divine ability to serve this body, Christ's body.
God makes you a contributing member of the Body.
An ounce of prevention:
How a beautiful body can become ugly.
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When certain members of the body develop an inferiority complex.
I Cor.
12:15,16
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so many gifted and talented, you don't really need me.
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working at some of the mundane work, "I don't want to be an ear any more."
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