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Make clear - message to the church.
Last week we started a series of messages to answer the question:
What or who is the church?
We talked about the biblical definition of the church and then asked this question…which I will ask you again this morning:
If you were on a deserted island with only the Bible and a few other believers...and nothing else and God said to you start a church based only on what I have told you in my Word...what would that look like?
What or Who would be that church?
All you had was God's word what would you desire to see what would be the important and emphasized things about the church that is a question we started the answer last week and we will spend many weeks going through the different components of that.
Drawing from what God's word emphasizes for us to do the same thing as the church.
If all you had was God's word to guide you...what would you desire to see…what would be a mark to you of a truly biblical church?
What would be important and what would be emphasized?
In that church?
That is a question we are asking God to answer for us…and we started to answer it last week... and we will spend many weeks going forward…as we study the different foundational components of the true church…the biblical local church.
Drawing from what God's word emphasizes for us…because we desire to be that church.
Good just take repetition and tradition and an even worldly doesn't say how do you grow a church you're going to look at this book and say is it that God is asking of us
Our desire is to build our foundation on the rock solid truth of God’s Word.
But our desire is to build our foundation on the rock solid truth of God’s Word to as and because of our love for Him do what God is asking of us.
Last week we gave a basic definition of what or who the church is
Last week we gave a basic definition of what or who the church is that we can then go back to and then build upon.
Church - God’s people set apart to gather together and then live out God’s purpose for them in the place God has put them.
And then we added to that by looking at the first church and in we said the church is devoted.
Specifically we said the church is devoted to the apostles teachings to Fellowship to the breaking of bread into prayers.
And then we built upon that by looking at the first church...in …and the foundational or even primary characteristic of the Church is devotion…devote to God and because of the love of Christ in us…and by the power of the Spirit...devoted to one another.
The church is devoted.
Then specifically we saw that the church is devoted to each other in their devotion to:
the apostles teachings
to Fellowship
to the breaking of bread
and prayers.
Question I want to ask this week is what is the reason for that Devotion to God and each other?
If the primary thing about the church is that it is devoted to God glory to the name and fame of Jesus Christ and then in that devotion or because of that devotion devoted to one another it's people handle and teach God's word in the way we spend time fellowshipping and getting to know one another and loving one another and all of the one another's pray together and in the way we break bread to meals and communion weather if that is the primary about the church is that kind of devotion.
Where does that come from?
And why?
The question we are going to ask of God’s Word this morning is:
What is the reason for that devotion to God and each other?
What work must the Spirit do upon our hearts to lead us to that kind of devotion?
If the primary characteristic of the church is that it is devoted to God, devoted to the glory and fame of Jesus Christ…that devotion will show in the way we as the church:
-Uphold and teach and preach and love and obey God’s word…we are devoted to the teachings.
-Uphold and teach and preach and love God’s word…devoted to teaching it.
-The way we fellowship with one another and gather together....whether in our homes or at our worship gatherings or other eventswe do…or cookouts…our at community events in the city....we are devoted to spending time together in fellowship.
-In the way we break bread together…whether through meals and later communion…we are to be devoted to breaking bread together.
-And in the way we pray together and are devoted to that kind of prayer.
The Church is devoted...
But where does that come from?
And why?
We can also ask what does not drive that kind of devotion in a church.
Can say pretty clearly it is not guilt, religious activity, or simply following the religious Traditions handed down to us,
This week we are going to look at how the church is united in love.
So then what is it underlies and is the foundation church that is devoted.
So then what is it underlies and is the very foundation of a church that is devoted.
This week we are going to look at how the church is united in love.
This week we are going to look at how the church is united in love.
The Church is United in Love
The Church is United in Love
This one is such a big deal that Jesus prayed about it for us…which is where our text comes from this morning.
The church is called and even commanded to be United in love.
We can ask ourselves a few questions.
Where does that love come from?
Where does that love come from?
Why is being united in our love for one another so important?
And then the foundational question for us...Do we as the church love one another?
If we grow this church with the primary goal of getting as many people as possible in the door…If we succeed to build a church because of all the technologies and talent and music and lights and we use the world's agenda and techniques…and soften or change some of God’s Word…even the Word love...and tons of people come and we did all that without...actually having a deep, abiding love for one another.
What did we build?
Is that a church ?
What would be our point?
If we don't love another…if we build a church were the people look around at each other...at our gatherings and barely know one another…or just have these superficial relationships...but not do not radically love one another.
If we are not sacrificing for one another...bearing with one another…extorting one another…encouraging one another...caring for one another…giving to one another...forgiving one another…instructing one another...truly loving one another.
What are we?
What are we?
And to go back to last week…how can we be devoted to one another if we are not united in what we are devoted in.
So devotion to one another and unity with one another go hand in hand.
And to go back to last week…we cannot be devoted to one another…devoted to teaching of the word to one another, devoted to fellowship with one another, devoted to the breaking of bread in meals and communion with one another, and devoted to prayer with and for one another...unless we love one another.
We know this because of a warning given to us by Paul in .
You can not have unity without truth…so we are devoted to the Word.
And that kind of devotion will lead to us being united to one another in love.
Let me say that one more way...
There is no devotion to one another without us being devoted to submitting ourselves to the truth of God’s Word…and there is no love without truth.
But when we truly know and love the truth…it will produce in us a deep unity and love for one another.
God's desire is not that people would walk in here and be blown away by my teaching, our music, our building, our lights.
God's desire is also not that people would walk in here or watch us live and see a people who is bored with God or without affection for one another.
God's desire is not that people would walk in here and be blown away by my teaching, our music, our building, our lights, or anything else.
God's desire is also not that people would walk in here or watch us live and see a people who is bored or unaffectionate.
God's desire is that people would walk in here or see the way we live our lives together and be blown away by our love for him and our love for one another…so they would believe the truth we are devoted to.
God's desire is that people would walk in here or see the way we live our lives together and be blown away by our love for him and our love for one another.
That people would walk in here and be like what are these people so passionate about?
Who is this God that they love so much?
Why do they talk about Jesus like they love him as a person who is alive and that they know and is with them?
And why in the world do the love one another so deeply?
In a world confused by what family is, and relationship is, and by what love is.
In a world where we all live for ourselves and in our own little cocoons.
In a world confused by what family is, and relationship is, and by what love is.
God's desire is that the world would see us and say love those people love one another .
God's desire is that the world would see us and say those people love one another.
We're going to talk about our love for God and love for his word in a few weeks.
The great preacher Johnathon Edrwards would say that is one of my main responibilites to you as a preacher.
To raise your affections for God and for one another as high as I possibly can, provided your are affected with nothing but the truth of God word.
With that...
Let's go to .
We're going to talk about our love for God and love for his word in a few weeks.
This morning I want to focus on our definition of church and how it relates to our love for one another.
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