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BIBLICAL COMMUNITY

BIBLICAL COMMUNITY. MinistryLift Small Group Conference ACTS Seminary Friday, February 28, 2014.

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BIBLICAL COMMUNITY

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  1. BIBLICALCOMMUNITY MinistryLift Small Group Conference ACTS Seminary Friday, February 28, 2014

  2. Large group gatherings provide the safety of relative isolation from the lives and needs of other people. But in a small group of people I am provided with the opportunity of becoming a functioning member of lifeboat #14.

  3. The core values of any church demand a setting where they can work. Your large group worship and preaching gatherings are encouraging and beneficial but the true accomplishment of your core values is only found in a small group gathering.

  4. Your goal is to be a family where each person is known and cared for.

  5. Your goal is to be a family where each person is known and cared for. Colossians 3:12-15: Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

  6. Your goal is to be a hospital, caring for those who have been hit and run over by life.

  7. Your goal is to be a hospital, caring for those who have been hit and run over by life. Isaiah 61:1-3: The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners—and provide for those who grieve—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning and a garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness.

  8. Your goal is to be a celebration rejoicing in the attributes and the acts of God.

  9. Your goal is to be a celebration rejoicing in the attributes and the acts of God. Psalm 105:1-4: Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of his wonderful acts. Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.

  10. Your goal is to be a school, training in biblical truth and a biblical lifestyle.

  11. Your goal is to be a school, training in biblical truth and a biblical lifestyle. Colossians 1:28-29: We proclaim Christ, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end we labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.

  12. Your goal is to be an army that invades this dark world to bring people from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light.

  13. Your goal is to be an army that invades this dark world to bring people from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. Acts 26:17b, 18: I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

  14. I Peter 2:4,5—Asyou come to Him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to Him—you also like living stones are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  15. Our identity is found in a metaphor—we, as Christians, are living stones, being built into a spiritual house.

  16. We are a community – verse 5Christianity that is not lived in community is not Christianity at all!

  17. We are a community – verse 5Christianity that is not lived in community is not Christianity at all! • We are a people – verse 10A Christian is called out of insignificance into significance.

  18. We are a community – verse 5Christianity that is not lived in community is not Christianity at all! • We are a people – verse 10A Christian is called out of insignificance into significance. • We are called – verse 9, 10A Christian is called out of darkness into God’s wonderful light.We are called out of no mercy into mercy.

  19. WE ARE CALLED TO BE:

  20. WE ARE CALLED TO BE: • A Chosen PeopleWe have been chosen by God and He has a covenant relationship with us.

  21. WE ARE CALLED TO BE: • A Chosen PeopleWe have been chosen by God and He has a covenant relationship with us. • A Royal PriesthoodWe have been given access to God and the task of bringing others to God—we are bridges!

  22. WE ARE CALLED TO BE: • A Chosen PeopleWe have been chosen by God and He has a covenant relationship with us. • A Royal PriesthoodWe have been given access to God and the task of bringing others to God—we are bridges! • A Holy NationWe are chosen to be different, to be set apart.

  23. WE ARE CALLED TO BE: • A Chosen PeopleWe have been chosen by God and He has a covenant relationship with us. • A Royal PriesthoodWe have been given access to God and the task of bringing others to God—we are bridges! • A Holy NationWe are chosen to be different, to be set apart. • A People Belonging to GodWe have a new value, a new dignity, a new purpose because we belong to God.

  24. Peter Senge in his book THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE, noted that “…to change the behaviour of any system, you must identify and change the limiting factor.”

  25. Mistrust is a suspicion, a belief that someone has a hidden agenda; it expresses itself in doubts and suspicions

  26. Mistrust is a suspicion, a belief that someone has a hidden agenda; it expresses itself in doubts and suspicions • Distrust is a certainty; you are sure that someone is acting dishonestly or can’t be relied upon

  27. Perhaps trust could be defined as: An assured reliance on the character, ability, strength or honesty of anyone.

  28. STOP PASSING JUDGEMENT ON ONE ANOTHER

  29. STOP PASSING JUDGEMENT ON ONE ANOTHER Romans 14:13 says, “Let us stop passing judgment on one another.”

  30. STOP PASSING JUDGEMENT ON ONE ANOTHER Romans 14:13 says, “Let us stop passing judgment on one another.” Do not judge or you will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you....why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7:1-5

  31. DEFINITION: considering your own position on a disputed matter as superior to others and expressing criticism and condemnation at their disagreement.

  32. DEFINITION: considering your own position on a disputed matter as superior to others and expressing criticism and condemnation at their disagreement. • The Bible leaves some issues of conduct and doctrine up to the conscience of the individual believer. Conformity is not necessary for mutual love.

  33. DEFINITION: considering your own position on a disputed matter as superior to others and expressing criticism and condemnation at their disagreement. • The Bible leaves some issues of conduct and doctrine up to the conscience of the individual believer. Conformity is not necessary for mutual love. • We are not to make demands on other believers which the Bible does not make.

  34. DEFINITION: considering your own position on a disputed matter as superior to others and expressing criticism and condemnation at their disagreement. • The Bible leaves some issues of conduct and doctrine up to the conscience of the individual believer. Conformity is not necessary for mutual love. • We are not to make demands on other believers which the Bible does not make. • Issues that the Bible leaves to the conscience of an individual believer should NOT be made the basis for an individual's belonging

  35. DO NOT SLANDER ONE ANOTHER

  36. DO NOT SLANDER ONE ANOTHER James 4:11—Brothers, do not slander one another.

  37. DO NOT SLANDER ONE ANOTHER James 4:11—Brothers, do not slander one another. Definition: Speaking of a fellow believer in such a way as to discredit, dishonour, depreciate or belittle his/her character or actions.

  38. DO NOT SLANDER ONE ANOTHER James 4:11—Brothers, do not slander one another. Definition: Speaking of a fellow believer in such a way as to discredit, dishonour, depreciate or belittle his/her character or actions. • It indicates contempt for God. James 3:9—With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.

  39. DO NOT SLANDER ONE ANOTHER James 4:11—Brothers, do not slander one another. Definition: Speaking of a fellow believer in such a way as to discredit, dishonour, depreciate or belittle his/her character or actions. • It indicates contempt for God. James 3:9—With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. • God’s motivation is restoration. Galatians 6:1—Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

  40. DO NOT LIE TO ONE ANOTHER

  41. DO NOT LIE TO ONE ANOTHER Colossians 3:9-10—Donot lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self.

  42. DO NOT LIE TO ONE ANOTHER Colossians 3:9-10—Donot lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self. Definition: Distorting the truth in any way so as to deceive a fellow believer.

  43. Proverbs 6:16-17—there are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to Him: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue…

  44. Proverbs 6:16-17—there are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to Him: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue… Proverbs 12:22—the Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in men who are truthful.

  45. BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER

  46. BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER I Thessalonians 5:11— ...therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

  47. BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER I Thessalonians 5:11— ...therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.Definition: Building up one another is a process of interaction among believers that promotes, by example and teaching, the development of Christ-like character and behaviour in one another.

  48. BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER

  49. BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER • No believer can fully develop Christ-like character and behaviour apart from the ministry of other believers.

  50. BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER • No believer can fully develop Christ-like character and behaviour apart from the ministry of other believers. • All believers are to be involved in building up other believers.

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