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Lincoln Park UBF Membership Classes

Lincoln Park UBF Membership Classes. Class #3: Christ as Lord Part 2 (Community Life) “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ” (Eph4:15). Why Christ needs to be Lord of our community.

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Lincoln Park UBF Membership Classes

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  1. Lincoln Park UBF Membership Classes Class #3: Christ as Lord Part 2 (Community Life) “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ” (Eph4:15)

  2. Why Christ needs to be Lord of our community • Colossians 2:19: “They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.” Read Colossians 1:15-20 “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile all things to himself…” (Col1:19-20a)

  3. Why we need to join a local Christian community • Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 • Verses 12-13: a healthy local church is necessarily culturally homogenous • Verses 18 & 24: God puts the body together • Verses 15-20: a body needs people with various gifts • Verses 21-26: we need to value and care for each member in our community

  4. In Christ-centered community we grow • Read Ephesians 4:15-16 • Read 2 Thessalonians 1:3 • Read 1 Peter 2:1-3

  5. We grow in love • Read Romans 12:10; 13:9-10; 14:15 • Read 1 Corinthians 13 • Read Galatians 5:13-15 • Read Ephesians 3:17-19; 4:2; 5:1-2 • Read Philippians 2:1-3 • Read Colossians 2:2; 3:12-17 • Read 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10; Hebrews 10:24

  6. Christ’s Lordship in community • His presence among us: read Matthew 18:20; 1 Corinthians 5:4 • Honoring leaders: Hebrews 13:7,17 • Communal ministry of the word: 1 Timothy 4:13 • Carrying each others burdens: Galatians 6:2 • As Christ’s body, we reach out to the world with his truth: 1 Timothy 3:15

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