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(not the building!)

“What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.” (1 Corinthians 14:26). (not the building!). YOU are the Church.

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(not the building!)

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  1. “What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.” (1 Corinthians 14:26)

  2. (not the building!) YOU are the Church

  3. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. (Ephesians 2:19-20)

  4. What is God’s purpose for the church? To be a holy temple in the Lord where he dwells by his Spirit.

  5. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. (Ephesians 2:21-22)

  6. What is God’s purpose for the church? To be a holy temple in the Lord where he dwells by his Spirit.

  7. If you are the temple of God, are others seeing the glory of God in that temple?

  8. Church is about participation not passivity!

  9. Passivitation WHAT??? The idea that we have participation through passivity

  10. “All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.”(1 Corinthians 14:26)

  11. “What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.” (1 Corinthians 14:26)

  12. Church is about participation not passivity!

  13. Do you receive value from your church involvement?Are you adding value to the church community?

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