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9 Marks of a healthy church Week 1- what is the church?

9 Marks of a healthy church Week 1- what is the church?. Mark dever Jonathon Leeman. Issues and Answers Schedule. 9 Marks of a Healthy Church through Feb 24 and possibly during April What is the Church? Preaching/Teaching Membership…why? Leadership….calling Doctrine/Theology

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9 Marks of a healthy church Week 1- what is the church?

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  1. 9 Marks of a healthy churchWeek 1- what is the church? Mark dever Jonathon Leeman

  2. Issues and Answers Schedule • 9 Marks of a Healthy Church through Feb 24 and possibly during April • What is the Church? • Preaching/Teaching • Membership…why? • Leadership….calling • Doctrine/Theology • Great Commission • Missions • Two exceptions: • January 20….Sanctity of Life Sunday…North Care Clinic Presentation • February 10: Indian Creek Foundation Revisit • March is Missions Month

  3. Upcoming Church Events • Congregational Dinner (6 PM) & Business Meeting (7 PM) Saturday, January 12. • Budget Approval • Building Update • March for Life Monday January 18; $12 per person; be at church at 5:45AM • Annual Consistory Retreat • Friday-Saturday January 25-26

  4. What is the (local) Church?

  5. 9 Marks Intro – What is the church? • Mark Dever attempts to answer two questions: • What is the the church supposed to be like? • Why is the church supposed to be a that way?

  6. Video • https://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/marks-healthy-church/what-church/

  7. 9 Marks Discussion – What is the church? • What are the three characteristics of a healthy church according to the apostle Paul? • Define characteristic #1 - holiness • I Corinthians 1:2 and 1:8 • What does it mean to be ”pure”? • I Corinthians 3:16 • How does the wisdom of God relate to the wisdom of the world? • How does church membership tie into holiness? • Why does discipline matter?

  8. 9 Marks Discussion – What is the church? • Characteristic #2 – United • I Cor 1:10-13 – Call for no divisions among you, no quarrelling • Rid ourselves of worldly divisions • I Cor 11:18 – existence of “divisions among you” • I Cor 3:3 – “fleshly” • Dever describes the “church of the modern music”, the “church of a certain ethnicity”, the “church of this pastor”. He says we are supposed to transcend that? How?

  9. 9 Marks Discussion –What is the church? • Characteristic #3 – United in Love • Love edifies – I Cor 8:1 • We are to seek to the good of who? • Our neighbor – I Cor 10:24 • Why does Paul place prophecy above tongues in Ch 14? • Dever says the “worship wars are backwards” – what does he mean? Is he realistic? • 14:12 – edification of the church • 14:26 – all things are to be done for edification of others, the body in the church

  10. 9 Marks Discussion –What is the church? • Why should the church be like this– Holy, United, Loving? • Character of the the church is to reflect what/who? • I Cor 11:1 – Be imitators of Christ • I Cor 2:11-13 – Spiritual thoughts – God gave them to us • I Cor 2:16 - We have the mind of Christ • Do you ever think of yourself of “not your own”? (I Cor 6:19-20) Is that NOT radical? • We are all different…we have different gifts…but we all have the same Holy Spirit • I Cor 12:4-11

  11. Next Week – first Mark of a healthy church – Expositional preaching Give ‘em Heaven!!

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