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We Are Here, Part 2
0 CommentsYesterday was part two of a series on our primary purpose and calling as believers. My focus was on what it means to love the church.
At one point I cited some of the “one another” commands in Scripture—examples of the kind of multifaceted love we’re to have for brothers and sisters in the church. I said we’d make them available online so that you didn’t have to write them all down. Here they are:
• Be devoted to one another (Romans 12:5)
• Honor one another (Romans 12:10)
• Rejoice with one another (Romans 12:15)
• Serve one another (Galatians 5:13)
• Carry one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2)
• Forgive one another (Ephesians 4:32)
• Encourage one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11)
• Offer hospitality to one another (1 Peter 4:9)
• Confess our sins to one another (James 5:16)
• Pray for one another (James 5:16)
Options for reviewing and applying the message:
• Listen online or download an mp3.
• Download a summary outline in PDF format.
• Use the following questions for further reflection and application to your life.
1. How is loving your neighbor an expression of loving God?
2. On what is your love for the local church based? Is your loved based on certain friends, a particular leader, or specific activities and ministries? Or is your love because of the love God has shown in the gospel?
3. Have you allowed any offense to divide you from a fellow believer? What can you do to reconcile and pursue unity?
4. Are there any ways that your heart has grown cold toward the church? What would it look like to repent and cultivate a renewed affection for the church?
5. What is the next practical step (i.e., becoming a member, committing to attend and invest in care group, serving, etc.) you can take to express the priority of loving the local church?
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