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4 The Church

The document discusses the church. It states that the church is made up of God's people, not buildings or organizations. It is a Christian community that responds to Jesus' command to love one another. The church is also referred to as the Body of Christ. The document encourages readers to be the church by allowing God to change them so they can trust others and be drawn together as a community through the love of Jesus.

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4 The Church

The document discusses the church. It states that the church is made up of God's people, not buildings or organizations. It is a Christian community that responds to Jesus' command to love one another. The church is also referred to as the Body of Christ. The document encourages readers to be the church by allowing God to change them so they can trust others and be drawn together as a community through the love of Jesus.

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The Church

Name

Lay Person

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The Church
Reasons we withdraw from others

• Fear of what others will • Memories of old hurts


think
• Fear others will find out • Fear of being used by
our weaknesses others
• Memories of betrayed • Fear of loss of power, or
confidences control of turf

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The Church
Ways we build walls to hide behind
• Material possessions
• Physical superiority, threaten or intimidate
others
• Faking it
• Being “the Know it all”
• By withdrawal - “the lone wolf”

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The Church
God’s answer for us
• God offers a relationship with Him
• God provided us with natural families
• God sent his Son so we can be
part of the family of God
• Which is “The Church”

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What is the Church?
• A Christian community that responds to Jesus’
command to love one another (John 13:34-35)
• The Body of Christ – (1 Cor. 12:12-21)
• No one is excluded
• God’s people
– Not buildings, creeds, denominations, nor organizations

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The Church
How can we BE the Church?
• God, through His Holy Spirit, changes us so we
can trust others.
• The love of Jesus draws us together in a
group.
• When we say we are the Church, we are
talking about us connected as part of a
community, the Body of Christ.

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The Church

WHO IS THE CHURCH?

WE ARE THE CHURCH!!!

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The Church
God WILLS Community

• Jesus modeled life in community for us.


• Jesus taught us to pray Our Father, who art in
heaven…. Not My Father.
• Jesus’ promise: “For where two or three come
together in my name, there am I with them.”

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The Church
Christian Life is Like a Cross

• Vertical relationship: between a

Relationship to God
Christian and God. Relationship to others

• Horizontal relationship: between


a Christian and his brothers and
sisters.
• There are no “Lone Rangers” in
Christianity

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The Church

WHO IS THE CHURCH?

WE ARE THE CHURCH!!!

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