Acts 17:6 (NKJV) // These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.
- Comfortable, not Effective
- Movie vs Gym
- Church was for Church People
- If we’re not careful, we’ll create church culture for church people.
- If the message is Jesus is for everybody, the church should be for everybody.
Acts 15:19 // “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.”
- The church does not exist solely for the sake of the people who are inside, but for those who are not inside yet.
Matthew 16:13-18 // When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
- ἐκκλησία (ekklesia)
- ek = out of
- kaleō = to call
- Ekklesia - Gathering, Movement
- Monument
- Jesus predicted a people, not a place.
- “I will build MY church” - Jesus
- The primary activity of the church was one-anothering one another.
- Forgive one another - Ephesians 4:32
- Accept one another - Romans 15:7
- Care for one another - Galatians 6:2
- Encourage one another - Hebrew 3:13
- Submit to one another - Ephesians 5:21
- Bear with one another - Colossians 3:13
- Restore one another - Galatians 6:1
- Carry one another’s burdens - Galatians 6:2
- Love one another - John 13:34
