body life… an introduction

Body Life… An Introduction

DO WeReally Understand

Who We Are as the Church?

Body Life… An Introduction

“What a contrast there is between the principles that the

early church originated and fostered, and those that the

modern and progressive church presents as substitutes.”

E.M. Bounds, Guide to Spiritual Warfare (p.57.

Body Life… An Introduction

“The church is not a theatre, that we should listen for amusement…for it is

vainly and irrationally we meet together if we have but been amused for the time, and return home empty and void of all improvement from the

things spoken out of the Word of God.”

Chrysostom, 347-407

Body Life… An Introduction

“The mission of the church – the Bride of Christ, or

Body of Christ – is to get ready to meet the Bride

Groom (Jesus).”

Billy Sunday, 1862-1935

Body Life… An Introduction

The Beauty of the Brideof Christ

Body Life… An Introduction

i. Reconciled to God

Body Life… An Introduction

ii. Reconciled to One

Another

#1

Do I sometimes struggle with my attitude toward the local church because of what another person has done, said, or how

someone else has made me feel?

#2

Do I sometimes struggle with placing value on the local

church because of how disconnected I feel with others

in the church?

#3

Am I tempted at times to minimize the importance of commitment to

the local church because there seems to be a loss of relevance

between the church and my life, and the lives of my contemporaries?

#4

Are there personal preferences that get in the way of me

genuinely serving the church?

Ephesians 2:19

BELONGING

Ephesians 2:20

BUILDING

Ephesians 2:21

BECOMING

Ephesians 2:22

BONDING