body life… an introduction

18

Upload: qamar

Post on 23-Feb-2016

27 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

DESCRIPTION

Body Life… An Introduction . DO We Really 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.” - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Body Life… An Introduction
Page 2: Body Life… An Introduction

Body Life… An Introduction

DO WeReally Understand

Who We Are as the Church?

Page 3: Body Life… An Introduction

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.

Page 4: Body Life… An Introduction

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

Page 5: Body Life… An Introduction

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

Page 6: Body Life… An Introduction

Body Life… An Introduction

The Beauty of the Brideof Christ

Page 7: Body Life… An Introduction

Body Life… An Introduction

i. Reconciled to God

Page 8: Body Life… An Introduction

Body Life… An Introduction

ii. Reconciled to One

Another

Page 9: Body Life… An Introduction

#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?

Page 10: Body Life… An Introduction

#2

Do I sometimes struggle with placing value on the local

church because of how disconnected I feel with others

in the church?

Page 11: Body Life… An Introduction

#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?

Page 12: Body Life… An Introduction

#4

Are there personal preferences that get in the way of me

genuinely serving the church?

Page 13: Body Life… An Introduction
Page 14: Body Life… An Introduction
Page 15: Body Life… An Introduction

Ephesians 2:19

BELONGING

Page 16: Body Life… An Introduction

Ephesians 2:20

BUILDING

Page 17: Body Life… An Introduction

Ephesians 2:21

BECOMING

Page 18: Body Life… An Introduction

Ephesians 2:22

BONDING