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• Each of the topics we’ve looked at deal with specific areas…

actions, attitudes, or mindsets

…that we must keep intact lest we lose access intended for us

But…

…our faith is not only independent, it requires a team

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We must have

interconnectivity

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Proverbs 27:17

• The way “iron sharpens iron” is for one piece to abrade the another

• One piece deburrs the other, removes the rough edges, and makes it “keen”

• A blacksmith shapes iron by putting a piece into the fire until it is moldable and then striking it until the desired shape is formed

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It’s the hand of the blacksmith, one who approaches the situation

with intentional purpose, who shapes the iron

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“One Another”

• Romans 12 “be kindly affectionate to one another”

“be of the same mind toward one another”

• Galatians 6 “bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

• Colossians 3 “do not lie to one another,” and

• 1 Thessalonians 5 “comfort each other and edify one another.”

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• 1 Peter 4 “be hospitable to one another” “you have received a gift, minister it to one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”

• 1 John 1 “have fellowship with one another.”

• Fellowship •Kindness• Honesty • Hospitality • Ministering •Praying

…for one another

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• Roman’s 12 “in honor give preference to one another,”

• Roman’s 13 “love one another,”

• Romans 14“not judge one another.”

• Galatians 5“through love serve one another”

“provoke one another or envy one another.”

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“One Another”

• Honor •Love

• Serve •Don’t provoke

• Don’t judge •Don’t envy

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• Ephesians 4 “forgive one another,”

• Ephesians 5 “submit to one another in the fear of God,”

• James 5“confess your trespasses to one another and pray for one another.”

• Forgiveness •Submission• confession •Prayer…for one another

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• Romans 15“receive one another, just as Christ also received us.”

He received you just the way you were!

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We have the same responsibility to receive

one another just as they are

The sharpening will happen as we move on

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The purpose of the church family is to release Unprecedented Access in this way – God has us here…

• accepted as we are…

• to be shaped by the hand of the Lord…

• with intentional purpose as the blacksmith…

• and then sharpened by our relationships with one another

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