Apostolic Succession: What’s the Real purpose of the hierarchy?
SPIRITUA L FAMILY What’s the purpose of a… Or…why should the church be important to me?
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SPIRITUAL FAMILY
What’s the purpose of a…
Or…why should the church
be important to me?
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1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
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1 Timothy 3:15
But if I am delayed, I write so that you may
know how you ought to
conduct yourself in the house
of God, which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and ground of the
truth
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Being a Christian is more than believing…it includes belonging!
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Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and
foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints
and members of the household of GodEphesians
2:19
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How will a church and/or spiritual family help me?
1. A church family will help
me FOCUS ON GOD
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Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and
with all your mind.’ This is the first and great
commandment.
Matthew 22:37-38
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Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
Psalm 34:3
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How will a church and/or spiritual family help me?
2. A church family will help me
FACE MY PROBLEMS so I’m not alone
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Who died for us, that whether we wake or
sleep, we should live together
with Him. Therefore comfort each other and
edify one another, just as
you also are doing.
1 Thessalonians
5:10-11
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Finally, all of you be of one mind, having
compassion for one another; love as brothers,
be tenderhearted, be courteous
1 Peter 3:8
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So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of
one another.
Romans 12:5
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How will a church and/or spiritual family help me?
3. A church family will help me
GROW IN MY FAITH
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Therefore, leaving the discussion of the
elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying
again the foundation of repentance from dead
works and of faith toward God
Hebrews 6:1
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How will a church and/or spiritual family help me?
1. A church family will help me
DISCOVER MEANING through helping
others
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For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10
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There are differences of ministries, but the
same Lord…Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.1 Corinthians
12:5, 27
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How will a church and/or spiritual family help me?
1. A church family will help me
TELL MY FRIENDS about God’s way
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But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so
that I may finish my race with joy, and the
ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of
the grace of God.
Acts 20:24
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For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” How then
shall they call on Him in whom they have not
believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not
heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
Romans 10:13-14
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How do I get
the most from a spiritual family?
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Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to
them. And they continued
steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and
fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in
prayers…
Acts 2:41-42, 46
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…So continuing daily with one accord in the
temple, and breaking bread from house to
house, they ate their food with
gladness and simplicity of heart
Acts 2:41-42, 46
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One last thought:REMAIN
CONNECTED