You Don’t Need Church

Topic Notes

• Welcome!
• Is it true that you don’t need to be a part of a church in order to follow Christ?
• Belonging to a Community of Faith
• Why is Jeff judging Dave?
• Mercy and Accountability
• The Bible never tells the church to punish someone who asks for forgiveness.
• Forgiveness and Community – The rare relationship
• Acts 2:42-47 = RESULTS!
• People in a church = church problems
• So, what is “a church”? Primarily, it is a local gathering of Christians committed to each other and meeting together to do important business of God!
• Ekklesea = Town Meeting (church)
• Matthew 5:23-24
• Part of God’s business is unity among people who believe.
• Ephesians 4:11-16 – the Church is a body!
• Verse 13 basically says this: The goal of Church and my faith is to reach unity with my fellow followers of Jesus, to know Jesus, and become mature like Jesus!
• The purpose of Pastors and teachers is to give you what you need to achieve those goals.
• FIRST: must speak the truth, in love, to other Christians to help achieve our goals of unity and maturity.
• SECOND: must be willing to accept correction from people in my Church too.
• Individualism doesn’t produce love; being part of a community does

BIBLE CONTRADICTION

via the Freedom From Religion Foundation
Shall we keep the sabbath?
Exodus 31:15 vs Colossians 2:16

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