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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
