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“Doing” ChurchThere is something wrong with our Christianity when we have to beg most of our crowd to come to church to hear about it.
—Vance Havner
Morgan, R. J. (2000). Nelson's complete book of stories, illustrations, and quotes (electronic ed.) (125). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
The Early Church and “Doing” Church
“And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they
did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.”
(Acts 5.42; ESV)
Doing Church vs. Being Church
Doing:
the act of performing or executing
plural a : things that are done or that occur
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doing
Doing Church vs. Being Church
Being:
the quality or state of having existence; conscious existence
the qualities that constitute an existent thing: essence
a living thing
http://m-w.com/dictionary/being
Doing Church vs. Being Church
Be:
to equal in meaning : have the same connotation as :
to have identity with
to belong to the class of
http://m-w.com/dictionary/be
Why Should I Stop “Doing” Church?
Doing is performing, specifically the act.
Being is identification based on qualifications.
Performing is not believing!
Why Should I Stop “Doing” Church?
“This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain
they do worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of
men.”
(Matthew 15.8-9; ESV)
Why Should I Stop “Doing” Church?
“The world at its worst needs
the church at its best.”
—Anonymous
Morgan, R. J. (2000). Nelson's complete book of stories, illustrations, and quotes (electronic ed.) (119). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
Doing Church vs. Being Church
Are you the church or do you come to church?
Do you fellowship with brothers and sisters?
Being the Church Involves Others
Titus 2.11-15
“training”
“to live”
Declare these things; exhort rebuke with all authority.
Doing Church vs. Being Church
Are you the church or do you come to church?
If you have retire from church, then you retired Christ!