Sermon Outline
- Broken Communities abound and are define by:
- Arguments (Mk 9:34)
- Betraying one another (Mt 24:10)
- Bring charges against one another (Acts 19:38, 1Cor 6:7)
- Compare ourselves to one another (2Cor 10:12)
- Hate one another (Mt 24:10, Titus 3:3)
- Incorrectly Judge someone (Acts 28:4)
- Scheme (Mk 12:7, Lk 6:11)
- Consumed with wrong passion for one another (Rom 1:27)
- Grumbling against others (James 5:9)
- Trample one another (Lk 12:1)
- Bite, Devour and Consume each other (Gal 5:15)
- Provoke one another (Gal 5:26)
- Mock others among ourselves (Mk 15:31)
- Biblical Community Defined[1]
- apart from God community is broken
- True community begins in God reconciling people to himself
- The act of reconciliation with God affects the way we live with others
- Community
- One Anothers’
- Ask Questions of each other (Mk 4:41, 16:3, Lk 4:36, 22:23)
- Instruct one another (Rom 15:14, Col 3:16, 1Th 4:18, Heb 3:13)
- Make Plans together (Lk 2:15)
- Confess to one another (Jam 5:16)
- Forgiving (Eph 4:32)
- Do good to one another (1Th 5:15)
- Include Praying for one another (James 5:16)
- Extending Hospitality to one another (1Pet 4:9)
- Comfort one another (2Cor 13:11)
- Speak truth not lies to one another (Col 3:9)
- Not Judge one another (Rom 14:13)
- Instead not hinder each other WE Motivate one another to godliness (Heb 10:24-25)
- Honor one another (Rom 12:10, 1Cor 12)
- Love one another (Jn 13:34-35, 15:12, 15:17, Rom 12:10, Gal 5:13, Eph 4:2, 32, Col 3:13)
- Live in harmony (Rom 12:16)
- Not being haughty
- Associating with lowly
- Worship together (Rom 15:15-16, 1 Cor 11:33, Eph 5:19)
- Welcome one another (Rom 15:7)
- Agree with one another (2Cor 13:11)
- Submitting to one another (Eph 5:21)
- Koinwnia
- Fellowship (Acts 2:42, 1Cor 1:9, 2Cor 6:14, 13:14, Gal 2:9, 1Jn 1:3, 6, 7)
- Contribute (Rom 12:13, 15:26, 2Cor 9:13)
- Share (Rom 15:27, Gal 6:6, Phil 3:10, Phile 6, Heb 2:14, 13:16, 1Pet 4:13)
- Participation/Partnership (1Cor 10:16, Phil 1:5, 2:1, 4:15)
- Taking part (2Cor 8:4, 1Tim 5:22, 2Jn 11)
- One Anothers’
- Let us live in Biblical Community so God is glorified and the world is transformed.
[1]Robert W. Wall, “COMMUNITY,”AYBD, 1:1,103. https://accordance.bible/link/read/Anchor#22666
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