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Jesus Builds His Church

April 23, 2023

Ephesians 1:22-23; 4:11-16; 5:25-27 — Jesus loves his church, and so should we. Because He loves His church, Jesus builds His church to present her to Himself as His radiant bride. He gifted every one of us to build up His body, the church. We are called to participate in the work God is doing in and through His church. No church is perfect. It has many flaws and failures. We make many mistakes, but the church remains God’s sanctified, holy, and blameless people. The church is stained but beautiful. Let us be the church and love the church as Jesus loves her.

This begins our new series — Jesus Builds His Church. In this series, we look at the early church in Acts and the corresponding letters of Paul to see how Jesus builds His church, then, through the ages, and now. From the early church in the New Testament, we learn what the church is and how to be the church in these challenging times. This series is based especially on the book of John Stumbo, A Stained Beauty: The Church Ancient and Present. Full credit is given to him. His ideas have been adopted and adapted into this sermon series. The book of Scott McKnight & Laura Barringer, A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing, has also been used.

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Reawakening to the Mission of Christ

February 6, 2022

Luke 14:15-23 — Jesus has called us to live on mission with Him in this world, to continue his ministry of restoring and introducing His Kingdom to all peoples, and to invite them to God’s eternal feast. He sends us to be His witnesses and to go and make disciples of all peoples. He defines and assigns the mission we are to carry out. May we carry it out in obedience and dependence!

This is part of our 40 Days of Prayer series, Reawakening to Christ. This sermon is based on the sermon outlines and devotionals prepared by the Alliance team.

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Reawakening to the Church of Christ

January 30, 2022

Eph 1:18-23; 2:14-22; 2 Cor 5:17-20; Mt 16:13-19 — The Church was purchased by Christ, initiated by Christ, and is under the ownership and leadership of Christ. He teaches us the purpose and function of the Church, and we are to submit to His ownership and headship. We are Christ’s ambassadors. We reflect and represent the Kingdom of heaven on earth.

This is part of our 40 Days of Prayer series, Reawakening to Christ. This sermon is based on the sermon outlines and devotionals prepared by the Alliance team.

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