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*Make The Connection With the Family of God 2.0*
*9-20-09*
Last Sunday shared about some of the new VISION where we are going
· Verse* Write the vision—make it plain* Hab 2:2
*Write the vision And make /it/ plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it*
· Part of my job as pastor, casting vision . . .
· Theme ‘*Make the Connection*
· Shared about some of the new~/exciting things happening
· Connection groups~/etc.
Today want to talk about another Aspect of Making the Connection
· That is *Make The Connection With the Family of God*
· Grapes~/Raisins
Part A of Teaching
· Benefits of Connecting with Family of God
· Develop
One aspect we are finally releasing for connection—
One of the way we make connection with family of God is when God plants us at church and we identify with a church through membership
About to release *Membership*
· So I want to talk about membership today—how it works—how it can help us in our walk
*All Christians Members of the BOC*—*/GREATER Church—family of God/*
· Moment of Salvation—membership in FAMLY of God released
· Romans 8—spirit of adoption
*All disciples need to PLANT~/Connect with other believers in a LOCAL expression of the Family of God—Local Church*
· Normal~/healthy~/natural
· River not only—but part of greater Body
All believers need to find a place to plant
· We want to give opportunity for that
· Because people that are WELL planted—*GROW!! (Ps 1)*
· Part of being planted is IDENTIFYING with a church—Aligning
· MEMBERSHIP—expression of that
*At River we’ve never had membership*
· Notes
· 12 month cycle
*Part I* *The Benefits of Membership*
· Planting~/Aligning
· Put stake together
· Positive
MEMBERSHIP Provides Structure—doorway
· Helps people plant *CONNECT*
Moves in opposite spirit of world
N this culture
· People do pull away from commitment
· /Unless they want it from YOU/
One of the things about KOG~/church
· /Part of it—we are called to move in opposite spirit of world/
· /World spirit is non-commitment/
· /Christian should become the most committed there is /
· /Working against spirit of age/
*/two extremes: one is lawlessness-- no covenant-- no condemnation-- just live together-- and come and participate at your whim . . .
.grieving to the spirit/*
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*/The other is control-- which is like witchcraft-- where in previous churches-- there was such a heavy handedness with covenant that it PERVERTED the thing into something that abused sheep-- not a safe thing at all./*
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/When person doesn’t want to be identified with a church/
· /Actually, operating in the spirit of the age/
· /Not a healthy place as a Christian/
*Commitment Limits OPTIONS—Releases potential*
· There’s a big part of destiny that can only be fulfilled together
Membership
· Clarity—
o This Church becomes MY church
o Clear step—ID—I’m a part
Helps me as a pastor—TG—commitment
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*Disclaimer: *Not stuck—can leave—released—blessed
· Renew yearly
Most of us ALREADY have membership written on our HEARTS
· Written with blood~/sweat~/tears that birthed and SUSTAINED the church
· *I believe in this new era we are in that *this is an *important step*
Jesus at baptism Matt 3
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.”
Then John consented.
16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water.
At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him.
17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
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· Why should I baptize you?
· Fulfill righteousness
· Things that you do—because Called to do them
Because Jesus humbled himself and did it
· It made it accessible for others
· You reproduce who you are—not what you say
o *We literally make a way for OTHERS as we take these steps*
· So we need to model what making that covenant is all about
Team Victory
*Part II How Does it Help Me in My Walk with God?*
to membership:
· *Identifies person as a believer connected to this family*
o Membership is a BIBLICAL term Eph 2:19
19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners.
You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people.
You are members of God’s family.[2]
o Rom 12:5
5 so it is with Christ’s body.
We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.[3]
5 so we, rbeing many, sare one body in Christ, and every one tmembers one of another[4]
· *It links you with a spiritual family to support and encourage you in your walk with Christ--*Fellowship
o Gal 6:1-2
Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer~* is overcome by some sin, you who are godly~* should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path.
And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.
2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.[5] -
o Heb 10:24
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