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Building a Health Church
We can have hope in the future when we Build a health Church Community
One of the great aspects of a local church is bring hope to the community.
We bring hope by presenting the gospel of grace
We bring hope by encouraging each other in God’s Word
We bring hop by confronting sin
We bring hope by developing friendships
Ladies and gentlemen a lot of what we express hope in today can be found in the local assembly
Some churches have become enclaves of protectionism from the word and have lost all influence in their community...
Have become enclaves of protectionism from the word and have lost all influence in their community
Some churches have so neglected sin and the word of God they have become of no effect.
To have hope is to see the world as God sees it....
Illustration - do we bring hope to our community?
What do people see in our future that will bring hope?
If you've been around churches for a while, you begin to see that many of them have sick or unhealthy community dynamics.
Two extremes
Isolation in the name of separation
Infiltration and compromise in the name of engagement
Sometimes you even find factionalism, judgmentalism, and power plays of various kinds.
If you've been around churches for a while, you begin to see that many of them have sick or unhealthy community dynamics.
Sometimes you even find factionalism, judgmentalism, and power plays of various kinds.
We've got to get our church communities healthy if we expect to attract people to Christ and create an environment in which they can be discipled effectively.
Building a healthy Church Requires:
I Respecting Your Leaders (5:11-13)
Verse 11 transitions from the passages about Christ's coming to a discussion of healthy Christian communities.
"11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
12 But we appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to respect[188] those who labor among you, and have charge of you in the Lord and admonish you; 13 esteem them very highly in love because of their work.
Be at peace among yourselves."
(5:11-13)
The church is building up and encouraging one another, but from Paul's exhortation, they apparently have a problem with respecting leadership.
This doesn't necessarily mean that they had bad leaders.
You may have great leaders, but could have people in the congregation who covet power for themselves.
Paul points to the role of leaders of the congregation in three ways:
Paul points to the role of leaders of the congregation in three ways:
They labor among you.
"Work hard" (NIV), "labor" (NRSV, KJV) iskopiaō.
In classical Greek it carries the idea of "to grow weary, tired, exhausted" with toil or burdens or grief.
In the New Testament it mostly carries the extended meaning "to exert oneself physically, mentally, or spiritually, work hard, toil, strive, struggle."[189]
Sometimes laypeople think that their pastor only works when they are present.
Wrong!
They "have charge of you" (NRSV), "are over you" (NIV, KJV).
They "admonish you."
The verb is noutheteō, "to counsel about avoidance or cessation of an improper course of conduct, admonish, warn, instruct."[194]
Leaders are often the ones who provide correction to members who get out of line.
It may be difficult, and sometimes unpopular, but gentle, loving correction is essential for a Christian community to remain healthy and mission-focused.
vs 13 - Paul's instruction, "Be at peace with one another" is a hint that there was disorder in the church because of the lack of respect for leader
No hope in the future if the church is in turmoil.....
look what Paul said in
Building a healthy Church Requires
II Faithful Ministry (5:14)
"And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone."
(5:14)
Now Paul speaks to the church in general.
The pronoun "you" and the word "beloved" or "brothers" are in the plural.
1. Admonish the unruly ."idlers"
(NRSV), "them that are unruly" (KJV) is the adjective ataktos, which means, "not in the proper order."
It is sometimes used of soldiers who are out of the ranks.
Here it is used in the sense of "being out of step and going one's own way, disorderly, insubordinate," though some prefer the sense "idle, indolent."[195]
Paul uses the adverb of this root (ataktōs) in , where the context is people who don't work but are dependent upon others.
So "idlers" is probably a more useful translation of what Paul was referring to in our verse.
He had admonished them concerning idleness in 4:11-12.
Perhaps "idlers" could be applied to the way people behave in church, too.
Some people come to church only to be served, not to serve.
They are takers, not givers.
Everyone has at least one spiritual gift.
It's the role of leaders to "admonish the idle," both in physical things and in spiritual ministry.
2. Encourage the feebleminded or weak .[196]
The church has been suffering persecution, and some need to be encouraged to stand up rather than hunker down in order to avoid any criticism or persecution.
3. Support [197] the weak.[198]
The weak referred to in light of persecution are probably those who are weak in faith, though the principle would apply to those who are ill or weak in other ways.
The church is to encourage them and lift up their hands.
Though we're not to help in such a way that we encourage an unhealthy dependence (4:11-12).
Leaders often visit the sick, or encourage those with a special ministry to the sick to visit them.
4. Be patient with everyone.
"Patient" is makrothymeō, "to bear up under provocation without complaint, be patient, forbearing."[199]
Leaders, especially, must learn to be even tempered, even with those who don't deserve it.
Make allowances for those who haven't grown in Christ as much as they should.
Parents learn patience; so must church leaders.
Building a healthy Church Requires
III Kind, Not Vengeful (5:15)
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thess 5.15
One mark of a healthy congregation is the absence of a judgmental spirit.
One mark of a healthy congregation is the absence of a judgmental spirit.
In many churches, unfortunately, you sense a kind of spiritual pride in their own righteousness, and a condescending attitude towards those who are not as spiritual, or even outright secular.
Our attitude reflects rather accurately how well we've matured in incorporating agapē love into our church life.
In many churches, unfortunately, you sense a kind of spiritual pride in their own righteousness, and a condescending attitude towards those who are not as spiritual, or even outright secular.
Our attitude reflects rather accurately how well we've matured in incorporating agapē love into our church life.
Part of this kind of non-judgmental, open love, is the absence of vengefulness -- a childish desire to get even.
"Make sure that nobody pays back[200] wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind[201] to each other and to everyone else." (5:15)
To the Roman church, Paul writes on this topic more expansively.
"17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil.
Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.
18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
19 Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord.
20 On the contrary: 'If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.'21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
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Jesus was very clear that his followers must be forgiving (, ; ).
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