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Cuz we're singing people. Can you come to the kitchen? There's a back door, right? That's great. Chapter 9 the Church Fellowship and worship on I'm going to make an assumption. Hopefully, that's okay. Is it safe to assume that? Everyone is kind of been working on chapter 9 on this workbook? Okay, so you kind of if you had a read your look at something you've looked at some of the questions and filled in some of the answers in the blank Etc. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to assume that okay, and I'm going to be asking you questions in a little bit different. Just to have you engage with the material you can draw from answers. I'm going to be drawing from the basic themes that are in the afternoon and you can use the verses that are in there and I want you to interact a little bit right? I'm thinking it might be different at all. I've only been here one night and one of the things that I think you can see you can say safely about the workbook. They're not asking questions that are going to be like brain-teasing. I'm going to have to have a week to think about this and come up with an answer. It's kind of like read John 3:16. Question God so loved what?

The world. Okay, that's true. And that's good. But it's is kind of in a rote memory level and you guys are smarter than that just like we import Indians all the time in Perth Australia airport Yanks on occasion, but not for the same reason you guys are brainiacs. I mean all the fields we need people that are skilled highly knowledge and all that kind of stuff. We have to import them cuz we don't have enough to go around here. So I'm going to assume that tonight as we work through this chapter. Is that okay? So I'll give you hints from time to time but We're going to wrestle and I'm going to rely on you. To interact with me. Okay, male female young old new been here forever. Okay, it doesn't matter if you're her tonight. You have a contribution to make and and it's welcome. Let's begin with a word of prayer tell you what how do we do this? What's your first name? Jack is it short for Zacchaeus? No, Zechariah. shackle Julius and prayer Alright. Thank you.

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Okay. All right, the first question I want you to cut a wrestle with tinnitus. What are some of the things that you enjoy the most? About being part of a church.

And I not only want you to tell me what some of those things are.

Why are those things that you enjoy about being part of the church? And and there's no one right answer. I'm just asking you personally cuz we're talk about the church tonight. And all of you have been to a church or a part of a church or contemplating committing to a church. So what is it about this thing? We call sure. You enjoy most.

Okay Fellowship.

Why?

Your brothers and sisters anymore.

What else what do you like most?

Has it always been you say?

Is it always easy now?

Sometimes there's things that we would like to share but we don't. some things we would like to share and we do because those things are easier to talk about

so even sometimes we really fellowship and other times we find ourselves glute against the the wall. Find yourself in the safety of two or three familiar faces. And we stay there. What else do you like about that? Depending on the phone. Why do you enjoy them?

What is the distance you excited about learning more for the word gum?

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What else do I need from one another?

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Stinking song since my finger. What is it?

Play zen garden singing song.

Do you like to sing do you sing at home?

Did you have any CD music by yourself? So it when you try one more thing? What what do you enjoy?

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Yep, I've been a part of a church all my life. I was carried there by my parents and though I didn't intentionally make the choice to go. I was really glad to be there in As I Grew Older I love being there. We always went to all the meetings and they had sometimes week-long two week-long Revival meeting Vacation Bible School is always two weeks long 3 to 4 hours a day every day. We marched through the street. Little banners man and for 42 years in my adult life. I pastored a church and just love being a part of it since February 17th and Sunday the 17th of February. I have been without a church.

I still feel part of South Bali. I'm still a member at South Valley, but I'm not attending there. I'm visiting. And I'm going to be good to me and Hebron one Sunday a month.

I love being in I love singing The Worship. I love learning loving hearing the worship message breaking bread and the meals and ends in fellowship and talking with people after but you know, what? Until I find a place that I'm going to be able to commit to I feel very disappointed.

And I've never felt that in my entire life. If you're not a part. I'm a local church. Bodily entering into the space where churches Gavin cuz I'm doing it. I'm doing that every week and you know what? I meant to say. I'm worshipping I'm but I'm I I feel like I'm a part of that universal church meeting in a local church.

But I have an intention already commitment to people. indifferent it's kind of like kissing your sister as opposed to kissing your wife.

I can spend so that kind of question.

And what makes it so unique?

Who is the church now you find anything different about that question? How would that question normally? What is but why have I chosen to use the word who helped me out?

You're right. Because the church is not a building and even the word. Church in Telugu from the word building that you refer to where you worship. Bowling in the west generally where we have said I'm going to church. No, you are the church going to gather with some other members of that local manifestation of the body of Christ. So the church is the regenerative people of God saved by the power of God for the purposes of God in this world. Which means we don't stop being the church when we walk out of. Is a better Community Center? On a Sunday afternoon between 2 and 3 and make our way back home. It's the church has left the building. We're now entering into the field of ministry that God has given us. So everything that we do we do is a Blood Bought body a people a Church of God for the fame of Jesus everywhere. The word church comes from the Greek word ekklesia. Does anybody have an idea what that word might mean? It wasn't necessarily. I think John MacArthur mentioned it in his little massage that we may or may not listen to mention it in his 57-minute message refers to an assembly or called out. So when we are called out of the world into a blood but relationship with Jesus Christ, we become apart of the church. What makes the church so unique.

What are some features about the church that just sets it apart from the Rotary Club the Lions Club, you know, the local PTA setting should be selected as the writer of Hebrews tells us that that he loves to declare himself in the midst of the assembly. And so yeah. And that principle that you quoted there Jeanette Charles, that's the great passage wherever two or more are gathered together in my name there. I am in the midst, you know what that two or more Gathering was for and that passage in Matthew.

Okay. Yeah, it was it was a disciplinary situation. So we can be sure that if we're going to exercise loving discipling discipline over people.

I'm going to a firm what you're going to undertake and how you going to flush it out.

The word Church in the New Testament never never refers to a building. always two people And that's exciting whenever I refer we have a building at South Valley and whatever I made reference to the church building. I would always say I'll meet you at the church building. I never well.

I would say never if I ever did say I'll meet you at the church. I would mean you say no a second. I am the church. I'll meet you at the church. And I think it's really important for us to do that. For example in Romans chapter 16. If you want to turn there in Romans chapter 16, someone read Let's Pretend We're in Andhra Pradesh know as soon as references put out their first one there just bang reads it Romans 16:5. See there you go greet the church where they meeting the house. She's so you don't have to even on your own building with a little steep on the side and a big cross on the top where it is. Don't need a Prayer Tower. Tell me the man. In fact, I would say don't put your money in any of that kind of stuff. Because you don't need it.

So what you do quintessentially is when you gather is the knowledge of the holy spirit of God in the midst and if he's there. That's all you need. It's all unique and and so here it is great the church that is in there. What's another unique thing about the church that we can say that sets it apart from any other?

Gathering of people let's say it's a weekday and you got to go to your Indian and and you're walking down the road and there is a pimple.

At at the entrance and there's a large.

And a crowd of people are going in all Springs, Georgia. coming out

You're making your way to gather with the church. What's unique about you? Make sure you completely different than those other worshippers.

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what set you apart? When you come to mind that you read in this chapter.

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What might be one thing that we could siphon out of this verse that would set us distinctively apart.

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What's what that's no. What did it what did it cost to make you a part of the church?

Is described by the writer of Hebrews that we might have access to a New and Living one? That's a real play on words, New and Living Way living literally translate in the Greek means freshly slaughtered.

The picture is of a of a sacrificial lamb we have access to the presence of God. We are the people of God cause we are blood bought. Nobody else can claim. That makes makes us quite unique now. What are some of the metaphors that you encountered in this chapter that are used to describe a metaphors like a a word picture. What are some of the word pictures that were used of the church either in this chapter?

Okay, the body what strikes you is unique about a body being used as a word?

What other metaphor?

What else?

Okay. Okay. See you thinking of.

Hardest part of the house of God referred to a temp place household that can segue in take us into the next one. Let's distinguish between the universal. and the local church

Let's talk about The Universal Church. 4 minute how many hold membership in the Universal championship?

Can I soak you remember? How did you get in? What is what is the universal church? Okay. Keep keep talking about it. Nothing becomes Dynamic until it becomes specific.

Redeemed by the blood of Christ

Mustang to the body of the same John say about Jesus as it relates to this baptism that you're talking about.

John the Baptist remember he said there is one coming after me.

Squirrel after me sand that were the two even last run latch.

Interesting middle eastern time because haven't you been at a train station and and seeing my son or daughter greet their parents and kneel down and touch their feet to honor them? Will Johnson? I'm not even worthy to unlatch. Sandal. That's a sign of Honor in the Middle East.

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Holy Spirit Christ Is the baptizer?

Any places are skin to his Spirit to talk about and this is another subject for another day about being baptized with the Holy Spirit. But if we look at what Jesus is talking about the air and we'll see a passage in a minute from 1 Corinthians 12. There's an activity that Jesus does in placing us into the spear in Person of the holy spirit wear when we are filled with the Holy Spirit. We are characterized by and controlled by that selfsame spirit. I scuba dive and scuba scuba acrostic each letter in the word scuba means self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. You want to go and move around and enjoy the experience? You got to have one of these days you gone. You can go underwater. But if you go you'll be up really quick. You can't live in that environment alien to you. You can live in Christ. You can't live the Christian Life. apart from the spirit enabling because

you live in blue and have your placing into the body. So The Universal Church based all these things you're saying consists of everyone everywhere who has a personal living blood but relationship with Jesus Christ 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verse 13 says for we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body weather June or Greek slave or free and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Basically. This purse is saying that anyone who believes is a part of the body of Christ and they have received the spirit of Christ. as testimony of that fact and they become a part of the early church. Now take your Bible and turn to Acts chapter 2. This is kind of that Inception all verse Acts is the acts of the holy spirit in and through the lives of the Apostles. And so Acts chapter 2 someone read from versus 41 to 47, please go back. And I know she's making a big and grab everyone and Mini bundle. Uber policy and was Shannon Beador as anyone might have lead day by day

praising God and having favor before the people and the number. Thanks. Thank you. All right. What's your I run down again those verses and let's try to end order. Let's Identify some practices that we see mention tear of this church.

State the obvious, but let's break it down in. Point for what are some of the things that seem to be going on and being practiced and perhaps were reflective of the priorities of the early church. And I think as we see is we continue to actually do see these priorities continued. So the hermeneutical law or first mention, this is where we first see it mention and we're going to see it many times after that. Even the letters of Paul. What were they doing?

What is the received some translations the King James says what is another word to describe that and a that? gladly gladly

David received the word under great duress

They receive the word under much pressure and affliction. No, they said so with this glass of the word of God. What did they do next?

There's no mention of a baptism class and I'm not opposed to baptism classes are offered nowadays because most people weed out those who may want to be baptized, but they not know Jesus yet. And so it's a good opportunity to come alongside and say what you know.

How much worse when you gladly received the word of God it takes up residence in your heart and then it and use our freedom desire to follow the lord. Jesus says do we do you know what baptism is not optional, but it is meant to be

Somebody told me once I'm praying about being taught to don't waste your time.

Just do it. Maybe what you need to pray for praying about Lord. Why am I so reluctant to do something that you want me to do? How we just think about that? So they they gladly received this word were baptized and then never they were what what happens next.

Okay, got it to the church had a calculator at the door and gold baby chain, literally a part of that group of people. There was an awareness yesterday. Love you crazy list and I I'm glad I wouldn't be right if it weren't using the car. Cuz I'm good at maths up to the piston and head then we are that it happens. What are some of the other priorities? Okay.

Okay. So we see Missy worship is a priority. We see Fellowship, but you know something here to it says they devoted themselves.

paint it was a personal commitment on individual members who gathered together to pursue DC? You know, it's just we're just doing it because somebody's dispensing it out front. That's great. They are serving us, but they devoted themselves.

A lot of Western churches come with an expectation that you do everything for. They have a service. Mentality rather than a service mentality. What you going to do for? We're going to ask a question a little bit later often when people evaluate what church they're going to go to. Who's got the best bells and whistles? How do I look up be too hard on that because I choose to go to Bible conferences.

Sometimes I shattered because people aren't looking after God's Shepherd properly. So it's an opportunity for me to look up there stream Bible Conference is on offer in my town in my region. Is anybody offering a little money? I've got to pay to get on the bus to get to can I get some of that?

We got to get away from you. Sometimes we we look for a church to meet our needs rather than realizing. Maybe God wants me to commit myself and just wants me to go there to be a part of the blessing because people need so that they can run.

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I've had two really big churches invite me to become a part of what they're doing.

And siding it's an honor. I'm excited about what God is doing. I prayed about it. I told him don't you know? Thank you for asking. But now

I said because there's a little church on every Christian fellowship. At least you can kill them and I can recall. Great Father's people are greater than people. You're not perfect, but I'm not sure if you want to do mad.

I would be I want to help in any way to see what God's doing and you don't be further because multiple crashes.

I think I need to offer to be Christ to you and you beat rice to me. And I would rather do that cuz it's not a bad and I still don't you realize what this could mean to you?

Don't you realize how you're sounding to me?

Don't make yourself out to be bigger than what you are because my Bible kind of tells me whoever is exalts himself will be what they do ever takes that one position while then they might be invited upfront with it. But we get back to front. So we can see how the church is coming together here is something completely different this church at the basic ingredients of worship other things that we're going to look at a bit more. Okay now I want to offer a definition. Okay, a local church is a group of baptized believers who made regularly to worship God through Jesus Christ to be exhorted from the word of God and to celebrate the Lord's Supper under the guidance of duly appointed leaders. You know what you gave me every one of those definition. Am I strong it together before you spoke tonight and put it on there, but every one of you in your own words have brought out every one of those seven points that are embraced in that statement.

People who make up a local church must give evidence that they are believers. I trust Jesus Christ as their Savior and their lord and these people.

follow the lord in taking baptism taking back to receiving baptism following the Lord. There's a regular assembling a group of people who come together once or twice a year. I don't think you can call them at church. It says that they used to meet often weekly in the actual example went to the temple and the apostles with teach and then every day throughout the week there would be little groups little clusters like this one here tonight reading in home in various places and they would break bread and they would sell the ship and they worship together and they do life together. And they became the church. That's how they did. They chew over everything the apostles talked about on Sunday. I think this course is a great idea because it's bringing people together as you talk in a minute on things that really mad. Okay, but once everybody's kind of got that you'll never do but if you multiply this many times over and give her locations and people men in homes. everybody gathers on Sunday morning in Hebron Whoever's preaching you're taking notes, like crazy. You're listening actively intensity. And whoever speaking on that day intentionally prepares a few open ended questions and further things for you to explore on what they preach done. So for 40 minutes under your building preparation already, which is sometimes more than what most people put in, Glendale.

Did you know that I need to discuss it you over what you doing for the pastor or preacher or gas?

How crazy is that? When I see that happening in the wrestling, you know, I had a real problem with.

I love them and I don't want you to take it because I want you to search the scriptures. And this is what they say regularly met expectations of the word. Of course, it was worship and they celebrate and this is done with the guidance of

pause if you can go to the Easter can. Easter Camp we're going to be talking about the church and on steroids. We are going to be talking about it for 6 session over Friday and Saturday and Sunday. We're just going to get yourselves and resurrection of Christ worship and celebrating. He lives. He lives Christ Jesus lives today, but we're going to take we're going we're just going to suck the marrow out of everything related to the church. When I can't and we're going to talk about it and small groups and work through it. So I'm a little plug there and if you're financially struggling and you put your life to go speak to one of the elders and we can come up with something.

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manalani charge All right. Here we go. One more describe. the structure of the church that we seen inscription. Okay now before we describe the structure

I'm going to mention one word. And then I want and you like popcorn fast, and I want you to give me description. How to find this word that I'm going to tell you. playwright Here's the work. minister

Okay. Mr. Sir, tell me everything that comes to your mind when you hear the word minister. breeches responsibility

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if you buy turn board.

Someone read verse 11 and then 12 particular attention. Let your ears 0n really sharp verse 12 is being read now.

He made some to be Apostles some to be offered some to go and tell the good news and some to have the candy bar end.

Play the game. Don't give it to prepare the board. Holy people for the work of serving the body of Christ song.

Verse 11 gives us a list of gifted people like Christ has given to the church so that they might be equipped the church for the work of ministry the work of service. members the body of Christ diminished

my role on South Valley and the role of the other Elders at South Valley has been to equip the saints come to South Valley to be more effective minister. My Ministry my service is to build them up to equip them to give them the skills that they need not just Bible knowledge. Call in writing to the Thessalonians in Chapter 2. He says.

I cherished you. I'd like a mother does her child you have to teach people those skills.

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Position of power you're getting ready for the big day in Jesus.

I hope I didn't count walk with you.

You're not here to get me get a job done for me. I'm here whenever you need a friend.

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you're you're all of that. So you're The Minister's I want you to start thinking that way. You are the ministers the servers were wanting to equip. That's why this course is on.

No, describe the structure of the church as seen in this chapter with things that come off just let's touch on the bed.

Let's start. Broad and then zoom in if you want the church is made up according to 1st Corinthians chapter 12 and Romans chapter 12 is made up of gifted people that are indispensable for Hebron Christian Fellowship to function the way it needs to function. That's why God brought you into your eyes on the lord of the watch one another one another

What's that? so gifted people Zoom in a little bit more gifted men. We saw some of those gifted men and women like Pastor teacher Shepherds in Ephesians are some people

I have better posture, but that's not that's all that office or a roll. It's a distant Okay Shepherd better than anyone on the planet.

I don't believe a woman should be a teaching over a church. Okay, I believe that's exclusively for men and there's reason for that and we'll look at that over the weekend that are can. But who knows? She's Queens.

Shelton so a woman can have a Gibson Shepherd, but you know, she's not a teaching Elder. She's not permitted according to Timothy to have a sporty in that way over men or to teach men Doctrine, but I tell you what, the older women are women have a lot to say and where would we be today?

Matriculate, you know your heritage in India.

Where were the minions? Millwright examples where God raises up because she was never a priest. She had a rule. So there's no and then they're specifically elders and deacons in the qualifications that we can see in scripture and then there's a beautiful sort of attitude that the church have submission to the leadership. Why?

Maximus to my pastor I want them to give an account for me with joy. I don't want them to have a get in there hard everytime that you walk in the room ticket out of here when she comes again and again and I think if we had that Jews that we outrank each other we would do really really well. Okay. So these roles have been brought out in this particular chapter and they're they're quite unique and dumb and they're just beautiful to describe the structure.

Have you ever thought what's the difference between an organism and an organization? living young Mother's Day

remove safe mode engine like If Heaven Wasn't organized Would you know would you recognize?

And whoever's welcome to set up the chairs and other people came in and whoever normally does the chairs wasn't there and people come in.

I want to change my eating service that day. They don't come was his brother time. And the shop is there Isaac. Is there Lawrence is there?

quotation Monday Nobody's just kind of looking at each other like a bunch of lost ducks. A living organism has organization. Structure an organism speaks of something then Harkins to the metaphors. We saw all the church about a family.

It's a living Dynamic entity. You can have organizational structure and Dynamics.

but if you're living as an organism living with you know what when body functions all get in sync and come into line with one another. And they're not.

When all body systems is coming to Absolute uniformity. What happens if you

and so there is is a blessing in the diversity of the body. And is demonstrated in God the Father God the Son and the Holy Spirit because they are equally three very distinct persons within the same essence. Now if you had to move to a different part of the country, what would you look for in your search for a new church family?

Your husband or for both of you both work husband-wife employers come to you in a minute ship you the purse or something.

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What are you looking for?

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Springtown, what are you doing?

Google hey Google searches. Can I get a map?

What are some mental construct in mind that you're more familiar with the combination ideas about what's going on in what is it?

Yes or no, you said yes.

first thing is like by the way of the church not be comfortable. That's what I always say that and it's midday.

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Can you distinguish which state? What she say do you like the new expanded Blue Letter, New Jerusalem? Amplified Bible

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Is that a criteria for an extra biblical have to work soon? I'm not going to answer like we all like certain styles of music.

Does it matter?

In a person can have that prep? Identify this preference and you have to kind of begin to think through what what are you going to want? It's not as easy as being able to say I want an axe to 42 chips. I agree. What does that mean when you actually get into the church because a lot of people worship and and what if you're there and you're drinking out of the same confidence real wine and you're seeing you in person before me they slobber like that. I don't think I want to do that.

a recovering alcoholic And I don't want to do that. Or if you used to be the rock band.

And since you come to Christ. still weaker brother in your heart and you can go into

everybody in the family.

They were nice to me. But what's nice? Somebody shouting you to McDonald's after having you over for sleepover.

Is it true people talking to you?

A little leaven and let them guide you in that decision, but some are times going How quickly will a fellowship someone told me the same ship on the same Captain day in San Diego? I'll tell you one thing and wonderful creation great cost to yourself. Jim we are your body sequel. Christ is one. When people see us they should see Christ.

God we are your people and we're so thankful to be called out of the world and brought into this living Dynamic hole since the very life.

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What's a good gift that we Taste This Side of Heaven it merely an appetizer of the day. That one day we will see and Savor and the light in you for all eternity and this little gathering that we call the church. Is that for Taste infact preparation said Grave Just Enough opportunity that we have that's going to equip us. better minister to our world so that we can get as many people in the life of a man who can No, she's trying to get the deck chairs in order Titanic upon weekly sale is going down. Our goal is not to rescue this world's system, but against people rescue. Bring them into that shaving face relationship with you and such as ourselves tonight.

Continue studying on Fellowship for next week. Can you foster care be done with the bible study this evening?