Our mission as believers is to see the Kingdom of God grow, but in order for that growth to have the right impact there are certain things that must be done. Even in the bible, there were many issue that Paul had to address within the early church. These things and many more still affect the church today. It is important for us to recognise these things and deal with them so that we can build a healthy, Christ centred church.
This message will look at 3 areas which must be addressed.
1: Disunity - Matthew 12:25, Luke 11:17, The church is divided, division within and between prevents us from doing that which God has enabled us to do. Christ was able to perform miracles because there was unity between Him and the Spirit. A house divided against itself will fall, we can not move forward and rise up against the plans of the enemy if we are working against each other.
2: Worldliness - We are not the same as the world. Material things are a blessing but materialism is worldliness. When the Roman soldiers came to arrest Jesus, they didn't know who He was. This is he was the same as everyone else. He wasn't lavished in diamonds and pearls or swamped with expensive clothes. Neither did He do things to call attention to Himself
3: Lack of Knowledge - Hosea 4:6, Lack of knowledge makes it easier for us to be led in the wrong direction and also causes us to miss out on what God has for us. When we know who God is, we know who we are in Him and what He wants His church to be. We will never know everything their is to know about the word of God, that's why gaining knowledge about Him is a continual process, this comes through His word.
This message will look at 3 areas which must be addressed.
1: Disunity - Matthew 12:25, Luke 11:17, The church is divided, division within and between prevents us from doing that which God has enabled us to do. Christ was able to perform miracles because there was unity between Him and the Spirit. A house divided against itself will fall, we can not move forward and rise up against the plans of the enemy if we are working against each other.
2: Worldliness - We are not the same as the world. Material things are a blessing but materialism is worldliness. When the Roman soldiers came to arrest Jesus, they didn't know who He was. This is he was the same as everyone else. He wasn't lavished in diamonds and pearls or swamped with expensive clothes. Neither did He do things to call attention to Himself
3: Lack of Knowledge - Hosea 4:6, Lack of knowledge makes it easier for us to be led in the wrong direction and also causes us to miss out on what God has for us. When we know who God is, we know who we are in Him and what He wants His church to be. We will never know everything their is to know about the word of God, that's why gaining knowledge about Him is a continual process, this comes through His word.
Amazing truth of God's Word. God bless CDC UK .
ReplyDeleteHow true this is because many has lost it just for the sake of material thing and disunity had divided the church.
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