Christ and the Church
How do you measure the value of your church?
For the past fifty years or more people in small churches have been told that the true measure of a church’s value is the number of people that attend and the programs that the church is able to offer. The question must be asked whether this is a valid measuring stick for churches to use. Would your church have any more value if was twice the size that it is now?
In this video we will look at the context of an illustration that Paul used to describe the value of a church. Then in the next four videos we will look at how this illustration plays out as Paul expands on it.
What is your measuring stick by which you currently determine your church’s value? What part does size play in how you regard your church? Keep those questions in mind as you watch the video.
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What Really Counts?
When we measure our church by externals such as numbers and programs, we lose sight of what really counts. The measure of a church is always the relationship between Christ and his church.
- What in your thinking is the biggest problem that comes from measuring a church’s value by external measurements?
2. Have you ever questioned the value of your church because of its size?
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Christ and the Church
In your own words, discuss the following questions:
- What are the four characteristics of a spirit-filled person that Paul gives us in Ephesians?
- What characterizes Christ’s relationship with the church?
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- What are the four characteristics of a spirit-filled person that Paul gives us in Ephesians? The 4 characteristics of a spirit filled person must have1) community 2)we need to worship 3) always giving thanks 4) submit to one another.
- What characterizes Christ’s relationship with the church? Christ love the church.
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fist characteristics must be strong in the lord in his mighty power
sencod must welling full armor of God ,so that wehen the day of evil comes you mybe able to stand
3 must have the breastplates of righterousness in place
4.pray in the sprit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers
2.its to woshinp in the holy spirity
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