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WHAT IS CHURCH?FIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH RALEIGH, NC
FEBRUARY 2ND 2014
QUESTION: WHAT IS CHURCH?
WHAT IS CHURCH?FIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH RALEIGH, NC
FEBRUARY 2ND 2014
CHURCH • EKKLESIA
• AN ASSEMBLY OR RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION
CHURCH • EKKLESIA
• AN ASSEMBLY OR RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION
• BOOK OF EPHESIANS
• CHURCH AS LIVING ORGANISM
CHURCH • EKKLESIA
• AN ASSEMBLY OR RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION
• BOOK OF EPHESIANS
• CHURCH AS LIVING ORGANISM
• WHAT IS CHURCH?
EPHESIANS 5:15 – 20
15 BE VERY CAREFUL, THEN, HOW YOU LIVE—NOT AS UNWISE BUT AS WISE, 16 MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL. 17 THEREFORE DO NOT BE FOOLISH, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LORD’S WILL IS. 18 DO NOT GET DRUNK ON WINE, WHICH LEADS TO DEBAUCHERY. INSTEAD, BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, 19 SPEAKING TO ONE ANOTHER WITH PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SONGS FROM THE SPIRIT. SING AND MAKE MUSIC FROM YOUR HEART TO THE LORD, 20 ALWAYS GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER FOR EVERYTHING, IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
1. WORSHIPPING TOGETHER EPHESIANS 5:15 – 20
15 BE VERY CAREFUL, THEN, HOW YOU LIVE—NOT AS UNWISE BUT AS WISE, 16 MAKING THE
MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL. 17 THEREFORE DO NOT BE
FOOLISH, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LORD’S WILL IS. 18 DO NOT GET DRUNK ON WINE,
WHICH LEADS TO DEBAUCHERY. INSTEAD, BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, 19 SPEAKING TO ONE
ANOTHER WITH PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SONGS FROM THE SPIRIT. SING AND MAKE MUSIC FROM
YOUR HEART TO THE LORD, 20 ALWAYS GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER FOR
EVERYTHING, IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
EPHESIANS 4:11-16
11 SO CHRIST HIMSELF GAVE THE APOSTLES, THE PROPHETS, THE EVANGELISTS, THE PASTORS AND TEACHERS, 12 TO EQUIP HIS PEOPLE FOR WORKS OF SERVICE, SO THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST MAY BE BUILT UP 13 UNTIL WE ALL REACH UNITY IN THE FAITH AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD AND BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.
14 THEN WE WILL NO LONGER BE INFANTS, TOSSED BACK AND FORTH BY THE WAVES, AND BLOWN HERE AND THERE BY EVERY WIND OF TEACHING AND BY THE CUNNING AND CRAFTINESS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR DECEITFUL SCHEMING. 15 INSTEAD, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, WE WILL GROW TO BECOME IN EVERY RESPECT THE MATURE BODY OF HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, THAT IS, CHRIST. 16 FROM HIM THE WHOLE BODY, JOINED AND HELD TOGETHER BY EVERY SUPPORTING LIGAMENT, GROWS AND BUILDS ITSELF UP IN LOVE, AS EACH PART DOES ITS WORK.
2. GROWING TOGETHEREPHESIANS 4:11-16
11 SO CHRIST HIMSELF GAVE THE APOSTLES, THE PROPHETS, THE EVANGELISTS, THE PASTORS AND TEACHERS, 12 TO EQUIP HIS PEOPLE FOR WORKS OF SERVICE, SO THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST MAY BE BUILT UP 13 UNTIL WE ALL REACH UNITY IN THE FAITH AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD AND BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.
14 THEN WE WILL NO LONGER BE INFANTS, TOSSED BACK AND FORTH BY THE WAVES, AND BLOWN HERE AND THERE BY EVERY WIND OF TEACHING AND BY THE CUNNING AND CRAFTINESS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR DECEITFUL SCHEMING. 15 INSTEAD, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, WE WILL GROW TO BECOME IN EVERY RESPECT THE MATURE BODY OF HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, THAT IS, CHRIST. 16 FROM HIM THE WHOLE BODY, JOINED AND HELD TOGETHER BY EVERY SUPPORTING LIGAMENT, GROWS AND BUILDS ITSELF UP IN LOVE, AS EACH PART DOES ITS WORK.
EPHESIANS 5:8-14
8 FOR YOU WERE ONCE DARKNESS, BUT NOW YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD. LIVE AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT9 (FOR THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT CONSISTS IN ALL GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH) 10 AND FIND OUT WHAT PLEASES THE LORD. 11 HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FRUITLESS DEEDS OF DARKNESS, BUT RATHER EXPOSE THEM. 12 IT IS SHAMEFUL EVEN TO MENTION WHAT THE DISOBEDIENT DO IN SECRET.13 BUT EVERYTHING EXPOSED BY THE LIGHT BECOMES VISIBLE—AND EVERYTHING THAT IS ILLUMINATED BECOMES A LIGHT. 14 THIS IS WHY IT IS SAID:
“WAKE UP, SLEEPER, RISE FROM THE DEAD, AND CHRIST WILL SHINE ON YOU.”
3. REACHING OTHERS TOGETHEREPHESIANS 5:8-14
8 FOR YOU WERE ONCE DARKNESS, BUT NOW YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD. LIVE AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT9 (FOR THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT CONSISTS IN ALL GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH) 10 AND FIND OUT WHAT PLEASES THE LORD. 11 HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FRUITLESS DEEDS OF DARKNESS, BUT RATHER EXPOSE THEM. 12 IT IS SHAMEFUL EVEN TO MENTION WHAT THE DISOBEDIENT DO IN SECRET.13 BUT EVERYTHING EXPOSED BY THE LIGHT BECOMES VISIBLE—AND EVERYTHING THAT IS ILLUMINATED BECOMES A LIGHT. 14 THIS IS WHY IT IS SAID:
“WAKE UP, SLEEPER, RISE FROM THE DEAD, AND CHRIST WILL SHINE ON YOU.”
EPHESIANS 6:18-20
18 AND PRAY IN THE SPIRIT ON ALL OCCASIONS WITH ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS AND
REQUESTS. WITH THIS IN MIND, BE ALERT AND ALWAYS KEEP ON PRAYING FOR ALL THE
LORD’S PEOPLE. 19 PRAY ALSO FOR ME, THAT WHENEVER I SPEAK, WORDS MAY BE GIVEN ME
SO THAT I WILL FEARLESSLY MAKE KNOWN THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, 20 FOR WHICH I AM
AN AMBASSADOR IN CHAINS. PRAY THAT I MAY DECLARE IT FEARLESSLY, AS I SHOULD.
4. PRAYING TOGETHEREPHESIANS 6:18-20
18 AND PRAY IN THE SPIRIT ON ALL OCCASIONS WITH ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS AND
REQUESTS. WITH THIS IN MIND, BE ALERT AND ALWAYS KEEP ON PRAYING FOR ALL THE
LORD’S PEOPLE. 19 PRAY ALSO FOR ME, THAT WHENEVER I SPEAK, WORDS MAY BE GIVEN ME
SO THAT I WILL FEARLESSLY MAKE KNOWN THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, 20 FOR WHICH I AM
AN AMBASSADOR IN CHAINS. PRAY THAT I MAY DECLARE IT FEARLESSLY, AS I SHOULD.
WHAT IS CHURCH?1.WORSHIPING TOGETHER
WHAT IS CHURCH?1.WORSHIPING TOGETHER
2.GROWING TOGETHER
WHAT IS CHURCH?1.WORSHIPING TOGETHER
2.GROWING TOGETHER
3.REACHING OTHERS TOGETHER
WHAT IS CHURCH?1.WORSHIPING TOGETHER
2.GROWING TOGETHER
3.REACHING OTHERS TOGETHER
4.PRAYING TOGETHER
SO WHAT?
WHAT IS CHURCH?
LIVING TOGETHER IN CHRIST
THIS IS FIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH• WORSHIPING TOGETHER
• GROWING TOGETHER
• REACHING OTHERS TOGETHER
• PRAYING TOGETHER
WORSHIPPING TOGETHER • PRAYER
• SINGING
• SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE
• SPECIAL HOLIDAY SERVICES
GROWING TOGETHER• PRAYER
• WEDNESDAY NIGHT GROUPS
• YOUTH
• MEN
• WOMEN
• SUNDAY SCHOOL GROUPS
• DISCIPLETOWN
• HOME GROUPS
REACHING OTHERS TOGETHER• PRAYER
• SERVICE PROJECTS
• LOVING OUR NEIGHBORS
• RIVER BEND SCHOOL
• MISSIONS
• BENEVOLENCE
PRAYING TOGETHER• PRAYER
• HOSPITALITY
• ANOINTMENT
HOW TO GET INVOLVED1. PRAY
2. ASK ABOUT MEMBERSHIP
3. ASK ABOUT CCGS
4. ASK ABOUT PLACES TO SERVE
WHAT IS CHURCH?FIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH RALEIGH, NC
FEBRUARY 2ND 2014