Peter continued our look at the church in Acts, looking at the church as community.
To view Peter's slides (in PDF format), click here.
What type of church do you want to be?
One Another’-ing verses
Love
Do not slander one another (James 4:11)
Love one another (John 14:34)
Do not grumble against one another (James 5:9)
Be devoted to one another (Romans 12:10)
Do not provoke and envy one another (Galatians 5:26)
Be kind to one another (Ephesians 4:32)
Respect or honour
Bear with one another (Colossians 3:13)
Accept one another (Romans 15:7)
Forgive one another (Ephesians 4:32)
Encourage one another (Hebrews 10:25)
Comfort one another (1 Thessalonians 4:18)
Build one another up (Romans 14:19)
Be hospitable to one another (1 Peter 4:9)
Belong to one another (Romans 12:5)
Serve one another (Galatians 5:13)
Honour one another (Romans 12:10)
Carry each others burdens (Galatians 6:2)
Consider one another better than yourself (Philippians 2:3)
Pray for one another (James 5:16)
Be humble towards one another (1 Peter 5:5)
Be compassionate to one another (Ephesians 4:32)
Spur one another on (Hebrews 10:24)
Trust
Understanding or knowledge
Submit to one another (Ephesians 5:21)
Have fellowship with one another (1 John 1:7)
Confess your sins to one another (James 5:16)
Be at peace with one another (Mark 9:50)
Live in harmony with one another (Romans 12:16)
Teach one another (Colossians 3:16)
Do one not lie to another (Colossians 3:19)
Admonish one another (Colossians 3:16)
Gandhi, as a student in South Africa wanted to find out more about church after reading the bible. He found a church and was ushered to the back of the all white church. He said after, “I like your Christ, I don't like your christians. They are so unlike your Christ.” So India was founded by a Hindu!
Gandhi rebuked Christian missionaries saying “if christians would really live according to the teachings of Christ, as found in the bible, all India would be christians.”
Simon Petit - sermon on remember the poor.
Short version https://youtu.be/pmVg9TQ4sPc
Full version https://vimeo.com/53658214
Alan Hirsch
All great missionary movements begin at the fringes of the church, among the poor and marginalised and seldom if ever at the centre...... When the church engages at the fringes it almost always brings life to the centre
David Livingstone
Sympathy is no substitute for action
Question
How are you going to be outward looking this week?
