DELIBERATE CHURCH (4 OF 7)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:4-9
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Deliberate Church (4 of 7)
Series: Rethinking Your View of the Church
Scott Maze
1 Corinthians 1:4-9
Today is Super Bowl Sunday. CBS is hoping for more than 100 million people watch the game today. The Super Bowl represents the best two teams and the best 106 players competing for bragging rights. There is little humility on the field today. They’ll talk about thankfulness and offer moderate words of humility in post-game interviews. Yet, today is a day of achievement. It’s a day to watch for who is the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and you don’t receive the MVP by virtue of meekness and grace. Today is a day of boasting and bragging…. Today is a day of chest-bumping and finger-pointing… There’s not a lot of room today for humility. Actually, there is not a lot of room for humility on any day for most American.
Recently, one law professor said that without lying and bragging, half the pickup lines in bars across the country wouldn’t exist. Churches are deliberately places where bragging is non-existent (about ourselves) and where grace is paramount. Repeat for emphasis: Churches are deliberately places where bragging is non-existent (about ourselves) and where grace is paramount.
Today’s Big Idea: I want you to see Three Ingredients for a Healthy Church
“I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— 6 even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— 7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1:4-9)
Imagine people sitting around a someone’s dinner table. The guest comments how wonderful the food is and wonders if the cook will share her recipe. Wha ...
Series: Rethinking Your View of the Church
Scott Maze
1 Corinthians 1:4-9
Today is Super Bowl Sunday. CBS is hoping for more than 100 million people watch the game today. The Super Bowl represents the best two teams and the best 106 players competing for bragging rights. There is little humility on the field today. They’ll talk about thankfulness and offer moderate words of humility in post-game interviews. Yet, today is a day of achievement. It’s a day to watch for who is the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and you don’t receive the MVP by virtue of meekness and grace. Today is a day of boasting and bragging…. Today is a day of chest-bumping and finger-pointing… There’s not a lot of room today for humility. Actually, there is not a lot of room for humility on any day for most American.
Recently, one law professor said that without lying and bragging, half the pickup lines in bars across the country wouldn’t exist. Churches are deliberately places where bragging is non-existent (about ourselves) and where grace is paramount. Repeat for emphasis: Churches are deliberately places where bragging is non-existent (about ourselves) and where grace is paramount.
Today’s Big Idea: I want you to see Three Ingredients for a Healthy Church
“I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— 6 even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— 7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1:4-9)
Imagine people sitting around a someone’s dinner table. The guest comments how wonderful the food is and wonders if the cook will share her recipe. Wha ...
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