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What Do I Owe This Local Church

What Do I Owe This Local Church. Learning how to offer our bodies a living sacrifice in the kingdom of our Lord. What Do I Owe This Local Church?. Realizing Our Debt. The concept of the “social gospel” - “what does this church owe ME ?” My Lord does not owe ME (Lk.17:5-10)

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What Do I Owe This Local Church

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  1. What Do I Owe This Local Church Learning how to offer our bodies a living sacrifice in the kingdom of our Lord Brett W. Hogland

  2. What Do I Owe This Local Church? Realizing Our Debt • The concept of the “social gospel” - “what does this church owe ME?” • My Lord does not owe ME (Lk.17:5-10) • What can I provide? (He.10:24-25) • We owe a lifelong debt to the Lord • We owe Him our lives (2Co.5:14-15) • We owe Him our bodies as a living sacrifice (Ro.12:1) Brett W. Hogland

  3. What Do I Owe This Local Church? Offering Our Lives • In the local church (1Pe.2:5) • The church is clearly described as the realm wherein we glorify God (Ep.3:21) • Therefore Local Church Membership Is To Be Sought • Working together collectively (Ac.2:41-44) • Paul tried to join the disciples (Ac.9:26-28) • Paul & Barnabas in Antioch (Ac.11:25-26) Brett W. Hogland

  4. What Do I Owe This Local Church? My Time • The Present Time - Today • “You do not know what will happen tomorrow” (Js.4:13-14) • To Assemble with the saints • “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together” (He.10:23-25) • “Exhort one another daily while it is called today” (He.3:13) Brett W. Hogland

  5. What Do I Owe This Local Church? My Time • To Study God’s Word • To contribute to the “teaching” (He.5:12) • To “grow” (1Pe.2:2) • To “rightly divide” the word (2Ti.2:15) • To Encourage, Edify and Restore Brethren • To help carry the “burdens” (Ga.6:2,8) • To warn comfort and uphold (1Th.5:14) Brett W. Hogland

  6. What Do I Owe This Local Church? My Cooperation • Striving Together (Ph.1:27) • Toward Unity (1Co.1:10) • Sacrificing my preferences (Ro.14:19) • Controlling my tongue (Ep.4:29-32) (Pr.10:19) • Discipline (1Co.5:4-11) (2Th.3:6,14) • Fulfilling My Role (Ti.2:1 - 3:1,8) Brett W. Hogland

  7. What Do I Owe This Local Church? My Money • As a faithful steward • All things belong to God (De.10:14) (Ex.19:5) • I am to use what God has provided to His glory (Mt.25:14-30) (2Co.9:6-15) (Pr.19:17) Brett W. Hogland

  8. What Do I Owe This Local Church? My Money • As God has prospered me (1Co.16:1-2) • My giving should reflect my income or prosperity • According to what I have, not what I don’t have (2Co.8:12) • Not deceitfully (Ma.1:14) • My giving should “cost” me something (2Sa.24:24) Brett W. Hogland

  9. What Do I Owe This Local Church? My Money • According to my love (2Co.8:8) • As David gave for the Temple (1Ch.29) Brett W. Hogland

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