“WHEN YE COME TOGETHER” (1 Cor 14.26)

JESUS Our HEAD

Preliminary Notes:

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Triangular objects represent the Mature in Christ

Oblong objects represent Babes in Christ

JESUS Our HEAD

Continuum of Leadership Styles

“WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER”

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Col 2.19, Eph 4:11-16Acts 2:14, Matt 6

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Church Perfecting to Maturity

The Sermon on the Mount Model (Matt. 6)The Evangelical Crusade Model (Acts 2:14)

The TV Preacher Model “Also, The Leadership Insecurity Model”

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TV, Fundamental, Pentecostal

Presenting the Local Church Body as a Circle John 3.30 results in 1 John 2.26, 1 Cor 2:15, Heb 5:12

1 Cor 12.24, 25, 1 Cor 14.26,31; Eph 4.11-16

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Seeking a JESUS as HEAD ModelSeeking a Human Teacher-less Model

Maturation of the Body of CHRIST

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Working Towards an Ephesians 4 Model Working Towards a John The Baptist Model

Presenting the Local Church Body as a Circle John 3.30 results in 1 John 2.26, 1 Cor 2:15, Heb 5:12

1 Cor 12.24, 25, 1 Cor 14.26,31; Eph 4.11-16

Maturation of the Body of CHRIST

Notice an increase in the number of persons exercising ministerial gifts in the local church.

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The Human Teacher-less Model of 1 John 2.26“the preacher is irrelavent and is actually preaching to the choir”

“In heaven for sure there will be no apostles preachers or teachers”

God’s Hope

Presenting the Local Church Body as a Circle John 3.30 results in 1 John 2.26, 1 Cor 2:15, Heb 5:12

1 Cor 12.24, 25, 1 Cor 14.26,31; Eph 4.11-16

EVERY JOINT MATUREEvery

Joint Supplying

Here JESUS is the LEADER-TEACHER and We All Channels (1 John 2.26)“The exclusive human preacher winds up preaching to the choir”

“In heaven there will be no preachers or teachers”

God’s Hope

Col. 2:19, Eph 4:15,16

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“APPROACHING THE BIBLICAL IDEAL”

“WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER”

• Approaching the Biblical ideal maybe harder to reach in the short run for there is room for “multiple personality disorder.”• Its benefit is that it seeks to establish God’s heart for -- “every joint supplying.”• It works for the maturity of ALL and delivers a truer rendition of Body Life.

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