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The message was given on June 9, 2013 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, go to www.NewCityChurch.ca. Lie
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Today’s Scripture: Romans 15:14
Pages 949 in our guest Bibles.
church
“I will build my church.”
~ Jesus of Nazareth
assembly / congregationof Christians
=church
LOVE one anotherSERVE one another
ENCOURAGE one anotherPRAY for one another
WELCOME one anotherSHOW HOSPITALITY FORGIVE one another
“COUNSELONE ANOTHER”
Romans 15:14
I myself am satisfied about you, mybrothers, that you yourselves arefull of goodness, filled with all know-
another.ledge and able to instruct one
Romans 15:14
1Display Christ-likeCharacter
I myself am satisfied about you, mybrothers, that you yourselves are fullof goodness, filled with all know-
another.ledge and able to instruct one
Romans 15:14
No one is righteous, no not one...; no one does good, not even
one.... for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God. The Apostle Paul Romans 3:10ff
Blessed are those whose lawless deeds
are forgiven, and whose sin is covered;
blessed is the man whom the Lord does
not count his sin.
The Apostle Paul Romans 4:7-8
“...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control....”
The Apostle Paul ~ Galatians 5:22-23
2EmployScriptural
Knowledge
I myself am satisfied about you, mybrothers, that you yourselves are fullof goodness, filled with all know-
another.ledge and able to instruct one
Romans 15:14
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one
another in all wisdom.”
The Apostle Paul ~ Colossians 3:16
“Because I am a Christian, therefore,
every day in which I do not penetrate more
deeply into the knowledge of God’s
Word in the Holy Scripture is a lost day for
me. I can only move forward with certainty
upon the firm ground of the Word of God.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
3GiveCompetent
Counsel
I myself am satisfied about you, mybrothers, that you yourselves are fullof goodness, filled with all know-
another.ledge and able to instruct one
Romans 15:14
4DeepenChristian
Community
I myself am satisfied about you, mybrothers, that you yourselves arefull of goodness, filled with all know-
another.ledge and able to instruct one
Romans 15:14
We value embodying authentic community towards deepening our lives together.
New City Church Value #5:
Three Opportunities
Community groups1
Community groups1
2 Triads
Three Opportunities
Community groups1
2
3
Triads
One-to-one meetings
Three Opportunities
Your display of maturing Christ-like character,
your growing employment of Scriptural knowledge,
and your deepening Christian community
enable you all to counsel one another.
So, how are we doing? ?
LOVE one anotherSERVE one another
ENCOURAGE one anotherPRAY for one another
WELCOME one anotherSHOW HOSPITALITY to one another
FORGIVE one anotherCOUNSEL one another
One another-ing is an essential (non-optional)
component of NT Christianity.
Our default mode should be...
“we” instead of “me.”