“The Roles of Membership”
June 3, 2009
scriptures: Hebrews 10
keywords: Draw near, membership, consider, provoke, exort
audio: Wednesday Night June 3, 2009
[audio:https://www.ekklesia.church/media/june3.mp3]
Draw near – get closer to God and other Christians…don’t draw back
If you lack love for other believers, you really lack God
Hold fast – be a good, strong member in the body of Christ
Members give and recieve encouragement
Selfishness is what you get saved from
Make your desire to please God greater than your desire to please yourself
Membership in Christ requires a right attitude and commitment
Seek what the Lord would have you do…not yourself
Provoke one another – Who are you considering? How are you helping them?
Have a passion for others to be better in Christ
Assembling – Going to Church is important. Be an active member
Exorting – Encouraging with company…be there for somebody
Church is a place for people trying to do right
One of the responsibilities of a member is a commitment to live right
Be grateful for the love of Christ – and be eager to share
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22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.