Fix my eyes. What do friends do when they gather together?

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fix my eyes

What do friends do when they gather

together?

Question to AnswerHow is a church supposed to act when they get

together?

Go to 1 Corinthians 8

We need God to show us that we are

One Church that worships together.

1. One Church,One God

18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I

hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,[d] 19 for there must be

factions among you in order that those who are genuine among

you may be recognized. 20 When you come together, it is not the

Lord's supper that you eat.

. 21 For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets

drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of

God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in

this? No, I will not.

a. “I hear that there are divisions among you”

b. “Drink in an unworthy manner = judgment”

We are One Church that worships the true God together.

2. One ChurchMany Gifts

4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in

everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the

common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of

wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish

between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All

these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each

one individually as he wills.

a. “Manifestation of the spirit for the common

good”b. “For in one spirit we

were all baptized into one body”

We are One Church that worships

together by serving others.

3. One ChurchOne Love

1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I

am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic

powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I

am nothing.

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all

things, hopes all things, endures all things.

a. “Without love I am nothing”b. “Love is…”

We are One Church that worships

together by loving truly.

We need God to show us that we are

One Church that worships together.

What do we do when we gather?

Focus on JesusUse Spiritual Gifts

Love Properly

What about HVSM?Refuge?

Lifegroups?

Invitation

Know JesusKnow Love

Challenge

Know Jesus Show JesusKnow Gifts Show GiftsKnow Love Show Love

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