Deeper Life Bible Church, Aberdeen Sunday Message09112008

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Deeper Life Bible Church, AberdeenSunday
Message 09-11-2008

• FELLOWSHIP AND UNITY AMONG THE BRETHREN
• I Corinthians 1212-27

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3 Points

• 1. UNITY AND INTERRELATIONSHIP OF MEMBERS OF THE
  BODY
• 2. HUMILITY AND INTERDEPENDENCE OF ALL MEMBERS
  AND BELIEVERS
• 3. USEFULNESS AND IMPORTANCE OF EACH MEMBER OF
  THE BODY

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UNITY AND INTERRELATIONSHIP OF MEMBERS OF THE
BODYI Corinthians 1212,15-17 1017 Romans
124,5 Galatians 326-28 Proverbs 2012
Revelation 411 Romans 920 Judges 12,3 2
Samuel 1011.

• Seven enablers of true Unity
• Repentance Faith in Jesus Christ Acts 2021
• Reconciliation Restitution towards God man
  Job 2018
• Righteousness Holy living 1 Thess.210
• Relationships of Christlike love 1 Cor.134-7
• Rudiments of Gods word Acts 1711
• Right attitude towards one another Phil.23
• Revival Prayer Acts 430-34

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HUMILITY AND INTERDEPENDENCE OF ALL MEMBERS AND
BELIEVERSI Corinthians 1218-21,25,26 Romans
123,10 Philippians 23-7 I Corinthians
159,10 36-8 Numbers 1031,32 Job 2915 Acts
2210
Our F-E-L-L-O-W-S-H-I-P entails F Forgive one
another 2 Cor.27 E Exhort one another
Heb.313 L Love one another John 1334,35 L
Lean on one another 1 Cor.1221 O Obey one
another Col.320-22 W Watch over one another
1 Cor.1613 S Serve one another
Gal.513 H Honour one another 1 Pet.217 I
Identify with one another 1 Cor.1215 P
Pray for one another James 516
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USEFULNESS AND IMPORTANCE OF EACH MEMBER OF THE
BODYI Corinthians 1222-24 Ecclesiastes
913-16 Matthew 1220 I Samuel 3011-19
Proverbs 1112 Isaiah 497,8 Romans 1215,16
2 Corinthians 1012.
What are the benefits of true fellowship? U
Unction of Gods power Psalms 133 S Supply
of all needs Phil.419 E Exploits in Gods
Kingdom Dan.1132 F Fruitfulness and growth
John 1516 U Unlimited possibilities Mark
1122 L Liberty and total freedom John
832,36
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Conclusion
The Church As a Team The story is told of a
horse-pull in Canada. One horse pulled 9,000
pounds, another 8,000. Together you would expect
them to pull 18,000 pounds. Not so! When teamed
together, they pulled 30,000 pounds. The
principle is called synergism. By definition, the
simultaneous action of separate agents working
together has a greater total effect than the sum
of their individual efforts. More can be done in
a team effort than can be accomplished solo. In
order for the principle of synergism to work like
it should, there has to be teamwork. Everything
we do takes teamwork and trust. Every person in
the local church is valuable and needed. The
church is a team, and together we can build for
the Lord.
Humility is the secret of fellowship, and pride
the secret of division. (R.C. Chapman)
For as the body is one, and hath many members,
and all the members of that one body, being many,
are one body so also is Christ. But now hath God
set the members every one of them in the body, as
it hath pleased him. (1 Corinthians.1212,18)