GODS PERFECT IMPERFECT CHURCH

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GODS PERFECT IMPERFECT CHURCH
Ruins of Medieval church in York, England
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Gods Perfect Imperfect Church

• In one sense The church is made
  up of imperfect people. The lifelong task of
  attaining perfection will be incomplete when we
  die.
• However God designed and built His church to
  perfection according to His Divine Plan.

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The Perfect Church

• A Divine Architect
• Ephesians 310-11

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Ephesians 310-11

• To the intent that now the manifold wisdom of
  God might be made known by the church to the
  principalities and powers in the heavenly places,
  11 according to the eternal purpose which He
  accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God planned the church from all eternity
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The Perfect Church

• A Divine Architect
• Ephesians 310-11

• A Perfect Blueprint
• Hebrews 85 (cf. 1 Cor. 417 717)

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Hebrews 85

• who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly
  things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he
  was about to make the tabernacle. For He said,
  "See that you make all things according to the
  pattern shown you on the mountain.

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1 Corinthians 417 717

• (417), For this reason I have sent Timothy to
  you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the
  Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ,
  as I teach everywhere in every church.
• (717), But as God has distributed to each one,
  as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk.
  And so I ordain in all the churches.

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James 125

• But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty
  and continues in it, and is not a forgetful
  hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be
  blessed in what he does.

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The Perfect Church

• A Divine Architect
• Ephesians 310-11

• A Perfect Blueprint
• Hebrews 85 (cf. 1 Cor. 417 717)

• A Perfect Builder
• Matthew 1618

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Matthew 1618

• And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on
  this rock I will build My church, and the gates
  of Hades shall not prevail against it.

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The Perfect Church

• A Divine Architect
• Ephesians 310-11

• A Perfect Blueprint
• Hebrews 85 (cf. 1 Cor. 417 717)

• A Perfect Builder
• Matthew 1618

• A Perfect Head
• Ephesians 122-23

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Ephesians 122-23

• And He put all things under His feet, and gave
  Him to be head over all things to the church, 23
  which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills
  all in all.

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The Perfect Church

• A Divine Architect
• Ephesians 310-11

• A Perfect Blueprint
• Hebrews 85 (cf. 1 Cor. 417 717)

• A Perfect Builder
• Matthew 1618

• A Perfect Head
• Ephesians 122-23

• A Perfect Foundation
• 1 Corinthians 311 Ephesians 220

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1 Corinthians 311

• For no other foundation can anyone lay than that
  which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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Ephesians 220

• And are built upon the foundation of the
  apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being
  the chief corner stone.

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The Perfect Church

• A Divine Architect
• Ephesians 310-11

• A Perfect Blueprint
• Hebrews 85 (cf. 1 Cor. 417 717)

• A Perfect Builder
• Matthew 1618

• A Perfect Head - Ephesians 122-23

• A Perfect Foundation - 1 Cor 311

• By Perfect Blood Acts 2028

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Acts 2028

• Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the
  flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you
  overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He
  purchased with His own blood.

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The Church Has A Perfect Plan

• Worship
• Saving Souls
• Work
• Organization

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The Church Has A Perfect Plan

• Doesnt appeal to the majority who put their
  trust in human wisdom
• - 1 Corinthians 118

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1 Corinthians 118

• For the preaching of the cross is to them that
  perish foolishness but unto us which are saved
  it is the power of God.

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THE IMPERFECT
Made up of imperfect beings We are imperfect
in Our worship Our saving souls Our leadership
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OUR IMPERFECTIONS

• Are not an excuse for not improving our
  efforts
• Are not an excuse for not growing
• Are not an excuse for changing Gods plan

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Sardis - Rev. 31 Men It LIVES!
God Its DEAD
Laodicea - Rev. 314-17 Men Were rich
God Poor, blind, miserable
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Smyrna - Rev. 28,9 Men Theyre poor, and
struggling
God Theyre rich!
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What counts is not what others think of us, or
even what we think of ourselves, but WHAT DOES
GOD THINK?
WHAT ABOUT THE CHURCH THAT MEETS HERE?