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• The greatness of a church is measured best by how
  well it shows off God in all His glory.

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Key Elements in a Great Church

• 1 An exceptional church loves the lost.

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• Matthew 910-13
• While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house,
  many tax collectors and sinners came and ate
  with Him and His disciples. When the Pharisees
  saw this, they asked His disciples, Why does
  your teacher eat with tax collectors and
  sinners?

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•  On hearing this, Jesus said, It is not the
  healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go
  and learn what this means I desire mercy, not
  sacrifice. For I have not come to call the
  righteous, but sinners.

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Key Elements in a Great Church

• 1 An exceptional church loves the lost.
• 2 An exceptional church enjoys deeply
  unified relationships.

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• John 1720-21
• I pray also for those who will believe in Me
  through their message, that all of them may be
  one, Father, just as You are in Me and I am in
  You. May they also be in Us so that the world may
  believe that You have sent Me.

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• Ephesians 43252
• Be kind and compassionate to one another,
  forgiving each other, just as in Christ God
  forgave you. Be imitators of God, therefore, as
  dearly loved children and live a life of love,
  just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for
  us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

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Key Elements in a Great Church

• 3 An exceptional church delights in
  delighting in God.

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• Revelation 196-7
• Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude,
  like the roar of rushing waters and like loud
  peals of thunder, shouting Hallelujah! For our
  Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be
  glad and give Him glory!

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Key Elements in a Great Church

• 3 An exceptional church delights in
  delighting in God.
• 4 An exceptional church serves
  purposefully.

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• John 1313-17
• You call me Teacher and Lord, and rightly
  so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord
  and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also
  should wash one another's feet. I have set you
  an example that you should do as I have done for
  you.

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• I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than
  his master, nor is a messenger greater than the
  one who sent him. Now that you know these things,
  you will be blessed if you do them.

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Key Elements in a Great Church

• 5 An exceptional church is marked by
  people becoming like Jesus.

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• Sanctification is the process, driven by Gods
  Spirit of becoming like our Lord holy and pure
  in heart, mind, and action.

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• Romans 121-2
• Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of Gods
  mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices,
  holy and pleasing to God this is your spiritual
  act of worship. Do not be conformed any longer to
  the pattern of this world, but be transformed by
  the renewing of your mind.

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• Ephesians 51-2
• Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved
  children and live a life of love, just as Christ
  loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant
  offering and sacrifice to God.