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I Will Be A Functioning Church Member

May 11, 2014

Passage:1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Preacher: Rick Blackwell

Series: I Am Church Member

Detail:

1. Membership means we are all necessary parts of the whole.

a. Biblical membership versus culture’s definition of membership

b. Biblical definition of membership – 1 Cor. 12:27-28

2. Membership means we are different but we still work together.

a. Each part of the body has to do its own work.

b. The Body suffers when we fail to do our part – 1 Cor.12:26.

3. Membership means everything we say and do should be based on the biblical foundation of love.

a. Biblical definition of love – 1Cor.: 13.

b. We do not love people because they are lovable.

c. Love is the foundation of church membership.

4. Church membership is functioning membership.

a. Country club membership (pay you dues) versus biblical        membership (give abundantly and serve without hesitation.)

b. Biblical membership is a functioning membership – 1 Cor. 12:12-26

5. Conclusion: Take the first pledge.

“I am a church member. I like the metaphor of membership. It’s not a membership as in a civic organization or a country club. It’s the kind of membership given to us in 1 Cor. 12: ‘Now we are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.’ (1 Cor. 12:27). Because I am a member of the body of Christ, I must be a functioning member, whether I am an ‘eye,’ an ‘ear,’ or a ‘hand.’ As a functioning member I will give. I will serve. I will minister. I will evangelize. I will study. I will seek to be a blessing to others. I will remember that ‘if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it’ (1 Cor. 12:26).