1 CORINTHIANS 3: FIVE SKETCHES OF A SIGNIFICANT CHURCH
1 YOU ARE IMMATURE - DIVISIVE
IMAGE: INFANT
OBSTACLE: IMMATURITY
GOAL: MATURITY/SPIRITUAL GROWTH
HOW?: DISCIPLESHIP
GROUPS OF THREE
VALUE: COMMISSION: MAKE DISCIPLES (Matthew 28:19)
2 WE ARE CO-WORKERS
OBSTACLE: WORKING ALONE
GOAL: ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION TOGETHER
HOW?: EQUIP/MENTOR FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY
SPENDING MORE TIME WITH THE 20%
VALUE: EQUIPPING NEW LEADERS (Ephesians 4:11-12)
3 YOU ARE GOD’S FIELD (Outside Church Building)
OBSTACLE: NO GROWTH
GOAL: GROWTH/INCREASE
HOW: PLACES FOR GROWTH
MINISTRY TEAM FARM
VALUE: GROWTH IN MINISTERING
(A Place to build Confidence in Doing Ministry)
Luke 9:1-2, “And He called the 12 together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
4 YOU ARE GOD’S BUILDING:
OBSTACLE: SURFACE RELATIONSHIPS
GOAL: COMMUNITY
HOW? CONNECTIONS/.
BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
VALUE: GROWING RELATIONSHIPS
Ephesians 2:19–22 (ESV)19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. Cf. John 13:35; 1 Peter 2:5
5 YOU (plural) ARE GOD’S TEMPLE.
OBSTACLE: DRY/THIRSTY
GOAL: PRESENCE OF GOD.
GREATER AWARENESS OF GOD.
HOW? CONNECT WITH GOD
VALUE: WORSHIP (Psalm 100)
1 YOU ARE IMMATURE - DIVISIVE
IMAGE: INFANT
OBSTACLE: IMMATURITY
GOAL: MATURITY/SPIRITUAL GROWTH
HOW?: DISCIPLESHIP
GROUPS OF THREE
VALUE: COMMISSION: MAKE DISCIPLES (Matthew 28:19)
2 WE ARE CO-WORKERS
OBSTACLE: WORKING ALONE
GOAL: ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION TOGETHER
HOW?: EQUIP/MENTOR FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY
SPENDING MORE TIME WITH THE 20%
VALUE: EQUIPPING NEW LEADERS (Ephesians 4:11-12)
3 YOU ARE GOD’S FIELD (Outside Church Building)
OBSTACLE: NO GROWTH
GOAL: GROWTH/INCREASE
HOW: PLACES FOR GROWTH
MINISTRY TEAM FARM
VALUE: GROWTH IN MINISTERING
(A Place to build Confidence in Doing Ministry)
Luke 9:1-2, “And He called the 12 together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
4 YOU ARE GOD’S BUILDING:
OBSTACLE: SURFACE RELATIONSHIPS
GOAL: COMMUNITY
HOW? CONNECTIONS/.
BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
VALUE: GROWING RELATIONSHIPS
Ephesians 2:19–22 (ESV)19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. Cf. John 13:35; 1 Peter 2:5
5 YOU (plural) ARE GOD’S TEMPLE.
OBSTACLE: DRY/THIRSTY
GOAL: PRESENCE OF GOD.
GREATER AWARENESS OF GOD.
HOW? CONNECT WITH GOD
VALUE: WORSHIP (Psalm 100)