Choose Church!
List of verses in today’s sermon, by all means not exhaustive but rather a smattering of scriptures that speak to the subject:
God dwells with His people: 2 Corinthians 6:16, Matthew 18:20
We are image bearers of God: 2 Corinthians 3:18 & Genesis 1:26-28 & James 3:9
Do the work before us: Book of Nehemiah
We are ‘the Church’: In the Bible, ‘the Church’ is always referencing people and not a place. 1 Timothy 5, 1 Corinthians 12:12,27, Romans 12:4-5, Ephesians 2:21, 4:11-13, Acts 20:28.
Priesthood of all believers: 1 Peter 2:5-9, Ephesians 2:19-22, Hebrews 13:15-16
Proclaim the Good News: Matthew 28:19, Psalm 92:6, Romans 10:14-15
Make Disciples: Matthew 28:19-20, John 15:16, Ephesians 4:16
Christlike habits: James 1:22-25, Galatians 6:7-9, 1 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 3:14-17, Titus 2:11-12
Learn from how Jesus lived: Matthew 11:29, John 13:15, Philippians 2:5, 1John 2:6
God is present in our everyday lives: ie: everything is spiritual: Matthew 6:10, Luke 17:20-21, Psalm 24:1, 139, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 10:31, Colossians 1:16
Have the mind of Christ: Philippians 2:5-11, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Romans 12:2, Colossians 3:2, 2 Corinthians 10:5
Christ is the focus: Matthew 6:33, Romans 8:5,9, 12:1, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Ephesians 1:22, 5:23, Colossians 1:8, 3:23-24, Hebrews 3:1, 12:1-2
Jesus is the Rock, the Corner Stone: Matthew 7:24-25, 16:18, Ephesians 2:19-22, 1 Corinthians 3:11, 10:4, 1 Peter 2:6, Psalm 118:22,
New Covenant: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Ezekiel 36: 26-27, Luke 22:20, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Hebrews 8:6, 9:15
Preach only Jesus: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5, 2 Corinthians 10:10, 11:6
His Spirit, not the worlds: 1 Corinthians 2:5,12, John 14:15-17, Romans 8:14, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 6:19
The Early Church: Acts (yes the whole book, it’s amazing) 1 Corinthians 11:17-33, 12:24-26,14:26, 16:1-2, Romans 12:4-5, 16:5, Titus 1:6-9, Philippians 1:27, 1 Peter 1:16
The Holy Spirit is with us: Mark 1:8, 16:18, John 14:15-31, 15:26, 16:7-15, Acts 2, 2 Corinthians 3:3-6, Hebrews 8:10-11, Romans 8:14-17,26-27, Ephesians 1:13-14
Jesus valued Church: then: Matthew 21:12,14,23, Luke 21:37, John 8:20 post resurrection: Matthew 16:18, 28:16-20, Acts 2, 8:4, 10:34-35, 11:19-21, Ephesians 1:22-23, Colossians 1:18, Revelation 7:9
Church is for everyone: Mark 2:17, Luke 5:31, Luke 4:18, Isaiah 61:1, Galatians 3:28, Matthew 5: 46-48, Romans 15:7
We need to value the church: Hebrews 10:23-25, Matthew 22:37-40, Acts 20:28, Ephesians 4:11-12,15-16, 5:19 Acts 2:42, Colossians 3:16, James 5:16, 1 Corinthians 14:26
We as the Church function to serve, encourage, pray, worship, evangelize, disciple.