Worship Service 04/16/2023

Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Text: Acts 2

Theme: We Are Family

Notes:

• Colossians 1:10
• Philippians 1:27
• Ephesians 4:1-3

15 Reasons Why We Should View the Church as a Family

1. The Bible refers to believers as family over 200 times
   • 1 Peter 3:8
   • Hebrews 13:1
   • 1 Thessalonians 4:9
2. The command to love like family
   • Romans 12:10-13
     • philadelphia = brotherly love
     • philastorgas = familial love
3. God refers to his people as a household
   • 1 Peter 1:22
   • Galatians 6:10
   • 1 Timothy 3:14-15
4. The images the Bible uses
   • 1 Corinthians 12:20
   • 1 Peter 2:9
   • Universal church or local church?
     • The pattern of the apostles was to plant local churches, establish membership and leadership

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