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1 Corinthians 12:17-21 Quit Dating the Church - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: January 23, 2011

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 12:18)

God has a design for each church and a part for each member to play.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 12:20)

Each person in this church is important.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 12:21)

We need God and we need each other.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 12:21)

God wants us to be better friends to each other and better parts or members of the body of Christ.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

John 17:21-22 NKJV

21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:

John 17:21-22 NKJV

21 that they (we-you and I) all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they (we-you and I) may be one just as We are one:

Mark 10:9 NKJV

Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."

1 John 2:19 NLT

19 These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.

1 Cor 12:31 NLT

So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts. But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.

Eph 4:11-12 NKJV

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

Rom 12:6-8 NLT

6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. 7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. 8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.

Ruth 1:16-17 NKJV

16 But Ruth said: "Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me."

John 15:12-14 NKJV

12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

Matt 7:12 NASB

"In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Gen 34:30 NKJV

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I."

Gen 49:5-7 NLT

5 "Simeon and Levi are two of a kind; their weapons are instruments of violence. 6 May I never join in their meetings; may I never be a party to their plans. For in their anger they murdered men, and they crippled oxen just for sport. 7 A curse on their anger, for it is fierce; a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob; I will disperse them throughout Israel.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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