THE ROADS CHURCH - NORRIS CITY & MT. CARMEL

3 applications of the “church”

Individually - “IN you” - The individual believers themselves
Locally - “WITH you” - The local body of believers that you are serving with
Corporately - “BIGGER than you” - The corporate body of Christ world-wide

3 Key “Abilities” of Building the Church:

- Ability - “IN YOU” - Individually
- Availability - “WITH YOU” - Locally
- Sustainability - “BIGGER THAN YOU” - Corporately

Ability - ischus - Possession of the qualities required to do something or get something done; Exceptional capability, with the implication of personal potential; Strength, might, force, power

Potential - Existing in possibility: capable of development into actuality

Potent - Achieving or bringing about a particular result: Effective

ABILITY doesn’t always mean ACHIEVEMENT!

3 Key “Abilities” of Building the Church:

- Ability - “IN YOU” - Individually
- Availability - LOCALLY - "WITH YOU/OTHERS”

Available - Webster - Present or ready for immediate use

3 Key “Abilities” of Building the Church:

- Ability - “IN YOU” - Individually
- Availability - “WITH YOU/OTHERS” - Locally
- Sustainability - “BIGGER THAN YOU” - Corporately

Sustainability - Webster - Maintained at length without interruption or weakening; long lasting, keep up, continue

Fellow workers - sunergos - Working or laboring together closely with someone
- sun - union; with or together by association, companionship, process
- ergon - To work or toil

Field - georgion - Field that is actively being cultivated or tilled with emphasis on the involvement of the farmer. Not pasture land

Declare - dello - To make known, plain, manifest; reveal

Test - dokimazo - To try to learn the genuineness of something by examination and testing, often through actual use.