Central Assembly
Pastor Jim Bradford | September 1, 2019
1 Corinthians 3:3-4 NIV
Eugene Peterson, The Jesus Way
"I love Jesus but I hate the church" is a theme that keeps reappearing with variations in many settings. So it is interesting to note that Jesus, who in abridged form is quite popular with the non-church crowd, was not anti-institutional. Jesus said, "Follow me," and then regularly led his followers into the two primary religious institutional structures of his day: the synagogue and the temple. Neither institution was without its inadequacies, faults, and failures. The temple especially was shot through with corruption, venality, injustice, discrimination . . . All the same, he didn't boycott the place. . . A spirituality that has no institutional structure or support very soon becomes self-indulgent and subjective and one-generational.
Let's first remember our accountability to God
1 Corinthians 3:5-8 NIV
1 Corinthians 3:9-15 NIV
The Great White Throne Judgment
Revelation 20:11-12 NIV
The Judgment Seat of Christ
2 Corinthians 5:10 NIV
In our preoccupation with . . .
- Music
- Programs
- Relevance
- Creativity
- Compassion
Let's not forget . . .
- Worship
- Love
- Surrender
- Encounter
- Evangelism
Let's stay hungry for God's presence
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 NIV
Ephesians 2:22 NIV