Series: The Five Purposes of a Flourishing Church
Title: Belonging to a Membership
Text: Ephesians 2:19 (NASB95)
Ephesians 2:19
I. The Seeker
a. Is the Church Gospel-Centered?
i. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
b. Doctrinal faithfulness
i. Acts 2:42
c. Discipleship-focused
i. 2 Timothy 2:2

II. The Spectator
a. You’re a Toe Without Body
i. 1 Corinthians 12:12
ii. 1 Corinthians 12:24-26
b. You are Prey without Protection
i. Shepards
1. 1 Corinthians 10:12
ii. Guardrails
1. Matthew 18:15–17
c. You are a Stranger without a Family
i. 2 John 12
ii. Quote: John Piper says, “The more disconnected we are from a local
church, the more confused we will be about who we are and who God
made us to be. We find our true individual selves in relationship to others”
iv. Hebrews 10:24-25

III. The Sideliner
a. Using your Gifts for the Body
i. 1 Peter 4:10
b. Bearing Fruit in Service
i. John 15:5
c. Spiritual Growth and Accountability
i. Matthew 18:20

Series: The Five Purposes of a Flourishing Church
Title: Mission
Text: Acts 20:24
• Mission
• Membership
• Maturity
• Ministry
• Magnification
Acts 2:42-47
I. Our Mission is to Carry the Gospel
a. Acts 20:24
II. Our Mission Involves Reconciliation
a. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
III. Our Mission is to be Ambassadors for Christ
a. 2 Corinthians 5:20
b. Matthew 28:19

Title: Image is Everything
Text: Genesis 1:26-28 (NASB95 unless specified)
Genesis 1:26-28
Quote- “Whatever else is true of man, it is certainly true. That man is not what he was meant to be.”
I. The Divine Plan
a. Genesis 1:26
b. Implications of being made in God’s image:
i. We are forever separated from animals.
ii. Allows us to know God in a personal way.
1. Psalms 113:13-14
2. Jeremiah 1:5
3. Isaiah 49:1
iii. Gives us clarity as we consider moral issues.
1. Gen 9:7
2. James 3:9
iv. The basis for human and civil rights.
v. All of you belongs to him.

II. The Divine Pattern
a. Genesis 1:27
III. The Divine Purpose
a. Gen 1:28
b. Psalm 8:4-5 (KJV)