People the church needs:Spiritual people: Galatians 6:1Hebrews 5:12 – Spiritual people must continually grow.Diligent workers: II Timothy 2:15II Timothy 2:14, 16John 15:1-2 – God expects us to work and bear fruit.John 15:6, 8People willing to serve: Matthew 20:20-28Galatians 5:13Faithful people: II Timothy 2:2Able teachers: II Timothy 2:15II Peter 3:16 – There is a right way and a wrong way to understand the scriptures.Wise people: I Corinthians 6:5Ephesians 5:15 – Walk circumspectly; be wise.Righteous people: I John 3:7-10Luke 18:9-14 – The church does not need self-righteous people.People who are not needed in the local church:Reprobates: Romans 1:28-32I Corinthians 9:26-27 – Someone with no self-discipline is a reprobate.II Corinthians 13:5Vain babblers: II Timothy 2:17-18I Timothy 6:20Those like Diotrephes who like to have preeminence: II John 1:9-10Heretics; those who cause divisions: Titus 3:10-11I Timothy 4:15-16
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