Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Text: Acts 2

Theme: We Are Family

Notes:

* Colossians 1:10

* Philippians 1:27

* Ephesians 4:1-3

 

15 Reasons Why We Should View the Church as a Family

* The Bible refers to believers as family over 200 times

* 1 Peter 3:8

* Hebrews 13:1

* 1 Thessalonians 4:9

* The command to love like family

* Romans 12:10-13

* philadelphia = brotherly love

* philastorgas = familial love

* God refers to his people as a household

* 1 Peter 1:22

* Galatians 6:10

* 1 Timothy 3:14-15

* The images the Bible uses

* 1 Corinthians 12:20

* 1 Peter 2:9

* Universal church or local church?

* The pattern of the apostles was to plant local churches, establish membership and leadership