being community part 2 | 12 june 2016 | louis kotze
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LOUIS KOTZE
Romans 12:9-21 NLT
Marks of the true Christian• Love • Morality• Work ethic• Spirituality• Social impact
LoveHuman love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ’s sake.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together
Morality
Love requires definition
Being community• Work ethic• Spirituality• Social impact
Work ethicEphesians 2:10 ESV
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
• Deliver me• Strengthen me• Empower me
Spirituality• John 4:24 ESV
“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
• Authentic spirituality – 1 Corinthians 12:3 NASBTherefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
Spirituality• Discerning
o Real but not inspiredo Real but not inspirational
Social impact• Matthew 4:4 NASB
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’”
• Empathy• Assistance• Justice