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April 25, 2021
I DON’T BELIEVE IN CHURCH Part 3: Church Hurt
(1 Timothy 3:14-15 NCV) I’m writing…so you’ll know how to live in the family of God. That family is the church.
(Luke 17:1-5) He said to His disciples, “Offenses will certainly come…Be on your guard. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
Common Responses to Church Hurt
- It’s not ______________.
(Romans 12:19 NAS) Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “vengeance is mine, i will repay,” says the Lord.
- It’s not ______________.
(Proverbs 16:28) A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.
(Matthew 18:15 NLT) “If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense…”
- It’s not ______________.
(Jeremiah 6:14 MSG) My people are broken—shattered!—and they put on band-aids, Saying, ‘It’s not so bad. You’ll be just fine.’ But things are not ‘just fine’!
(Hebrews 12:15 LB) Watch out that no bitterness takes root among you, for as it springs up it causes deep trouble, hurting many in their lives.
- It’s not ______________.
(Hebrews 12:3 GNT) Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.
- It’s ______________.
(Ephesians 4:15-16 GNT) Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head. Under his control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided.
The 3 Ingredients of Healing
_________, _________, & _________
A Church That Heals
1.Add _________to people.
(Matthew 5:13) You are the salt of the earth…
2.Build intentional ________________.
(Acts 2:46 LB) They worshiped together regularly at the Temple each day, met in small groups in homes for Communion, and shared their meals with great joy and thankfulness,
3. Keep ____________________.
(Ephesians 4:26) Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry.
(Matthew 6:14-15) For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
4. Share your ____________.
(2 Corinthians 1:8 CEV) My friends, I want you to know what a hard time we had in Asia. Our sufferings were so horrible and so unbearable that death seemed certain.4.
5. Connect to ___________.
(2 Corinthians 2:14-15 NLT) Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.