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17 March, 2013

Message Eight

Church: The Off-the-Chain Gang

Matthew 16:15-20
Definitions
.:. An ecclesia was an assembly of citizens called-out to set the ____________ for that city .:. Kyriakon simply means, that which ______________ to the Lord .:. Holiness means consecration to the ______________; to be carved-out with a distinct, unique purpose 1 Pet 2:9-10 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God:

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF CHAIN-GANG CHURCHES

1. A chain gang is a group of __________________ all chained together 2. This group of prisoners is chained together to perform ______________________ work 3. To be off the chain means to be able to act ____________ without restraint Eph 5:25 Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Thesis
The church, as Christs body, gives a ________________ place for the expression of your spiritual gifts and fruit

Going Off the Chain in Jesus Name

1. Believe in who the church ____, 1 Pet 2:9-10 2. Believe in what the church ________, Eph 1:22-23 A. Be Christs ________, Rom 12:4-5 B. Display Gods ____________, Eph 3:10-11, 20-21 C. Demonstrate Gods __________ 3. Believe in what the church ______ A. A holy ____________________ B. A holy ______________ 1) We are free from the _____________ of sin, Rom 6:23 2) We are being set free from the __________ of sin, Rom 6:14 C. A holy __________ D. A holy ____________

Point 1. Church is not someplace we go, but something we ______ when we come together. Eph 1:22-23 And [God] hath put all things under [Christs] feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all

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Point 2. As you open yourself to be led by the Spirit of God, he will direct you to the place in the body of Christ where you are supposed to bear __________. Point 3. It is hard to wait for God to do in others what you are _____________ God from doing in you.

Rom 12:4-5 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 1 Cor 12:4-6 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 1 Cor 12:18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. Eph 3:10-11 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: Eph 3:20-21 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Prov 14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 1 Thes 4:16-18 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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I. JESUS PROBING, 15-17 A. What Is Said, 15-16 1. Question, 15 2. Recognition, 16 B. Why He Said It, 17 II. JESUS PROMISE, 18-19 A. His Announcement, 18 B. Their Authority, 19 III. JESUS PROHIBITION, 20

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