It’s Not Your Church<\/a><\/i><\/p>\nOur text was Mt 16.18. We looked at the foundation of the church: Jesus the Christ, the Son of God. We looked at the formation of the church: Jesus Christ, the builder. We looked at the future of the church: victorious over the gates of hell [from the cross onwards to the coming of the King, the grave is no victory over the saints, the Lord is the victory].<\/p>\n
If It’s Not Your Church<\/i>, then whose is it? It’s His church. The church belongs to the One who builds it. He may use men and the gifts he gives them to build the church, but ultimately, he is the one at work, he is the one who builds.<\/p>\n
Our attitude towards His church should be one of submission. Submission for accountability and discipleship. Submission for opportunities to serve.<\/p>\n
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We had a number of visitors today, mostly from out of town. We also had a couple of absences today, so we were about average in attendance after all.<\/p>\n
I did experience a ‘first’ for me in preaching the first message. I got about three quarters through and discovered a page of my notes was missing. I had to have some of my people look up a verse for me with their concordances while I was preaching. I managed to remember most of the notes on the page and with the help of our people, carried on. I have forgotten my whole set of notes a couple of times before, but that one was a first!<\/p>\n
Regards,
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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