We Are the Church (WATC)
Posted by pastor on January 5, 2009
In yesterday’s worship service I introduced a new sermon series that we will be in for the next few months. We Are the Church is a look at what the church is and how we can fulfill the purpose and task that God has given the church here at Crosspoint. I want to encourage you to take an active part in thinking through these issues with me so that we can be as faithful and effective as possible, both individually and corporately.
When I say faithful, I mean that we must seek to be as faithful to Scripture as we can be. There are mandates that we find in God’s Word for the church. These are non-negotiable, unchanging truths that we are commanded to follow in the local church regardless of time, culture, language, whatever. It should be our goal to dig into the Bible, see what it says, and then do it.
When I say effective, I mean that we must seek to be as effective in fulfilling the task of the church as we can be. The church is not simply called to “be,” but also to “do.” While we do find mandates in Scripture, we also find many areas of silence on particular issues or methodologies. Where we find silence, we should not seek to make ourselves as comfortable as possible, but we should seek to be as effective as possible. We are not called to be comfortable…we are called to impact the world.
While we are in this series, I will be following up each sermon with a blog post that either digs a little deeper, sheds some additional light on a portion of the sermon that I get questions about, introduces a discussion on the subject of the sermon, or anything else that I think could be beneficial. I invite everyone to take part in this, so offer any thoughts, reflections, or ideas that are sparked.
I believe that God has great things in store for Crosspoint, and I want us to have a big faith in a big God to use jars of clay like us for His big purposes. God’s plan for our world is the church. We are the body of Christ. Let’s take this seriously and seek to operate as faithfully and effectively as possible.
