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Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Hebrews 10:24-25
By David Dann
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
• The New Testament sets forth God’s
plan for the local church.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Philippians 1:1
1 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of
Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ
Jesus who are in Philippi, with the
bishops and deacons…
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
• The New Testament sets forth God’s
plan for the local church.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
• The New Testament sets forth God’s
plan for the local church.
• The New Testament sets forth the
roles & responsibilities of the
members of the local church.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
1 Corinthians 1:2
2 To the church of God which is at
Corinth, to those who are sanctified in
Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all
who in every place call on the name of
Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and
ours…
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
• The New Testament sets forth God’s
plan for the local church.
• The New Testament sets forth the
roles & responsibilities of the
members of the local church.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
• The New Testament sets forth God’s
plan for the local church.
• The New Testament sets forth the
roles & responsibilities of the
members of the local church.
• What is expected of members of the
local church in connection with the
assembling of the church?
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Attend & Participate In The Assemblies
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Attend & Participate In The Assemblies
Acts 11:25-26
25 Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to
seek Saul.
26 And when he had found him, he
brought him to Antioch. So it was that for
a whole year they assembled with the
church and taught a great many people.
And the disciples were first called
Christians in Antioch.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Attend & Participate In The Assemblies
Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider one another in
order to stir up love and good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as is the manner of
some, but exhorting one another, and so
much the more as you see the Day
approaching.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
1 Corinthians 14:26
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever
you come together, each of you has a
psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has
a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all
things be done for edification.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
1. The Lord’s Supper (Acts 2:42; 20:7; 1
Cor. 11:17-34).
2. Prayer (Acts 2:42; 4:23-31; 12:12).
3. Singing (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16).
4. Preaching and teaching (Acts 11:26;
20:7).
5. Giving as each one has been
prospered (1 Cor. 16:1-2; 2 Cor. 9:6-7).
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
1 Corinthians 14:40
40 Let all things be done decently and in
order.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
1 Corinthians 10:16
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is
it not the communion of the blood of
Christ? The bread which we break, is it
not the communion of the body of
Christ?
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
1 Timothy 2:1-3
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
giving of thanks be made for all men,
2 for kings and all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable
life in all godliness and reverence.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our Savior…
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
Colossians 3:16
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom, teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing with
grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
Ephesians 4:11-13
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles,
some prophets, some evangelists, and some
pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of
ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect
man, to the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ…
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
Ephesians 4:14-15
14 …that we should no longer be children,
tossed to and fro and carried about with
every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of
men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful
plotting,
15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow
up in all things into Him who is the head -Christ ...
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital
2 Corinthians 8:5
5 And not only as we had hoped, but
they first gave themselves to the Lord,
and then to us by the will of God.
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Attending
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Corinthians 11:17, 20
17 Now in giving these instructions I do
not praise you, since you come together
not for the better but for the worse...
20 …Therefore when you come together
in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's
Supper.
Attending
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider one another in
order to stir up love and good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as is the manner of
some, but exhorting one another, and so
much the more as you see the Day
approaching.
Attending
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Preparing
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Ephesians 4:15-16
15 …but, speaking the truth in love, may grow
up in all things into Him who is the head -Christ -16 from whom the whole body, joined and
knit together by what every joint supplies,
according to the effective working by which
every part does its share, causes growth of the
body for the edifying of itself in love.
Preparing
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Participating
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Timothy 2:8-9
8 I desire therefore that the men pray
everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without
wrath and doubting;
9 in like manner also, that the women
adorn themselves in modest apparel, with
propriety and moderation, not with braided
hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing…
Participating
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Timothy 2:10-12
10 …but, which is proper for women
professing godliness, with good works.
11 Let a woman learn in silence with all
submission.
12 And I do not permit a woman to teach
or to have authority over a man, but to
be in silence.
Participating
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Corinthians 14:26
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever
you come together, each of you has a
psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has
a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all
things be done for edification.
Participating
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Corinthians 14:34
34 Let your women keep silent in the
churches, for they are not permitted to
speak; but they are to be submissive, as
the law also says.
Participating
Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Acts 17:11
11 These were more fair-minded than
those in Thessalonica, in that they
received the word with all readiness, and
searched the Scriptures daily to find out
whether these things were so.
Participating
Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
1. Attend & Participate In The
Assemblies.
2. Recognize That Every Aspect Of
The Assemblies Is Vital.
3. Take Advantage Of Three Levels Of
Involvement—Attending,
Preparing, Participating.