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| 38Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. |
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| 18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. |
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| 13For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. |
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| Romans 12** and 1 Corinthians 12** |
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| Christians are members of the Body of Christ and therefore members of one another. This is the basis for interdependence and involvement with other Christians. |
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| Due to chaotic disruptions in corporate meetings, women in the Corinthians church were instructed to keep quiet. This is not an absolute ban on women speaking in church, cf. 1 Corinthians 11. |
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| Mission of the church is to serve as a race of priest-kings who proclaim the excellencies (not praises from NIV) of God. |
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| Proper functioning of the body of Christ. Under the headship of Christ, not only are there leaders who equpi othr members, but saints themselves do the "works of service". |
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| 19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. |
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| 18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." |
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| Character requirements for a leader. Elders: above reproach, one-woman man, not addicted to wine, well ordered, hospitable, able to teach, level headed, self controlled, not pugnacious, gentle, peaceable, not greedy, manages one household well, not a new convert, having a good reputation with those outside. Additional for deacons: not double tongued, not fond of sordid gain, holding fast to the mystery of the faith, tested first and proven un-reproachable, not sladers, faithful in all things, temperate. |
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| More character requirements for leaders. |
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| 1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. |
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| New Testament "sacrifices" include thanksgiving, praise AND serving others and sharing what we have. |
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| 23For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. |
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| 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
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| 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. |
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| 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— |
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| 13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. |
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| 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. |
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| 24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. |
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| 14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. |
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| 19He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow. |
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| 21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" |
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| 22Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. |
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| Jesus' prescribed process of church discipline escalating from a private, one-on-one, confrontation to bringing the individual before the church. |
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| Passage on the man sleeping with his mother and church discipline. |
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| 1Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. |
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| 6In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us. |
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| 2And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. |
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| Description of the various gifts and roles given to the church for the equipping of the saints so all may grow to unity in faith and knowledge of Christ. |
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6Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor.
10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. |
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| The parable of the good Samaritan. |
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| If you did it to the least of these, you did it to me. |
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| 14How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? |
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| Paul's ambition to preach where Christ isn't already known. This demonstrates the importance of frontier missions. |
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