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COMMON “HOUSE CHURCH” PROBLEMS
ARISE OUT OF “DIVERSITY”
I.
WORD VS. SPIRIT!
A.
“Pin-Headed Literalists”
1.
Dead legalism
2.
Doctrine
3.
“Frozen chosen”, seminaries as “cemeteries”
4.
Phariseical “The letter kills, but the spirit gives
life”
B.
“Navel-Contemplating Mystics”
1.
Enthusiasts?
2.
Mystics?
3.
Emotionalists?
4.
Pietists?
II.
DOCTRINAL ISSUES!
A.
“Pet Doctrines”
1.
Deliverance?
2.
Rapture?
3.
Silence?
4.
Head covering?
III.
THINKERS, BE’ERS AND DOERS!
A.
Thinkers-Eschatology, authority & submission
B.
Be’ers- “deeper life”, “practice the presence of Jesus”,
“just lovin’ on Jesus”
C.
Doers-Activity focused, project oriented, “busyness”
IV.
TIME ISSUES!
A.
Things constantly changing
B.
We’re at different levels of maturity
C.
Divergent interests
Note:
Dan Trotter’s Material
V.
SOLUTIONS?
A.
What it is NOT!
1.
Not find a common doctrine?
2.
Not find common project?
3.
Not find common social or vocational backgrounds?
B.
What it is!
1.
Philippians 3:10 “That I may know CHRIST!”
2.
Cautions…There are two kinds of knowing?
3.
Objective- “about someone”
4.
Subjective- “relationship with”
C.
Things to do?
1.
If you are a navel-contemplating mystic?
Quit contemplating your navel for a while and start knowing your
Lord!
2.
If
you are a pin-headed literalist? Put
away you bible studies for a while and start knowing your Lord!
3.
If you are a charismatic? Put
down your guitars and tambourines and start knowing
your Lord!
4.
If you are a thinker? Quit
thinking for a while and start know your Lord!
5.
If you are a doer? Quit
doing for a while and start knowing your Lord!
The
Best Way To Know The Lord Is In CHURCH LIFE!
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