ARE YOU CONNECTED?

Are you

?

“It’s not good for man to be alone.” —Gen. 2:18

“We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.” —Romans 12:5

THE BIBLE GIVES FOUR METAPHORS ON WHY WE NEED TO GET CONNECTED TO THE CHURCH:

YOU BECOME PART OF SOMETHING

THAN YOURSELF.

“In Christ you are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.” —Ephesians 2:22

The point is this: If you’re not

in a building a disconnected part has no

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support

.

“You are a building that rests on the apostles and the prophets as its foundation, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone.” —Eph. 2:20

YOU BECOME PART OF A

.

“In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other.” —Romans 12:5

“Just as there are many parts in our bodies, so it is with Christ’s body. We are all parts of it and it takes every one of us to make it complete. For we each have different work to do. So we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.” —Romans 12:4-5

Three things about God’s Church:
we are all many

parts.
everybody’s

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needed

.
we all have

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work

to do.

A disconnected body part

.

You cannot grow spiritually without the

.

YOU BECOME ATTACHED TO A

.

“Live in me and I will live in you. A branch cannot produce any fruit by itself. It has to stay attached to the vine. In the same way you cannot produce fruit unless you live in me.” —John 15:4

“God’s Spirit joins himself to our spirit to declare that we are God’s children.” —Romans 8:16

IN PLANTS, A DISCONNECTED BRANCH CAN’T

.

“The fruit of the Spirit is this love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.” —Galatians 5:22

YOU BECOME PART OF A

.

“I want you to know how people who are members of God’s family must live.God’s family is the church.” —1 Timothy 3:15

Here’s the point: a disconnected member feels

.