The Goal of Gathering: Part 1

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 16:18 ESV

1. The Promise of His Presence

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.

Matthew 18:20 (ESV)

I am there in the midst of them.

Mathhew 18:20 (NKJV)

2. The Privilege of His Presence

And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” ¹⁵ And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. ¹⁶ For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”

Exodus 33:14-16 (ESV)

3. The Power of His Presence

Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

Psalm 22:3 (ESV)

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:8 (ESV)

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