#4: We Are Family
Brad Parkhurst
Part of "The Future's Bright"
January 30, 2022

// The church can fill the in your family experience.

Greek : ekklesia = “called-out ones”

Romans 12:10-16
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another. Do not lack diligence in zeal; be fervent in the Spirit; serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer. Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another.


>> What a church family does:

1) each other.

Greek : philadelphia = “to cherish each other deeply as brothers and sisters”

2) each other.

Romans 12:3 GNT
Do not think of yourself more highly than you should.

3) Be for the Lord.

4) alongside each other.

5) Be with each other.

6) often together.

Greek : proskartereō = “to give constant attention to”

7) Meet each other’s physical .

8) Be .

9) and with each other.

10) Live in .

Romans 12:18
If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.


John 13:34-35 GNT
[Jesus said,] “And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples.”


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