City On A Hill
The State of His Church
Pastor Matthew Maher
Part of Sunday Messages & Discussion Questions
January 29, 2023

The ideal church is flawless but is not real. The real church is faithful and is ideal.


Colossians 1:18
And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.


If Jesus is the Head of the Church, then the Church is His Body on earth.


1 Corinthians 2:16
16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.


If we have the mind of Christ, we will have the spine of Christ.


1 Timothy 3:14-15
14 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.


A Church that is grounded in truth will take ground for truth.


Matthew 5:14
14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.


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Discussion Questions

  1. Discuss this quote: The ideal church is flawless but is not real. The real church is faithful and is ideal. The real church is faithful to what? (Hint: Head, Word, World)

  2. What are the implications of Christ being the Head of the Church? (See Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22)

  3. Spiritually speaking, how are the mind and the spine interrelated? As the body’s central support structure, what are the 3 primary (physical) capabilities that the spine enables the Body to do? Talk about what these functions (sit, stand, walk) mean in relation to the Body of Christ?

  4. How is the Church “the pillar and ground of truth?” (See 1 Timothy 3:15)

  5. What did Jesus mean when He said, “A city set on a hill cannot be hidden?” (See Matthew 5:14)