Six Ways to Build Up Your Church

[Dave M]

Six Ways to Build Up Your Church - Eternal Perspective Ministries

Dear church member, pursue these qualities in your own life and encourage them in others.

www.epm.org

couple of highlights

"Every local church is comprised of a diverse group of people who have been radically transformed by the power of God through the person and work of Jesus Christ. These diverse people have no reason to live and work together, let alone care for each other—and yet, they choose to live in love and unity together, to the praise and glory of the Lord’s name.

Healthy local churches make a powerful and attractive testimony to a watching world. This means that every member has to be devoted to building others up. In another article, I discuss four types of church member that don’t build up the church."

3. The member who confronts without indulging gossip.
Churches are full of sinful people, which means church members sin against each other. This poses a challenge to the unity of the church, and it requires members to confront one another in love and gentleness.

The confronting member is the opposite of a gossip and slanderer. They obey the charge of Scripture to confront and restore people who are living in sin (Matt. 18:15–18, Gal. 6:1–2). What motivates the confronting member is not just that someone’s sin has offended them but that the Lord is offended by sin—particularly sin that is unresolved and left to fester and grow (1 Cor. 5). The confronting member confronts out of love for God and love for other believers.

 

[Hekuran]

Good article. It was the "confront without indulging gossip" element that struck me too.

If we are able to square up to our own sinfulness and to the failings of of others in a way that reflects the love of Christ, we can truly be called the family of God.

 

[PloughBoy]

Here we go. yep what a way to grow, Faint not. Keep the Faith. The race is not won to the swift "The LORD works in Mysterious ways"

[For we walked hand in hand together]

"For it is not an enemy who insults me;
that I could endure.
It is not a foe who rises against me;
from him I could hide.
But it is you, a man like myself,
my companion and close friend.
We shared sweet fellowship together;
we walked with the crowd into the house of God."

For this one knows where to stick the Dagger and how far to stick it, twist it to get the best results. The very Blood of My soul.

but don't worry, how would you ever understand "The BALM of GILEAD".