Transcript One People - Meridian Woods Church of Christ

Galatians 3:26-28
I Corinthians 12:12-13
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Jim Beasley
I Corinthians 12:12
Each one of us is unique
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John 17:20-23
The church is called by God as a body of different
members of every size, shade, shape and
temperament to blend together in perfect harmony
to deliver the beautiful music of the Divine
Composer
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Galatians 3:26-28
We embrace diversity and see it as strength
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Romans 15:7
• I Corinthians 12:25
• A clique is an inclusive group of people who share
interest, views, purposes, patterns of behavior or
ethnicity
• Who do you fellowship with at church?
 Romans 12:5
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Romans 12:9-18 (RSV)
As one people we want to be:
• Real not fake
• Genuinely love
• More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real
Christian love than by all the theological arguments in the world
• John 13:35
• Love
• One of the greatest expressions of love is simply to notice people and
to pay attention to them
• Devoted to brotherly love
• Outdo one another in showing honor
• I Peter 2:17
• Contributing to the needs of the saints whether physically, spiritually,
emotionally or socially
• Galatians 6:10
• Practicing hospitality that includes all the family
• People who do the right thing
• People who live at peace with one another