The Church & Modern Attitudes

• The Church and Modern
• Attitudes
• “Church isn’t necessary”
• Acts 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
• Acts 2:46-47 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, … praising God ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
• “Church isn’t necessary”
• Acts 20:28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
• “Church isn’t necessary”
• 1 Timothy 3:15 … 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.
• “Being a good moral person is enough”
• Acts 2:5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
• Acts 2:36-38 "God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" 38 Then Peter said to them,"Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ …”
• “Being a good moral person is enough”
• Acts 6:7 Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

• “Being a good moral person is enough”
• Acts 10:1-2 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.
• ‘I can worship God anywhere”
• John 4:23-24 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

• ‘I can worship God anywhere
• “I’m not into organized religion”
• Matthew 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
• Acts 20:28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

• “I’m not into organized religion”
• 1 Corinthians 14:33.40 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints…. Let all things be done decently and in order.
• Philippians 1:1-2 Paul and Timothy, Bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• “I’m not into organized religion”
• Titus 1:5-7 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you --6 if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.7 For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, …
• “I’m not into organized religion”
• Ephesians 4:11-13 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
• “Being sincere makes up for being Misled”
• Matthew 15:13-14 But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch."

• “Being sincere makes up for being Misled”
• Matthew 7:13-14 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
• “Being sincere makes up for being Misled”
• Matthew 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to Me,'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
• The Church and Modern
• Attitudes