I.TO EDIFY ITSELF (1 Tim. 3:14-15). (Heb. 10:24f; 1 Cor. 12:12ff). B. Through Worship (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16; 1 Cor. 14:7-9, 15-17). C. Through Teaching.

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I.TO EDIFY ITSELF (1 Tim. 3:14-15). (Heb. 10:24f; 1 Cor. 12:12ff). B. Through Worship (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16; 1 Cor. 14:7-9, 15-17). C. Through Teaching & Study (Eph. 4:11-16): 1. Apostles (Acts 2:42; John 14:25f, 15:26f; 1 Cor. 15:8). A. Through Assembling D. Through Corrective Discipline 2. Prophets (1 Cor. 14:3; Eph. 3:3-5; 1 Cor. 13:8f). 3. Evangelists (Acts 8:4-6, 12; 21:8; 2 Tim. 4:5; 3:16-17). 4. Elders (Acts 14:23; 20:28, 32; 1 Tim. 3:2; Titus 1:9). 5. Teachers (2 Tim. 2:2; Heb. 5:11-14). (Matt. 18:15-17; Gal. 6:1; 1 Cor. 5:6-7).

A. Support Preachers (1 Cor. 9:14; Phil. 1:3-5; 4:15-18). B. We still have individual responsibilities (Heb. 5:11f; James 4:17). III. LIMITED BENEVOLENCE (To Needy Saints) A. Among selves (Acts 2:44-45; 4:32, 34-35; 1 Tim. 5:3-4, 16). B. To needy saints in other places (Acts 11:27-30) (Rom. 15:25f; 1 Cor. 161f; 2 Cor. 9:1f).. C. Distinct from individual responsibilities (Gal. 6:7-10; James 1:25-27; 2 Thess. 3:10). II. TO TEACH THE LOST (1 Tim. 3:14-15).

You ASSEMBLE with the saints. You WORSHIP with the saints. You TEACH or STUDY through the church. You help with & support corrective DISCIPLINE. You support PREACHING through the church. You help NEEDY SAINTS through the church. CONCLUSION: YOU ARE INVOLVED WHEN… ARE YOU INVOLVED?