Individual and Collective Action

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Individual and Collective Action

Why is This Important? The universal church is made up of individuals. But God chose to organize local churches for a specific purpose. Organization implies purpose: BOOK club, BOWLING league, etc. In order to be the Lord’s church, we must know His purpose for the local church. We must distinguish between the work of the church and the work of the individual.

God organized Individual Efforts Universal Church Local Church Acts 2:47: Believe, Repent, Confess, be Baptized.

Individual Action

Distinguishing Between Individual and Collective Action Universal Church Individuals have authority to act in every realm of life. The collective is restricted to the limitations of God’s purpose for it. The collective has different guidelines than the individual. Individual Individual Individual Collective Action Individual Individual

Distinguishing Between Individual and Collective Action

Collective Action Evangelism God is specific Worship Local (1 Thess. 1:8). Foreign (Acts 13:2-3; Phil. 4:16). Worship Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:22; 33-34). Collection (1 Cor. 16:1-2). Sing (Eph. 5:19), pray, edification Edification Matt. 28:20 Eph. 4:11-16 Benevolence Acts 11:29 2 Cor. 8:4 1 Tim. 5:3ff God is specific He gave nothing else for the local church to do If we respect His authority, we will limit ourselves to these.

Conclusion There is a difference between the work of the individual and the work of the collective. Many churches today do not respect that difference. We must respect the difference if we want to be a New Testament church.