C ALLED O UT T O C OMMUNITY T OGETHER J ANUARY 31 ST, 2016 P ASTOR D AVID K OBELIN

I.L ISTENING TO J ESUS  How have you been listening?  What has He been saying?  What have you been doing?

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I NTRODUCTION

III. C ALLED O UT T O C OMMUNITY T OGETHER Acts 2:42-47 New International Version (NIV) 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

IV. C OMMUNITY

V. S TRENGTH

VI. M INISTRY Ephesians 4:11-13 New King James Version (NKJV) 11 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;

VII. G UIDANCE Psalm 73:24 New International Version (NIV) 24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Proverbs 11:14 New King James Version (NKJV) 14 Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety. Hebrews 3:13 New King James Version (NKJV) 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

D IFFICULTIES

IX. C ONCLUSION

WHAT ASPECT OF BEING ‘CALLED OUT TO COMMUNITY TOGETHER’ ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT?