1. Our Place In God’s Family
The Body Of Christ

2. Your Were Designed To Live Forever
Placed in a perfect environment

3. All that was needed for health, stength, and welfare

4. Given A Perfect Body
Designed to last forever

5. Amazing and intricate systems, designed to replenish themselves on a regular basis

6. A completely new you every several years

7. Sin Entered The World

8. And Death Was The Result

9. The World Became A Hostile Environment

10. The World Was Now Under The Influence Of The Usurper Prince

11. Clarence Johnson
“We were never created to live in the land of Satan, the usurper prince.”

12. God’s Provision
A meeting place

13. God’s Provision
A relationship a family a body a living organism

14. Clarence Johnson
“A simple reading of the psalms bears witness that saints throughout the ages often doubted and questioned God’s presence and promises when they encountered the harsh realities of living as pilgrims outside of the Garden of Eden. We were never created to live in the land of Satan, the usurper prince.”

15. For The Child of God… Church is a NECESSITY Training Encouragement
Refreshment
Strength
Support

16. For The Child of God… The Church is a PRIVILEDGE Fellowship Sustenance
Friendship
Refuge
Love
Compassion

17. For The Child of God… The Church is a DUTY Love One Another
Correct One Another
Serve One Another

18. For The Child of God… The Church is an OBLIGATION
Body Life Corinthians 12
Spiritual Gifts Ephesians 4
Light to the World John 5

19. Body Life Each Person is a cell in the Body
Each Person makes a vital contribution
Separation from the body is deadly
1 Corinthians 12
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20. Body Parts Cannot Survive Apart From The Body

21. An Old Hymn Life is Death if severed from the Fathers heart
Death to Life abundant at His touch would start
Worlds, and Men, and Angels all consist in thee
Yet you came to us in Humility

22. Spiritual Gifts Every believer has some
They are for the growth and development of the entire body
All are needed in a healthy balanced church
Ephesians 4

23. Light To The World Christ is seen in His church
Our lives speak of the greatness of our God and bring glory to Him
Paul asks, “How can they hear without a preacher?” Romans 10
This lost city can be reached