1. What It Means To Be A Member Of The Local Church:
Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Hebrews 10:24-25
By David Dann

2. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church

3. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
The New Testament sets forth God’s plan for the local church.

4. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Philippians 1:1
1 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons…

5. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
The New Testament sets forth God’s plan for the local church.

6. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
The New Testament sets forth God’s plan for the local church.
The New Testament sets forth the roles & responsibilities of the members of the local church.

7. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
1 Corinthians 1:2
2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours…

8. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
The New Testament sets forth God’s plan for the local church.
The New Testament sets forth the roles & responsibilities of the members of the local church.

9. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church
The New Testament sets forth God’s plan for the local church.
The New Testament sets forth the roles & responsibilities of the members of the local church.
What is expected of members of the local church in connection with the assembling of the church?

10. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church

11. Participating In The Assemblies Attend & Participate In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Attend & Participate In The Assemblies

12. Participating In The Assemblies Attend & Participate In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Attend & Participate In The Assemblies
Acts 11:25-26
25 Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul.
26 And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

13. Participating In The Assemblies Attend & Participate In The Assemblies
Of The Church
Attend & Participate In The Assemblies
Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

14. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church

15. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital

16. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital
1 Corinthians 14:26
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

17. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital
The Lord’s Supper (Acts 2:42; 20:7; 1 Cor. 11:17-34).
Prayer (Acts 2:42; 4:23-31; 12:12).
Singing (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16).
Preaching and teaching (Acts 11:26; 20:7).
Giving as each one has been prospered (1 Cor. 16:1-2; 2 Cor. 9:6-7).

18. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital
1 Corinthians 14:40
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.

19. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital
1 Corinthians 10:16
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

20. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital
1 Timothy 2:1-3
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,
2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior…

21. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital
Colossians 3:16
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

22. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital
Ephesians 4:11-13
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…

23. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital
Ephesians 4:14-15
14 …that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head -- Christ ...

24. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital
2 Corinthians 8:5
5 And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.

25. Participating In The Assemblies
Of The Church

26. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement

27. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Attending

28. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Corinthians 11:17, 20
17 Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse...
20 …Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper.
Attending

29. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Attending

30. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Preparing

31. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Ephesians 4:15-16
15 …but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head -- Christ --
16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Preparing

32. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Participating

33. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Timothy 2:8-9
8 I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;
9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing…
Participating

34. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Timothy 2:10-12
10 …but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.
11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.
12 And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
Participating

35. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Corinthians 14:26
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
Participating

36. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
1 Corinthians 14:34
34 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.
Participating

37. Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Take Advantage Of 3 Levels Of Involvement
Acts 17:11
11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
Participating

38. What It Means To Be A Member Of The Local Church:
Participating In The Assemblies Of The Church
Attend & Participate In The Assemblies.
Recognize That Every Aspect Of The Assemblies Is Vital.
Take Advantage Of Three Levels Of Involvement—Attending, Preparing, Participating.

39. Will you participate to the best of your ability???