Membership Class 4 (Part 2)

​Points of Interest

Membership Class 4 – The Values That Shape Our Church (Part 2)

I. Call to Worship:  Psalm 84:1-5a
II. Offering passage:  2 Corinthians 9:12-15
III. Scripture references:

 Gal. 5:13  - “… but through love serve one another.”

 1 Cor. 14:1 “Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts…”

 Eph 5:18: “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be 
filled with the Spirit . . .” 

 Acts 4:31: “And when they had prayed, the place in which they were 
gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy 
Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.”

 1 Peter 4:10: “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as 
good stewards of God's varied grace.”

IV. Quotes:

 Gordon Fee - “. . . the Spirit’s major role in Paul’s view of things lies 
with his being the absolutely essential principal of the whole of Christian 
life, from beginning to end. The Spirit thus empowers ethical life in all of 
its dimensions— personal, corporate, and in the world. Believers in 
Christ, who for Paul are “Spirit people” first and foremost, are variously 
described as living by the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, being led by the 
Spirit, bearing the fruit of the Spirit, and sowing to the Spirit. . . . the 
Spirit conforms the believer into the likeness of Christ to the glory of 
God. The Spirit is therefore the empowering presence of God for living 
the life of God in the present.”

V. Cross-references: 
 John 14:16-18
Psalm 139:13-18