Unity in Diversity: Embracing Our Roles in the Church

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "Plan A is that the church is whom God has given the privilege, authority, and responsibility to proclaim his gospel to the nations. And there is no plan B. It's a privilege to have this responsibility, to have this burden, to have this pressure for us to be the ones who advance the gospel on this earth. We fall flat so many times on our face. I know I'm not the only one who can empathize with that one right there. But there is no plan B. God has entrusted it to us." [32:39] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "Christianity is far more than getting out of hell. And I pray we don't view church, we don't view the faith as such. So let us see your word today as Paul has written it to us, Lord. Let us see it for what it is, as instruction to the church, and we are the church receiving its instruction today too. Lord, let us love one another in spite of one another. And let us love you and follow you for the rest of our days, Lord." [35:30] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "We have to leave every other dividing line at the door. We come in with different salaries, with different families. We come in with different burdens. We come in with different baggage, different successes, different schedules. Everything can be different, but we walk in here, and here are three things that we all need to be. Sinners in need of a Savior, one. A wanderer in need of direction and authority from God's Word, two. And then a gospel sharer, I pray that each of us are, who gathers for encouragement from your fellow workers before heading back out into the mission field." [51:49] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "Christ is my reward. That reward, that reward at the end of all of this for every one of us. Christ is our reward. Again, something greater than ourselves. We won't see it here. We might see fruit of the reward here, others coming to faith, others joining the church, others serving together, but the full reward is not realized here on this earth. Thank goodness, because this earth is pretty broken and corrupt, thanks to us." [58:59] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "So what we get to do, three here. We have to find a church. A church as defined by the Bible and not by the world. Be a part of that specific body. And then the three things we can do in that body. Love its gathering. Be there, is the command. Love its people. Fellowship and serve with them. It's a command, not a suggestion. And then love its ministry. Support cheerfully and give of your time and of your finances freely to His church and to His ministry for His glory and for His kingdom so that one day we get to go to His heaven and rejoice with Him forevermore." [01:00:32] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for Members

1. "We, though, are the church that gathers united this morning, and so if you're a visitor, we especially welcome you to this house, to this family, to this body of believers today, but as we go throughout this worship service, I want us to understand that we as the church have gathered for this time, and that very shortly, we can't miss it. You blink and you'll miss it. We will be scattered again in our community. So, with everything that's about to change, the routines you're kicking back into gear this week, for many of us, we've got to be prepared and know that our people, the people God has had us to do life with, to worship alongside of, to serve with, to give with, these people in this room, as we look around, are the ones that we have to lean on for encouragement, to lean on for assistance, to lean on for prayer as we go throughout this week, because it's about to change, and so that's what our church is going to do." [08:48] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "So I've got three questions this morning that will guide us. I want to share those with you as sort of an outline before we dive into the text. Number one, who is the church? Okay, so we'll answer that question first. Number two, who are its members? And then number three is more of an application question that will lead us into a practical how we walk out of the door. It is, how can I be a better New Testament church member? So who is the church? Who are its members? And then what does that mean for me? What does that mean for me? Okay, so that's kind of the outline for this morning." [36:09] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "So don't be discouraged when you see someone excelling in an area of service in our church. Say that you're an ear and they're an eye. You're not supposed to see. The eye being an eye makes you no less of an ear, church member. In the same way, or excuse me, the eye being an eye makes you no less of a church member, but rather you should listen, literally, be an ear. If you're an eye, see. If you're a mouth, speak. If you're a nose, you better be sniffing. And though we're called to serve together, we can't all serve the same way." [48:26] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "We have to be a trained body, meaning we seek the training of righteousness by the word of God every opportunity that we get. We long for that next training session, that we have to open his word, morning by ourselves, with a friend, in a Sunday school class, together corporately in worship. We have to long for those opportunities to grow and to get closer to him. Every single day I grow closer or further away from the Lord. There is a 0.00% chance that I am on a plateau and remain in the exact same point each day. It's not possible." [58:00] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "So let us put aside our differences, church. Let us put aside anything that keeps us from being able to experience the pinnacle of worship together. Not one pew to it. We're built up this morning as a church gathered. And we're sent out in a moment as a church scattered. So this morning, as we sing, sing together. But as you respond, and if you see someone respond, don't think of what's happened wrong in their life lately. You take the initiative and lift them in prayer. This is your time to respond. I'll be down front. I would love to be able to pray for and pray with any of you as we sing here in these moments." [01:02:42] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)