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Oct 11, 2026

We Are the Church | Groundbreaking Sunday

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We Are the Church

October 11, 2026

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

PRINCIPLE: God never called you to just consume the service of church; God called you to to a family.

Matthew 16:13–18

13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”

1 Corinthians 1:1–3

1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ — their Lord and ours: 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1:1–3

1 Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

PRINCIPLE: The New Testament does not give us the option to love Jesus and His family, the Church.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

Biblical Church Truths

1. Jesus the Church.

Matthew 16:18

I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

2. Jesus deeply the Church.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

3. God to the Church.

4. God speaks the Church.

5. The Church is the to reach a dark world.

Acts 2:41

Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

Acts 5:14

Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.

Hebrews 13:17

Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account.

6. You cannot love the Shepherd (Jesus) while the flock (Church).

1 John 2:19 (NLT)

These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.

7. The Church holds the power to impact to come.

Psalm 92:12–15

12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; 13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, 15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”

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